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Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news177614929.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:50:06 EST news177614929 People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows. http://www.physorg.com/news177087269.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:07:07 EST news177087269 A patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. http://www.physorg.com/news176567538.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:01 EST news176567538 Legal counsel is a matter of life and death in Houston, but it is not necessarily tied to a defendant's socioeconomic status, according to new research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver (DU). http://www.physorg.com/news175870293.html Other Sciences Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:10:02 EST news175870293 New research indicates that the use of minimally invasive procedures (including the use of robotic assistance) for radical prostatectomy, which have increased significantly in recent years, may shorten hospital stays and decrease respiratory and surgical complications, but may also result in an increased rate of certain complications, including incontinence and erectile dysfunction, according to a study in the October 14 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on surgical care. http://www.physorg.com/news174661818.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:10:02 EST news174661818 Prostate cancer patients of low socioeconomic status are more likely to die than patients with higher incomes. That is the finding of a new study from Swiss researchers to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's findings indicate that poor prostate cancer patients receive worse care than their wealthier counterparts. http://www.physorg.com/news173350767.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:07:01 EST news173350767 Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The results of the study uncovered that people with pain develop the functional limitations classically associated with aging at much earlier ages. http://www.physorg.com/news172318982.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:40:03 EST news172318982 Recent NHS reforms, such as the introduction of patient choice and provider competition, have not had a deleterious impact on equity with respect to waiting times for elective surgery in England, concludes a study published on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news171226478.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:55:38 EST news171226478 Hospitals that treat more black cancer patients have worse survival rates on average for patients with breast and colon cancer, regardless of race, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news169996124.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:03 EST news169996124 Levels of debt have been associated with an increased risk of being fat. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health blame the trend on the high price of healthy food, and a tendency for people worried by debt to comfort eat. http://www.physorg.com/news168806021.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:34:09 EST news168806021 (PhysOrg.com) -- New UCLA research suggests that for seniors age 70 and older, socioeconomic status does not play a major role in the brain's continued ability to function. However, seniors who have never been married and widowers seem to perform more poorly as they age. http://www.physorg.com/news168797542.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:14:09 EST news168797542 A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, a stepping stone to the number one cause of death in the world. http://www.physorg.com/news168675010.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:10:41 EST news168675010 A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that children have an increased risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) if they have at least one sibling who has been diagnosed with the sleep disorder. http://www.physorg.com/news168326976.html Medicine & Health Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:50:01 EST news168326976 It's easy to explain why we act a certain way by saying "it's in the genes," but a group of University of Iowa scientists say the world has relied on that simple explanation far too long. http://www.physorg.com/news167319952.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:30:03 EST news167319952 Kaiser Permanente researchers found no disparities by race or ethnicity in risk of AIDS and death among HIV-infected patients in a setting of similar access to care. This is despite lower Anti-Retroviral Therapy adherence among Hispanics and African-Americans compared to whites. Researchers also saw a trend toward better outcomes for Hispanics. http://www.physorg.com/news167319657.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:41:24 EST news167319657 Cardiovascular disease is increasing in adults under 50 and those of lower socioeconomic status, despite recent trends which show that cardiovascular disease is declining in Canada overall, say researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. Untreated cardiovascular disease can lead to heart failure, coronary artery disease and death, and is the most common cause of hospitalization in North America. http://www.physorg.com/news167314793.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:30:03 EST news167314793 In a study to determine the non-medical factors that may be associated with the decision to treat nonmetastatic breast cancer, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the association between oncologist characteristics and the receipt of chemotherapy in elderly women with breast cancer and found that they were more likely to receive chemotherapy if treated by oncologists employed in a private practice. http://www.physorg.com/news166104298.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:05:15 EST news166104298 Childhood physical abuse is associated with elevated rates of cancer in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news165147841.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:03 EST news165147841 Doctors who ignore the socioeconomic status of patients when evaluating their risk for heart disease are missing a crucial element that might result in inadequate treatment, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the June 2009 American Heart Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news164376404.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:40:01 EST news164376404 While cities have shown considerable racial disparities in cancer survival, those racial disparities virtually disappear among smaller populations, such as neighborhoods within that city. The finding comes from a new analysis published in the May 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study examined breast and prostate cancer survival rates at different geographic levels, and the results suggest that there are significant societal factors at the root of cancer-related racial disparities. http://www.physorg.com/news158835293.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:55:28 EST news158835293 Black patients suffering from lung cancer are less likely to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery than white lung cancer patients, a disparity that shows no signs of lessening. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the May 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's findings indicate that efforts are needed to provide appropriate treatments for black patients and to educate them about the value of those treatments. http://www.physorg.com/news158835141.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:52:50 EST news158835141 Mothers of multiples have 43 percent increased odds of having moderate to severe depressive symptoms nine months after giving birth compared to mothers of single-born children, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers examined the relationship between multiple births and maternal depressive symptoms and found that multiple births increased the odds of maternal depression, and that few mothers with depressive symptoms, regardless of the multiple births status, reported talking to a mental health specialist or a general medical provider. The results are published in the April 1, 2009, issue of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news157616209.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:17:16 EST news157616209 Socioeconomic status alone might not be as reliable a predictor of body mass index (BMI) in U.S. residents as previously thought, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news157132332.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:52:56 EST news157132332 The mentally ill don't get a fair shake in this country. Many employers don't want to hire them, and health insurers don't want to treat their illnesses. Even within their own communities and families, the mentally ill are often treated with contempt and outright anger. There have been many efforts to combat the stigma of mental illness, but with limited success at best. That's in part because the stereotypes are so powerful: Mental patients are either violently dangerous or docile and incompetent. We fear the first and disdain the latter. http://www.physorg.com/news155323424.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:24:19 EST news155323424 Europeans with the least education have a higher incidence of lung cancer compared with those with the highest education. However, smoking history accounts for approximately half of this risk, according to a study in the February 24 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news154721092.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:05:21 EST news154721092 A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly reveals that music participation, defined as music lessons taken in or out of school and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematic achievement in early childhood and adolescence. Additionally, socioeconomic status and ethnicity affect music participation. http://www.physorg.com/news153515103.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:05:47 EST news153515103 A new study in Psychological Science reveals that nonverbal cues can give away a person's socioeconomic status (SES). Volunteers whose parents were from upper SES backgrounds displayed more disengagement-related behaviors compared to participants from lower SES backgrounds. In addition, when a separate group of observers were shown 60 second clips of the videos, they were able to correctly guess the participants' SES background, based on their body language. http://www.physorg.com/news152973534.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:39:16 EST news152973534 Many of us may often feel that we've been born under an unlucky sign. Now, new research by a pair of University of Notre Dame economists suggests that some of us are, in fact, born in an unlucky season. http://www.physorg.com/news150558785.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:53:05 EST news150558785 Parental education is a strong predictor of socioeconomic status and children's educational environment. Nevertheless, some children continue to experience reading failure in spite of high parental education and support for learning to read. http://www.physorg.com/news149171195.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:26:35 EST news149171195 University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown for the first time that the brains of low-income children function differently from the brains of high-income kids. http://www.physorg.com/news147532883.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:21:23 EST news147532883