http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. For young women in high school, the risk of childbearing may depend on the prevalence of obesity in their schools, according to sociologists, who found that as the prevalence of obesity rises in a school, so do the odds of obese high school students bearing children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-obese-students-childbearing-varies-high.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 09 May 2013 10:32:01 EST news287314311 (Medical Xpress)—Low-income children may be overweight in part because they have less access to open green space where they can play and exercise, reports a Cornell study of obesity in Europe published in Social Science and Medicine (December 2012; Vol. 75). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poor-kids-heaviness-linked-access.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:30:42 EST news280657834 (Medical Xpress)—A new study by researchers at the Silver School of Social Work has found that among 60 young adults with a history of significant mental health difficulties, few used psychiatric services, medications, or other mental health services on a continuous basis as they transitioned to adulthood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-discontinue-mental-health-transition-adulthood.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:30:01 EST news268473923 A new study provides the best evidence to date that higher levels of income inequality in the United States actually lead to more deaths in the country over a period of years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-income-inequality-deaths.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 16:15:26 EST news255712299 Mothers who financially struggle to provide food for their families tend to put themselves at risk for obesity while trying to feed their children, according to Penn State sociologists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-low-income-mothers-obesity-children.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:06:35 EST news251039183 Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-impoverished-schools-parent-key-factors.html Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:45:25 EST news247322719 (Medical Xpress) -- Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-hurricane-katrina-survivors-struggle-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:01:45 EST news246693697 The World Health Organization said a study has found that Filipino mothers who have been influenced by advertisements or their doctors to use infant formula are two to four times more likely to feed their babies with those products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-infant-formula-ads-breast-feeding.html Health Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:39:51 EST news239517577 Parenthood accelerates weight gain over the life course according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-parenthood-long-term-weight-gain.html Health Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:18:13 EST news235988276 Top-performing hospitals are typically ones headed by a medical doctor rather than a manager. That is the finding from a new study of what makes a good hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-hospitals-physicians.html Health Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:21:45 EST news229177216