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(HealthDay)—Centenarians are more likely to be content with their lives than aging baby boomers are, and these oldest Americans tend to put more stock in healthy eating habits and exercise as keys to happiness, a new survey finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-centenarians-happy-lot-survey.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 14:20:02 EST news286807365 Experiencing connections, regularities, and coherence in their environment may lead people to feel a greater sense of meaning in life, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-encountering-life-meaningful.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:28:36 EST news286550907 Australia needs a new way to view the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with a focus on their strengths, empowerment, resilience and achievements, a new study has proposed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-focus-aboriginal-strengths.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:00:02 EST news285233611 Women tend to carry excess fat in their hips and thighs, while men tend to carry it on their stomachs. But after menopause, things start to change: many women's fat storage patterns start to resemble those of men. This indicates that there's a link between estrogen and body fat storage. This connection is well documented, but the underlying mechanisms remained poorly understood until now. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-weight-menopause-estrogen-deficiency-affects.html Diabetes Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:58:05 EST news283611479 Managing bacteria and other microorganisms in the body, rather than just fighting them, may be lead to better health and a stronger immune system, according to a Penn State biologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-declaring-truce-microbiological-frienemies.html Medical research Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:18:27 EST news283594697 Research has long linked high socioeconomic status with better health and lower mortality. But what's remained unclear is whether this association has more to do with access to resources (education, wealth, career opportunity, etc.) or the glow of high social status relative to others. Scholars call the latter "relative deprivation." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-explores-link-status-health.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:57:50 EST news282225464 Improving housing can improve health, particularly when interventions are targeted at those in the poorest health, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The authors say their review underscores the importance of targeting those most in need when devising programmes for housing improvement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-housing-poorest-health.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:00:09 EST news281208796 The United Nations on Thursday formally rejected a multi-billion-dollar damages claim for a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has been widely blamed on UN peacekeepers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-haiti-cholera.html Other Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:56:23 EST news280677372 (Medical Xpress)—Before spouses take their first step toward fitness, their partner's interest or willingness to participate can sway them, says a Purdue University family studies expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-spouses-illness.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:40:01 EST news279267840 When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-highlights-important-role-patients-outcomes.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:13 EST news279197773 One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers—the chromosomes—so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-caloric-restriction-effect-chromosomes.html Medical research Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:57:12 EST news278171824 (Medical Xpress)—An analysis of the personality types, diet and exercise habits of more than 7,000 people has shown that a positive attitude, and the belief that you can determine your life's outcomes, leads people to make healthier lifestyle choices. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-positive-mindset-health-decisions.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:04:12 EST news277628643 A doctor-patient relationship built on trust and empathy doesn't just put patients at ease – it actually changes the brain's response to stress and increases pain tolerance, according to new findings from a Michigan State University research team. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-doc-empathy-patients-pain-tolerance.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:03:38 EST news273773004 Immigrants who come to the United States from Mexico arrive with a significant amount of undiagnosed disease, tempering previous findings that immigrants are generally healthier than native-born residents, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mexican-immigrants-healthy-believed.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:15 EST news273755477 More people are better off thanks to the impact of an influx of direct-to-consumer advertising spending than they would be without those marketing efforts, according to a study recently published by Jayani Jayawardhana, an assistant professor in the University of Georgia College of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-links-consumer-welfare-prescription-drug.html Medications Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:57:52 EST news273167855 A new study from the Mailman School of Public Health suggests that African-American and Mexican-American seniors are less likely to have cancer or heart disease if they live in an ethnically homogeneous community. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-strong-ethnic-neighborhoods-boost-health.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:50:03 EST news272622358 Higher neighborhood education is associated with better self-rated health among Asian Americans who live in Asian ethnic neighborhoods, but this correlation between individual health and neighborhood education levels does not exist for Asian Americans living in non-Asian neighborhoods, according to a recent study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-asian-american-neighborhoods-affect-residents.html Health Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:15:21 EST news271602906 (Medical Xpress)—A study by Stirling's Dr Ruth Jepson has determined that South Asian people in the UK will be more likely to exercise if it can be done as part of a group and has a social element. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-south-asian-people-social-groups.html Health Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:35:40 EST news269159729 (Medical Xpress)—For years policymakers have attempted to replace Medicare's fee-for- service payment system with approaches that pay one price for an aggregation of services. The intent has been to reward providers for offering needed care in the most appropriate and cost-effective manner. But many of these programs have known pitfalls, says Stuart Altman, an economist and the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-alternatives-medicare-fee-for-service-payment.html Health Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:16:32 EST news266084186 In a stride toward better health in later life, scientists reported today that resveratrol, the so-called "miracle molecule" found in red wine, might help improve mobility and prevent life-threatening falls among older people. The finding, believed to be the first of its kind, was presented today to some 14,000 scientists and others gathered at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-red-wine-compound-seniors-mobility.html Medical research Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:00:01 EST news264553432 Queensland researchers are calling on Gen Y hipsters to take part in a new research project to promote better health via text messaging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-smart-health-gen.html Health Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:33:20 EST news261819193 A slim waist and normal weight are usually associated with better health outcomes, but that's not always the case with heart failure patients, according to a new UCLA study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-obesity-larger-waist-size-outcomes.html Cardiology Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:18:58 EST news260536730 (HealthDay) -- Teens who engaged in more moderate-to-vigorous outdoor activity reported better health and social functioning than their peers who spent hours in front of television and computer screens, a new study in Australia has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-outdoor-teens-happier.html Pediatrics Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:10:01 EST news259577462 (Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that overweight men and women responded differently to advertisements about the benefits from exercise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-men-women-differently-advertisements.html Health Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:31:46 EST news258276695 Our bodies need about two litres of fluids per day, not two litres of water specifically. In an Editorial in the June issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Spero Tsindos from La Trobe University, examined why we consume so much water. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-expert.html Health Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:55:11 EST news258112499 (HealthDay) -- It's graduation season, and new research offers yet another reason to congratulate someone who has completed at least nine years of education: They're likely to live longer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-longer-life.html Health Mon, 14 May 2012 17:09:53 EST news256234182 (Medical Xpress) -- The experience of 'mental silence' is linked with better health outcomes and greater wellbeing according to a University of Sydney study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-meditation-linked-wellbeing-health-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 11 May 2012 06:58:17 EST news255938283 Startling new statistics from Bowling Green State University's National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) paint a bleak future for the largest generation in history, the baby boomers, as they cross into old age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-baby-boomers-age_1.html Health Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:00:24 EST news253800017 People with a high socioeconomic level have been demonstrated to have better health than the rest of people. Other protective factors against chronic diseases are having higher education, having a job, and the per capita income and welfare in the region of residence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-marriage-high-socioeconomic-health.html Health Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:35:22 EST news253272912 In this week's PLoS Medicine, Dejan Zurovac and colleagues from the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya discuss six areas where text messaging could improve the delivery of health services and health outcomes in malaria in Africa, including three areas transmitting information from the periphery of the health system to malaria control managers and three areas transmitting information to support management of malaria patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-text-messaging-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:00:01 EST news249054447