News tagged with socioeconomic factors
10- and 11-year-olds feel pressure to have a perfect body
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A study of 4254 Canadian schoolchildren has shown a direct association between BMI and satisfaction with their body shape. The research, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, shows a linear response for gi ...
Why are African-Americans less likely to survive certain cancers?
Jul 07, 2009 |
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African Americans are more likely than other races to die from breast, prostate and ovarian cancers, but this disparity is not due to poverty or inferior healthcare, a first-of-its-kind study has found.
Mangroves Save Lives In Storms
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly ...
Number of fast-food restaurants in neighborhood associated with stroke risk
Feb 19, 2009 |
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The risk of stroke increases with the number of fast-food restaurants in a neighborhood, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009.
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Risk factors of cardiovascular disease rising in poor, young
Jul 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Socioeconomic status, gender and marital status influence sleep disturbances
Jun 10, 2009 |
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According to new research, increased sleep disturbances are associated with lower education, income or being unmarried or unemployed. Disturbances are much more likely in multiracial individuals.
Income, education, important factors in heart disease risk
Jun 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?
Nov 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study of neighborhoods points to modifiable factors, not race, in cancer disparities
Apr 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Smoking behavior partially explains socioeconomic inequities in lung cancer incidence
Feb 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study Pinpoints Links of Depression with Chronic Pain
Jun 17, 2009 |
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It is well known that chronic pain and clinical depression go together, but a study in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society, shows that the connection between pain and depression is strongest in mid ...
No need to tighten your belt -- credit crunch will worsen obesity epidemic
Aug 06, 2009 |
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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 worrie ...
Childhood physical abuse linked to cancer
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Childhood physical abuse is associated with elevated rates of cancer in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.
Social class dictates cancer risk
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy. A detailed analysis of the incidence of these four different kinds of cancer, carried out on more ...
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