PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: community health http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. No need to split twins for good grades: study Whether or not twins are separated at school, a subject of debate that is often a dilemma for parents, has no affect on their grades, according to a Dutch study published Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news180040722.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:10:02 EST news180040722 Bottling up work woes increases heart risk: study Men who bottle up frustrations about unfair treatment at work are twice as likely to have a heart attack, a study published in Britain on Tuesday suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news178296667.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:10:03 EST news178296667 Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates Contrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners - concurrency - drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited, Brown University researchers have concluded. http://www.physorg.com/news175435970.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:20:01 EST news175435970 New immigrants more likely to be homeless due to economic factors rather than health issues New immigrants are more likely to cite economic and housing factors as barriers that keep them homeless compared with native-born individuals, according to a new study on the health of homeless immigrants led by St. Michael's Hospital researcher Dr. Stephen Hwang. http://www.physorg.com/news175173062.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:12:50 EST news175173062 Children of working mothers less healthy: study (PhysOrg.com) -- A new British study has found that the children of working mothers are less likely to eat right and exercise than children of mothers who stay home. http://www.physorg.com/news174200436.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:10:02 EST news174200436 'Top dogs' at school have better health in adulthood Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news173384632.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:24:21 EST news173384632 Increasing age of mothers in Spain leads to rise in mortality rates A new study examining the evolution of maternal mortality rates in Spain since 1996 shows a 17% increase in deaths. This trend is linked to the widespread increase in maternal age. The highest death rates are among foreign women and those who live in the province of Malaga. http://www.physorg.com/news165669233.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:14:45 EST news165669233 People with parents who fight are more likely to have mental health problems in later life People with parents who were violent to each other are more likely to have mental health problems when they grow up, reveals research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://www.physorg.com/news162670960.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 19:23:30 EST news162670960 More African-Americans die from causes that can be prevented or treated Two-thirds of the difference between death rates among African Americans and Caucasians are now due to causes that could be prevented or cured, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study, "Black-White Differences in Avoidable Mortality in the United States, 1980-2005," found that death from preventable or treatable conditions represented half of all deaths for individuals under age 65 and accounted for nearly 70 percent of the black-white mortality difference. http://www.physorg.com/news159712407.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:34:00 EST news159712407 Hispanics appear to face poorer quality nursing home care Nursing homes serving primarily Hispanic residents provided poorer quality care compared to facilities whose patients were mostly white, according to Brown University research. Details were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. http://www.physorg.com/news158583441.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:59:00 EST news158583441 Safety net health centers struggle to meet demand (AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest one-story brick building on a hillside, has never been busier. People who recently lost their jobs and health insurance fill the waiting rooms, and their cars jam into the clinic's 50-space parking lot - with much of the overflow ending up at the nightclub next door. http://www.physorg.com/news156087127.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:32:33 EST news156087127 Increasing prosperity has prompted Irish kids to balloon 24 kilos since 1948 Irish kids now weigh 24 kilos more than they did in 1948, reveals research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://www.physorg.com/news153473661.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:37:25 EST news153473661 Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ages. http://www.physorg.com/news150485556.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:36 EST news150485556