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Why Do Only 5.5% of Black Men Marry White Women?

Only 5.5 percent of black males married white females in 1990, and the family-income premium for intermarried black males was 7 percent. This paper estimates the impact of the mating taboo, courting opportunities, and individual endowments on the black male marriage market. Results indicate that eliminating the mating taboo would raise the intermarriage rate from 5.5 to 64 percent, and do away ...

Sex-Specific Genetic Control of Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Suggests Subsequent Development of Men-only and Women—Only Analgesic Strategies

In EBioMedicine Meng et al. (2015a) reported the results from their second genome-wide association study on neuropathic pain that aimed to identify novel genetic factors contributing to neuropathic pain in diabetic patients. The first study (Meng et al., 2015b) published earlier this year in the European Journal of Pain identified a cluster in the Chr8p21.3, next toGFRA2 gene locus, associatedw...

Differences and Similarities in HIV Testing Among Men Who have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW) and Men Who Have Sex with Men Only (MSMO)

The study examined differences in HIV testing between men who have sex with men only (MSMO) (n=300) and men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) (n=105) and assessed associations with HIV testing among MSMW. A venue-based cross-sectional HIV surveillance study in 2008 (BESURE-MSM2) was examined. Prevalence of HIV testing was similar for MSMO and MSMW. One-on-one counseling (excluding counseli...

Infections missed by urethral-only screening for chlamydia or gonorrhea detection among men who have sex with men.

In a retrospective analysis of asymptomatic men who have sex with men visiting an urban municipal sexually transmitted disease clinic, 83.8% of chlamydial and gonococcal infections would have been missed by urethral screening, compared with 9.8% by screening the rectum and pharynx. Extragenital screening is critical to the provision of comprehensive sexual health services for men who have sex w...

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