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African-American Rhinoplasty

Facial Plastic Surgery, 2010
Increased width, loss of definition, and lack of projection characterize the stereotypical African-American nose. Early rhinoplasty surgeons attempted strict adherence to neoclassical aesthetic ideals. However, in reality, the anatomy and aesthetic desires of these patients are much more complex.
Anand D, Patel, Russell W H, Kridel
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Hypertension in African Americans

Current Cardiology Reports, 2017
African Americans are over-burdened with hypertension resulting in excess morbidity and mortality. We highlight the health impact of hypertension in this population, review important observations regarding disease pathogenesis, and outline evidence-based treatment, current treatment guidelines, and management approaches.Hypertension accounts for 50% of
Nomsa, Musemwa, Crystal A, Gadegbeku
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African Americans, American Africans, and the Idea of an African Homeland

Reviews in American History, 2008
The American image of Africa is at best vague, under-formed, simplified, and more often than not patronizing. White Americans in particular have perpetuated the mythology of Africa as the "Dark Continent," a place apart where wildness and chaos and danger lurk.
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The African American as African

Diogenes, 1998
One day a newly hatched eagle fell from its mother's clutches as she was flying over a chicken yard. The young eagle grew up in the chicken yard with young chickens and took on the habits, customs, and behavior of chickens. He ate like a chicken, walked like a chicken, and generally performed his daily routine like the birds who surrounded him. One day
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African American rhinoplasty

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 2002
This article describes the topographic and surgical anatomy of the African American nose and the surgical techniques used in the authors' practice.
Fred J, Stucker, Timothy, Lian, Kenneth, Sanders   +2 more
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STROKE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS

Neurologic Clinics, 2000
There is an excess burden of cerebrovascular disease in African Americans. This article will define possible reasons for excess stroke risk, review racial differences in stroke subtype and stroke prevention programs in the African American Community, and delineate sequelae of stroke.
G F, Lynch, P B, Gorelick
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African American Rhinoplasty

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 2014
Rhinoplasty in patients of African descent requires a patient-specific approach, because the goals and ideal proportions differ from the white nose. This article discusses approaches to surgical correction of common anatomic variations. In addition, common pitfalls are outlined.
Jennings R, Boyette, Fred J, Stucker
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African American Turnout and African American Candidates

Political Science Research and Methods, 2018
Do minority voters respond to co-racial or co-ethnic candidates? That is does the increased chance of substantive representation translate into increased participation? Here, we focus on this question among African American voters. While much of the empirical literature on this question has produced conflicting answers, recent studies suggest that ...
Luke J. Keele, Ismail K. White
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Gout in African Americans

The American Journal of Medicine, 2014
African Americans have a substantially higher prevalence of risk factors for gout than Caucasians. The aim of the present study was to compare the risk for incident gout among African Americans and Caucasians.Incidence rates of physician-diagnosed gout among 11,559 Caucasian men and 931 African American men aged 35 to 57 years and at high ...
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