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NIH Funds $772,060 Study on How Well Mexican-Americans on Border Sleep
Cybercast News Service ^ | July 19, 2018 | 10:35 AM EDT | Melanie Arter

Posted on 07/22/2018 6:21:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The University of Arizona received $772,060 in taxpayer funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year 2018 to study the “sleep health” of Mexican-Americans on the U.S.-Mexico border. […]

“Short sleep duration, insomnia disorder, and sleep apnea are highly prevalent in the population. These conditions are associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, daytime functioning problems, and poor mental health,” [the grant description] stated.

The study’s researcher noted that there are disparities in sleep health in racial and ethnic minorities, including Mexican-Americans. Furthermore, “social-environmental factors at the US-Mexico border may play an important role in sleep health disparities.” According to the grant abstract, Mexican-Americans are “at increased risk of sleep disturbances.” […]

When asked why he chose to specifically focus on Mexican-Americans on the border, [project leader Michael] Grandner said, “This population is unique in that Mexican-Americans represent a very large group of Americans that are often underserved by these research efforts. I hope to gain a better understanding of how all of these variables fit together in this community and leverage the unique strengths and address the unique problems that this group faces.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; governmentwaste; mexicanamericans; nih; sleep; universityofarizona
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1 posted on 07/22/2018 6:21:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Waste of money, Phil Collins already told them it’s no fun being an illegal alien


2 posted on 07/22/2018 6:22:39 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: Olog-hai

Tar
Feathers
and
Frozen Bank Accounts


3 posted on 07/22/2018 6:24:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai
A colleague of mine when we were at Arizona went on to work at NIs of H. He was involved in a government study of environmental stressors among Mexican Americans along the border. They were having some trouble adapting, apparently. It was found that the MexicanAmerican community was used to having exceptionally loud volume of music from recordings and radio stations, played often time in open windows where it would be heard by the public.

This study was done in the seventies, over 40 years ago.

4 posted on 07/22/2018 6:28:20 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Olog-hai

> The University of Arizona received $772,060 in taxpayer funding from the National Institutes of Health <

Once Trump takes office, all this Deep State spending nonsense will stop. Oh, wait...


5 posted on 07/22/2018 6:32:40 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Yeah, because I really care.
6 posted on 07/22/2018 6:33:48 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Leaning Right
That and along with the Legal Services corporation, Public broadcasting, National endowment for the arts, Midnight basketball....and on and on. The problem is the establishment Republicans. They complain about needless superfluous spending when not in power, and when they are in power with authority to end it, REFUSE TO END IT. Rush covered this a few days ago saying the same thing. We are in a bus headed to the cliff with no driver and no brakes. Gutless bastard politicians who care nothing more than to grease their pockets and maintain the status quo. To hell with them.
7 posted on 07/22/2018 6:44:38 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Olog-hai

And we wonder why we’re broke? Our government needs to get over the idea that it’s “other people’s money,” and do it fast!


8 posted on 07/22/2018 6:46:46 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Olog-hai

and who has oversight on how they spend tax taxpayers dollars??


9 posted on 07/22/2018 6:51:45 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Olog-hai

They role a fat joint, smoke it, rape some kids and just doze off.


10 posted on 07/22/2018 6:54:22 PM PDT by stockpirate (TYRANNY IS THY NAME REBELLION IS OUR ANSWER. HANG THEM ALL!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Phil Collins could make one mean Dirty Burger. RIP Phil.


11 posted on 07/22/2018 6:56:57 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
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To: Fungi

> The problem is the establishment Republicans. <

Bingo. Trump is delaying it, but I’m guessing that - eventually - we’ll be a one-party welfare state. And that one party will be the Democrats. The Republicans might elect a few officials here and there. But demographics - and wild promises - will give the liberals permanent national power.

I hope I’m wrong. But if it does happen, the establishment Republicans will be to blame. They did nothing when they could have changed this whole country around.


12 posted on 07/22/2018 6:59:08 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t worry, social security is not going insolvent.


13 posted on 07/22/2018 7:00:20 PM PDT by Track9 (Dems are vehemently opposed to separating kids from their traffickers.)
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To: Leaning Right

“Once Trump takes office, all this Deep State spending nonsense will stop. Oh, wait...”

Unfortunately this government is like a sinking boat that’s been machine gunned full of holes, so there’s just no way Trump can be expected to plug them all overnight. Especially when you have a Senate that operates on “manana time” when it comes to approving new people for appointive office. Then when they arrive at their new posts, they find out that the entire workforce is not going to to anything to help make any changes at all!


14 posted on 07/22/2018 7:01:33 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: BBell

Real name Richard Collins, FTR.

Phil Collins from Genesis sang “Illegal Alien”.


15 posted on 07/22/2018 7:11:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
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16 posted on 07/22/2018 7:26:36 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: Olog-hai

Have they done a study on how well the ranchers along the border sleep?


17 posted on 07/22/2018 7:36:18 PM PDT by aquila48
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Why is our tax money going to a stupid study like this?????

What is the gain for the taxpayer?

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18 posted on 07/22/2018 7:38:22 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Olog-hai

My hunhc: Just Deep State politics as usual - a kick back to some Deep State politician’s buddies.


19 posted on 07/22/2018 7:41:14 PM PDT by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: piytar

Hunch*


20 posted on 07/22/2018 7:42:02 PM PDT by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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