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Despite some concerns to the contrary, neighborhoods with medical marijuana dispensaries may not have higher crime rates than other neighborhoods—at least in one California city. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-medical-marijuana-outlets-linked-crime.html Health Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:10:01 EST news258173160 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 Your supermarket may affect your weight, according to a report published Apr. 4 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-supermarket-affect-weight.html Health Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:03 EST news252775497 Children living in a neighborhood designed with a special bike trail were three times as likely as those in a traditional neighborhood to engage in vigorous physical activity, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2012 Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-children-low-income-neighborhood-special-walkingbike.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:00:01 EST news251033383 The community or neighborhood you live in can impact your health in big ways, and disadvantaged, low-income populations in the United States are at an increased risk of experiencing unhealthy conditions, more sickness and shorter lives, according to a new study by researchers with the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Human Needs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health.html Health Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:59:19 EST news249893938 Being educated about your health and your treatment options is a good thing. According to a new study, kidney failure patients who take part in an education program are more likely to get evaluated for a kidney transplant. The study appears in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that requiring a formal patient education class may help reduce inequities in kidney failure patients' access to kidney transplantation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-patient-classes-disparities-kidney-transplantation.html Other Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:24:59 EST news248635491 Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been linked to heavy drinking, substance use by one or both partners, and living in a neighborhood characterized by poverty and social disadvantage. Alcohol outlet density has been linked to assaultive violence in a community. A study of the association between alcohol outlet densities and IPV-related visits to the Emergency Department (ED) throughout California between July 2005 and December 2008 has found that density of bars is associated with IPV-related ED visits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-neighborhood-bar-density-linked-intimate.html Health Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:13 EST news248543166 A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that racial disparities exist in both the early and late steps in access to kidney transplantation. This study is part of the February special themed issue of the journal on racial disparity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-racial-disparities-access-kidney-transplantation.html Other Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:22:29 EST news248016137 Large disparities exist in obesity and other chronic diseases across racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Are racial differences in diet, exercise, and weight status related to better knowledge about healthy eating and awareness of food-related health risks? Or are they more closely related to differences in socioeconomic status (SES)? A new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association finds that people with a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to be overweight, regardless of racial/ethnic background, and that the level of nutritional knowledge and health awareness did not lead to significant racial differences in weight and diet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-socioeconomic-status-racial-disparities-diet.html Health Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:19:18 EST news241708750 Low-income women with children who move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experience notable long-term improvements in some aspects of their health, namely reductions in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and partner institutions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-poor-women-lower-poverty-neighborhoods-health.html Health Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:03:13 EST news238294982 The company an adolescent keeps, particularly when it comes to drugs and criminal activity, affects bad behavior. Right? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-resisting-peer-pressure.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:57:08 EST news236422567 People living in poor neighborhoods are at higher risk of dying of heart disease outside a hospital than are people who live in wealthier neighborhoods, research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-poor-neighborhood-factor-out-of-hospital-cardiac.html Health Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:29:06 EST news235740536 You've just finished an amazing dinner at your favorite restaurant and you are ready to put on your comfy pajamas and slip into sweet slumber. You arrive at your doorstep and find the front door ajar. Your heart beats wildly in your chest and you peer in, only to discover that your house has been ransacked. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-meaninglessness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:10:01 EST news235065208 Providing access to an outpatient clinic isn't enough to keep some trauma patients who have been discharged from the hospital from returning to the emergency department (ED) for follow-up care, even for such minor needs as pain medication refills and dressing changes, according to new Johns Hopkins research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-uninsured-trauma-patients-ed-follow-up.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:09:43 EST news233503759 Surgeons have re-attached a large part of the face of a seven year-old child torn in a pitbull attack, Mexico's state-run Social Security Institute said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-child-accident-mexico.html Other Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:13:28 EST news232168401