Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: poor families http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Pakistan child measles deaths surge in 2012 Measles cases surged in Pakistan in 2012 with hundreds of children dying of the disease, an international health body said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-pakistan-child-measles-deaths-surge.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:15:08 EST news276250495 Poor kids twice as likely to suffer from arthritis, hypertension in adulthood (Medical Xpress)—The tentacles of childhood poverty reach even further than previously thought, a new Cornell study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-poor-kids-arthritis-hypertension-adulthood.html Health Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:45:29 EST news269761521 Move to less impoverished neighborhoods boosts physical and mental health Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, according to a new study published in the Sept. 20 issue of Science by researchers at the University of Chicago and partners at other institutions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-impoverished-neighborhoods-boosts-physical-mental.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:00:01 EST news267367033 Spain schools to charge pupils for eating packed lunch Several Spanish regions plan to charge pupils who bring their own lunch to school a fee to eat in the cafeteria, in the struggle to bring public deficits under control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-spain-schools-pupils-lunch.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:30:01 EST news263744030 Kenya HIV families torn between health or food (AP) -- Rosalia Adhiambo won't take the free anti-HIV drugs that would prolong her life. The spiraling price of food in Kenya means she can't afford to feed both her grandniece and herself. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-kenya-hiv-families-torn-health.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:00:01 EST news243765582 Effects of prenatal smoking on infant neurodevelopment may be worse than feared: study In one of the largest studies of its kind to date, researchers have found that babies born to mothers who smoke while pregnant face substantial delays in early neurological development, and the effects may be stronger than researchers had previously thought. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-effects-prenatal-infant-neurodevelopment-worse.html Health Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:18:29 EST news233227089 White House seeks health plan compromise Offering the option of government coverage to workers and their families has become one of the most contentious issues in the debate about overhauling health care to cover the uninsured and curb costs. Obama has proposed a public plan, and liberals insist it be part of any final deal. Conservatives and businesses fear that could open the door for a government takeover of the system. http://medicalxpress.com/news159019833.html Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:11:06 EST news159019833