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. Where Latinos are born and their immigration status affect the quality of health care they receive in the US, according to Professor Michael Rodríguez and colleagues from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and the Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Healthcare based in Los Angeles, California. New information from this just-released study highlights the need for improved health systems for immigrants - documented or undocumented, US-born or foreign-born. Findings are published online this week in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, published by Springer. http://www.physorg.com/news175957503.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:01 EST news175957503 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 Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. These findings by Dr. Luis Angeles from the University of Glasgow in the UK have just been published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news175861714.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:29:01 EST news175861714 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 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- UA graduate student Rita Law's study to evaluate long-term effects of marital status and church attendance is among very few that have considered such a correlation. http://www.physorg.com/news174145884.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:10:01 EST news174145884 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 Facebook has just announced another feature that should make you scramble to update your privacy settings. http://www.physorg.com/news173121479.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:18:26 EST news173121479 Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) biosynthesis, according to Weill Cornell Medical College researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news172671924.html Medicine & Health Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:26:31 EST news172671924 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 A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer due to radiation exposure. After analyzing more than 42,000 children with head trauma, a national research team led by two UC Davis emergency department physicians has developed guidelines for doctors who care for children with head trauma aimed at reducing those risks. http://www.physorg.com/news172216911.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:01 EST news172216911 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode, a precautionary standby status, and in communications with Earth after unexpectedly switching to its backup computer on Thurs. Aug. 6. http://www.physorg.com/news169145601.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:53:54 EST news169145601 Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same regardless of how the plan is described or how involved the government would be. http://www.physorg.com/news169122465.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:40:01 EST news169122465 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 While the massive weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery is beneficial, some patients may face malnutrition, poor wound healing and infection as their immune systems adjust to the extreme decrease in food consumption, according to a Michigan State University researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news168173883.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:10:01 EST news168173883 Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that assisted reproductive techniques alter the expression of genes that are important for metabolism and the transport of nutrients in the placenta of mice. The results underscore the need for greater understanding of the long-term effects of new assisted reproductive techniques in humans. http://www.physorg.com/news167922238.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:40:01 EST news167922238 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 (AP) -- China plans to excavate more of the life-size terracotta warriors at the famed ancient tomb of the country's first emperor. http://www.physorg.com/news163835459.html Other Sciences Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:51:22 EST news163835459 A study by neuroscientist Heather Rupp and her team found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex. http://www.physorg.com/news163245070.html Other Sciences Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:54:36 EST news163245070 A study by Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex. http://www.physorg.com/news162729976.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 11:46:41 EST news162729976