It’s in the blood. The blood of ancestors that carries a time bomb. The blood of my mother, both my grandmothers, my sister and dozens of relatives bound by an inherited disease. It’s in my blood, too ...

SAN DIEGO -- Studies conducted in two Native American populations with a high prevalence of both Type 2 diabetes and gum disease have underscored the importance of oral health in controlling adult ...

On Saturday, December 7, 2024, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) will host the annual National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at ...

A new line of evidence ties the risk of obesity to genetics. The modern Pima Indians have an unusually high rate of obesity but the new findings could be extrapolated to other populations. New ...

New evidence that genetics plays a key role in obesity is published today in the International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications. The findings relate to the genetics of modern Pima ...

Pima Indians (Table 1) participating in ongoing studies on the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes were studied. In 268 non-diabetic subjects (group 1) who were genotyped for the Gln223Arg ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection includes negatives and photographic prints shot or collected at the Pima Indian Agency, now the Gila River Reservation, by Sidney ...

The Salt River-Pima Indian Community has a real estate footprint in this city, 20 minutes east of downtown Phoenix, that makes the 67-acre CityCenter look like a strip mall. The tribe has built a ...