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Amish community helps with flood relief in the Tri-Cities
Jerry D. Miller with the New Order of Amish Churches said he and his wife act as “house parents” during the trip, and they chaperone a group of eleven young men ages 11 to 25. The young men ...
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Who is Amish?
The American Experience documentary The Amish portrays Old Order Amish people and communities in North America. They are a distinctive Christian subculture that traces its roots to the 16th ...
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Human Mutation Rates Steady Across Groups—Except in the Amish
The rate of new mutations in the human genome appear to be consistent across diverse populations, except one—the Old Order Amish of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This group has a lower rate of developing ...
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The Genetics of AMD in the Old Order Amish
For over two decades, Dr. Jonathan Haines has studied genetic factors that contribute to diseases of aging and “successful” aging in the Old Order Amish. A growing health concern in the US population ...