Article: The kitniyot controversy hits home

Article: Ashkenazi Jews at higher risk of colorectal cancer
Jerusalem Post;  May 18, 2001 ;     536 words ... ... Jerusalem Post 05-18-2001 Headline: Ashkenazi Jews at higher risk of colorectal cancer ... causing genes have been widely studied in Ashkenazi Jews because of their relatively homogeneous ... differences in cancer rates between Ashkenazi Jews and others are more likely to be due ...

Article: Research Linking Ashkenazi Jews & Breast Cancer ...
Israel Faxx;  November 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... linking the breast cancer mutations with Ashkenazi Jews has been beset by methodological problems ... research on disease. "The linking of Ashkenazi Jews to a deadly disease raises serious ... group and others. This finding in Ashkenazi Jews raises the risk of stigmatization and ...

Article: Single gene mutation increases risk of colon cancer for ...
AP Worldstream;  September 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... study of DNA from more than 3,000 Ashkenazi Jews in New York and northern Israel appears ... conclusion is based on a finding that Ashkenazi Jews diagnosed with colon cancer were two ... study evaluated the genes of 1,244 Ashkenazi Jews with colon cancer and 1,839 who did ...

Article: Research points to chance as cause of genetic diseases in ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  March 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ashkenazi Jews have an unusually high risk of several ... disease mutations unusually common in Ashkenazi Jews, who make up 90% of the American ... s been known for a long time that Ashkenazi Jews have a high risk of these lysosomal ...

Article: NEW GENE DEFECT FOUND THAT MAY FORETELL BREAST CANCER MUTATION ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 2, 1996 ;     667 words ... ... BRCA1 occurred in about 1 percent of Ashkenazi Jews. Two new studies say a particular ... two flaws are unusually frequent in Ashkenazi Jews, researchers said it's too soon ... proven way to prevent the disease. Ashkenazi Jews account for the vast majority of the ...

Article: Study: Many Ashkenazi Jews From Four Women
AP Online;  January 13, 2006 ;     547 words ... ... YORK Some 3.5 million of today's Ashkenazi Jews _ about 40 percent of the total Ashkenazi ... signatures appear in about 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews, while being virtually absent in non ... Jewish population is about 13 million. Ashkenazi Jews are a group with mainly central and ...

Article: Study: Most Ashkenazi Jews From Four Women
AP Online;  January 13, 2006 ;     547 words ... ... YORK Some 3.5 million of today's Ashkenazi Jews _ about 40 percent of the total Ashkenazi ... signatures appear in about 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews, while being virtually absent in non ... Jewish population is about 13 million. Ashkenazi Jews are a group with mainly central and ...