Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: poor neighbourhoods http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Battling AIDS stigma in Morocco's religious heartlands "I don't have anything," said Asmaa with a sigh as she stepped out of the mobile clinic offering free AIDS tests in Sale, a conservative city in Morocco where the veiled young woman lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-aids-stigma-morocco-religious-heartlands.html HIV & AIDS Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:37:42 EST news282631056 Fewer men leads to more babies in poor areas: study Women who outnumber men in poor communities are likelier to have babies at a younger age as competition drives them to lower their expectations of the opposite sex, a study said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-men-babies-poor-areas.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:50:02 EST news279952030 Smoke-free law linked to 12% decrease in child asthma hospital admissions, study finds The introduction of smoke-free legislation in England was immediately followed by a fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma symptoms, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-smoke-free-law-linked-decrease-child.html Pediatrics Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:02 EST news277979803 Shocking disparities in child obesity now exist in New Zealand (Medical Xpress)—Public health researcher Professor Tony Blakely from the University of Otago, Wellington says the time for prevaricating about obesity is over with the release of latest child obesity figures by the Ministry of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-disparities-child-obesity-zealand.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:27:29 EST news274602442 Poor neighborhoods suffer higher incidence of arthritis People living in poor neighbourhoods have a higher rate and risk of arthritis - one of the most common causes of disability in the developed world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-poor-neighborhoods-higher-incidence-arthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:24:16 EST news247314250 New immigrants less likely to have premature babies in the first 5 years in Canada: study Immigrants living less than five years in Canada are less likely than their Canadian-born counterparts to have premature babies regardless of where they live, according to a new study by St. Michael's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-immigrants-premature-babies-years-canada.html Health Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:00:05 EST news223209279