BACKGROUND There are doubts whether diabetes care is equitable across UK ethnic groups. We examined processes and outcomes in South Asians with diabetes and reviewed the UK literature. METHODS We used name search methods to identify South Asians in a regional diabetes database. We compared prevalence rates, processes and outcomes of care between November 2003 and December 2004. We used standa...

PURPOSE To explore the relationships among length of contact lens (CL) wear, degree of corneal staining and severity of dryness symptoms, and to determine whether these relationships differ between Asians and non-Asians. METHODS Adapted soft CL wearers (n=395; 180 Asian, 215 non-Asian) were required to discontinue CL wear for at least 24h and report to the University of California, Berkeley C...

BACKGROUND Most of what is known regarding the epidemiology of mortality from heart failure (HF) comes from studies within Western populations with few data available from the Asia-Pacific region where the burden of heart failure is increasing. METHODS Individual level data from 543694 (85% Asian; 36% female) participants from 32 cohorts in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration were i...

This research entitled “Consumerism of Leisure Class in Singapore Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians: A Sociological Approach”. The purpose this study is to analyze the leisure class reflected novel Asians. In addition, aim reveal consumerism contained aspect about style consumer Singapore.
 used mimetic approach by M.H. Abrams. qualitative method data. two main concepts theory Thorstein Veble...

Acute myocardial infarction in Asians and whites in Birmingham There is evidence that immigrant Asians suffer worse coronary artery disease than Asians remaining in their own countries and the indigenous population of the country of adoption.'-3 Asians may make poor use of National Health Service provisions.4 This study compares Asians and indigenous whites admitted to our coronary care unit fr...

Individuals of Asian descent (including East Asians and South Asians) constitute one of the fastest growing segments of Canadian society, with the 2001 Canadian census reporting an increase of 27 percent since the 1996 census (Statistics Canada, 2001, 1996). In 2000, Asians represented nearly 10 percent of the total Canadian population. Thus it is not surprising that the demand for culturally r...