News tagged with economic status
Cognitive problems common among non-demented elderly
Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide twin study by researchers ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Examining motherly fears
Neighborhood poverty is likely to make a mother more fearful about letting her children play outdoors, according to a new study by sociologists at Rice University and Stanford University.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Differing lifestyles: A study of ethnicity and health
In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal ...
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Informal daycare may harm kids' cognitive development, study finds
Formal daycare is better for a child's cognitive development than informal care by a grandparent, sibling, or family friend, according to a study of single mothers and their childcare choices published in the July issue of ...
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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Study: Specialty physicians turn away two-thirds of children with public insurance
Sixty-six percent of publicly-insured children were unable to get a doctor's appointment for medical conditions requiring outpatient specialty care including diabetes and seizures, while children with identical symptoms and ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Study: People are more willing to give when they can empathize with poor women's plight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Non-profits aiding the sick or poor could increase charitable donations through ads in which consumers empathize with an actor portraying an unfortunate plight.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Surprising AIDS-treatment benefits, prevention strategy in epidemic regions of Africa
Two teams of researchers at UC San Diego and other U.S. and African universities and the World Bank have documented significant spillover benefits of a drug therapy to combat AIDS symptoms and a novel prevention strategy ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2010 |
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The rich have more money but the poor are rich in heart: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world could one day be an economically equal place, if the lower-income population have anything to do with it. In an interesting yet disheartening series of socioeconomic experiments, led by a team of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Childhood obesity linked to neighborhood social and economic status
Children in King County, Washington, are more likely to be obese if they live in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Vaccination coverage improves among low-income children, but disparities persist
More children in low-income households are receiving childhood vaccinations on schedule than in previous years, but disparities based on economic status remain, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...
May 04, 2009 |
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