An American-Mexican Frontier: Nueces County, Texas

Evaluation of Long-term Habitat and Colonial Waterbird Dynamics of Shamrock Island, Nueces County, Texas

Socioeconomic Status and Prevalence of Obesity and Diabetes in a Mexican American Community, Cameron County, Texas, 2004-2007

INTRODUCTION Mexican Americans are at increased risk for obesity and diabetes. We established a cohort on the United States-Mexico border to determine the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in this Mexican American population and to see whether minor economic advantages had any effect on health. METHODS We randomly selected and extensively documented 810 people aged 35 to 64 years. Weighted d...

The Precarious Health of Young Mexican American Men in South Texas, Cameron County Hispanic Cohort, 2004–2015

INTRODUCTION Hispanic men have higher rates of illness and death from various chronic conditions than do non-Hispanic men. We aimed to characterize the health of Mexican American men living on the US-Mexico border in South Texas and elucidate indications of chronic disease in young men. METHODS We sampled all male participants from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort, an ongoing population-bas...

Hays County, Texas

The widespread Berberis trifoliolata is sympatric with the narrowly restricted B. swaseyi in central Texas, where apparent intermediates occur. A detailed field study of sympatric populations in northern Hays Co. during 2004 to 2007 clarifies the morphological and phenological differences between the two species and shows that intermediates almost surely arose from hybridization. Limited eviden...

Familial aggregation of severity of diabetic retinopathy in Mexican Americans from Starr County, Texas.

OBJECTIVE Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness. To determine whether retinopathy itself or only its severity aggregates in families, we examined the occurrence and severity of diabetic retinopathy in Mexican-American siblings with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Using stereoscopic fundus photography of seven standard fields, we measured retinopathy in 656 type 2 dia...