http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Low-income and minority women screened for breast cancer at Capital Breast Cancer Center (CBCC) in Washington, DC, exceed national standards in their rate of medical follow-up after a positive mammogram, according to a small study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2013. Researchers credit CBCC patient navigators with playing a key role in ensuring high follow-up rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-high-risk-screening-high-uppatient-credited.html Cancer Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:06 EST news284633237 Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies, The Lancet reported on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-health-gap-europe-wider.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:00:01 EST news283549296 (Medical Xpress)—A new study based on in-depth interviews of rural Latino men in western Oregon finds that these men need sexual health services designed for their needs, including more male health providers, more convenient clinic hours, and Spanish-speaking doctors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-sexual-health-rural-latino-men.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:00:34 EST news281861950 In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Columbia University School of Nursing have established that poor health literacy among Latino parents is associated with a poor understanding of the proper use antibiotics, particularly for upper respiratory infections (URIs), which can lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-parental-misconceptions-antibiotics-linked-poor.html Medications Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:56:06 EST news279190443 Stress during pregnancy puts mothers' and their babies' health at risk, previous research has shown. Now, a University of Missouri study indicates low-income pregnant women in rural areas experience high levels of stress yet lack appropriate means to manage their emotional and physical well-being. Health providers should serve as facilitators and link rural women with resources. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-low-income-pregnant-women-rural-areas.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:39:59 EST news278699986 Scarred by years of torture and abuse under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodian refugees in the United States have been found to have significantly higher physical and mental health problems compared to the general population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-cambodian-americans.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:00:01 EST news278318694 Quitting smoking is a common New Year's resolution for Americans each year, but research has repeatedly shown it is not an easy task. Some groups, such as racial/ethnic minorities, have an even harder time quitting. New research suggests hard-hitting graphic tobacco warnings may help smokers of diverse backgrounds who are struggling to quit. A new study by researchers at Legacy® and Harvard School of Public Health provides further evidence that bold pictorial cigarette warning labels that visually depict the health consequences of smoking—such as those required under the 2009 Family Smoking and Prevention Tobacco Control Act—play a life-saving role in highlighting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-graphic-cigarettes-effective-demographic-groups.html Health Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:00:02 EST news277404129 Experiencing rejection not only affects how we think and feel—over the long-term it can also influence our physical and mental health. New research suggests that when rejection comes in the form of discrimination, people respond with a pattern of thoughts, behaviors, and physiological responses that may contribute to overall health disparities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-experiencing-discrimination-risk-taking-anger-vigilance.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:33:10 EST news275146382 People over age 65 with high psychosocial distress face increased risk of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychosocial-distress.html Cardiology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:00:02 EST news274621821 Emory researchers announced results of a new study that has proven successful in the prevention of depression in people diagnosed with epilepsy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-web-based-epilepsy-related-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:30:01 EST news273838416 In a commentary to appear in the Oct. 22 issue of the journal Pediatrics, Barry Zuckerman, MD, the Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine, discusses how by working together, lawyers and physicians potentially can close the gap in health disparities that persist even in universal health care coverage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-law-medicine.html Pediatrics Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:21:22 EST news270130864 Few adolescent females undergo pregnancy testing in the hospital emergency department (ED), even when they complain of lower abdominal pain, or before they are exposed to radiation for tests or examinations, according to an abstract presented Friday, Oct. 19, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-teens-pregnancy-emergency-department.html Pediatrics Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:20:01 EST news269791402 People who smoke both cigarettes and waterpipes – dual users – lack sufficient knowledge about the risks of tobacco smoking and are at considerable risk for dependence and tobacco-related diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and stroke later in life, according to findings of a new study by Virginia Commonwealth University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cigarette-waterpipe-tobacco-knowledge-gap.html Health Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:20:50 EST news267798016 Pregnant mice exposed to high levels of air pollution gave birth to offspring with a significantly higher rate of obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood than those that were not exposed to air pollution. This effect seemed especially prevalent in male mice, which were heavier regardless of diet. These findings, published online in the FASEB Journal, suggests a link between diesel exhaust exposure in utero and bulging waistlines in adulthood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-utero-exposure-diesel-exhaust-factor.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:46:24 EST news261920770 Major disparities exist along racial and ethnic lines in the United States for various medical conditions, but guidance is scarce about how to reduce these gaps. Now, a new "roadmap" has been unveiled to give organizations expert guidance on how to improve health equity in their own patient populations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-roadmap-proven-routes-health-disparities.html Health Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:20:21 EST news261760815 (Medical Xpress) -- The daily psychological stresses that police officers experience in their work put them at significantly higher risk than the general population for a host of long-term physical and mental health effects. That's the overall finding of a major scientific study of the Buffalo Police Department called Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) conducted over five years by a University at Buffalo researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-police-officer-stress-significant-health.html Health Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:17:00 EST news261119544 It seems logical that programs to screen and manage depression in pregnant, HIV-positive Medicaid patients should already be in place, but they aren't. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-poor-pregnant-women-hiv-untreated.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:30:44 EST news258741038 A first-time joint publication by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and the American Journal of Public Health highlights how the two sectors of public health and primary medicine intersect and the work ahead to achieve true integration. This special supplement complements the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) study released in late March, "Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health (www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Primary-Care-and-Public-Health.aspx)." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-physicians-health-agencies-accountability-outcomes.html Health Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:00:02 EST news258720833 New research into "health care deserts" finds that primary-care physicians are especially hard to find in predominantly Black and/or low-income Hispanic metropolitan neighborhoods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-health-common-black-neighborhoods.html Health Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:32:17 EST news254565124 In a novel study of health disparities in the United States, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified 22 socioeconomic and environmental variables that together are better indicators of early death than are race or geography. The findings upend long-held beliefs that where you live and the color of your skin are the best markers for how long you may live. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-social-factors-early-death-skin.html Health Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:00:10 EST news253890576 (Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents' expectations of an early death can predict their economic futures more than a decade later, according to a new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-adolescent-early-death-young-adult.html Health Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:53:56 EST news253302790 A new research survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU Langone Medical Center shows the Bangladeshi community in New York City experiences numerous barriers to diabetes care because of limited English proficiency and lack of diabetes awareness. The study, published in the March 2012 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, also found the Bangladeshi community has an interest in participating in community health programs for diabetes prevention and care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-barriers-diabetes-nyc-bangladeshi.html Diabetes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:06 EST news250943879 (Medical Xpress) -- A UCLA-led group of researchers tracing disparities in life expectancy between blacks and whites in the U.S. has found that white males live about seven years longer on average than African American men and that white women live more than five years longer than their black counterparts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-significant-state-by-state-differences-black-white.html Health Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:10:01 EST news249284586 Most studies that have examined growing levels of health disparity in the United States have focused on the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in terms of socioeconomic factors such as education and income. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-reveals-wrinkle-health-gap.html Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:36:48 EST news247322187 Nurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with lullabies. Now they're gaining merit for their offspring's physical health in middle age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nurturing-mothers-rear-physically-healthier.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:23:44 EST news246547419 Levels of health disparity have increased substantially for people born in the United States after 1980, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-health-gap-grown-young-adults.html Health Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:40:01 EST news241928616 For black American adults, perceived racism may cause mental health symptoms similar to trauma and could lead to some physical health disparities between blacks and other populations in the United States, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-racism-impact-black-americans-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:42:26 EST news240662538 Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health are undertaking a preliminary study to identify the early origins of heart disease among African-Americans. The new feasibility study will enroll children and grand children of participants taking part in the largest study of heart disease risk factors among African-American adults, the Jackson Heart Study (JHS), in Jackson, Miss. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-youth-heart-disease-african-americans.html Health Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:40:03 EST news239533981 Where you live could play a larger role in health disparities than originally thought, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They examined a racially integrated, low-income neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland and found that, with the exception of smoking, nationally reported disparities in hypertension, diabetes, obesity among women and use of health services disappeared or narrowed. The results are featured in the October 2011 issue of Health Affairs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-larger-health-disparities.html Health Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:37:35 EST news237116232 (Medical Xpress) -- The strongest solutions to health disparities lie outside the health care system — in the community and the policies that affect living conditions, according to a new article co-authored by a Virginia Commonwealth University expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-disparities.html Health Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:30:02 EST news237101385