http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery. Their study, which appears in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, published by Springer, found that lower-income individuals reported higher levels of dissatisfaction and poorer function than those with higher incomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-people-higher-incomes-happier-knees.html Other Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:36 EST news288355827 Even if you didn't eat your veggies or drink your milk as a child, your height is still in your hands, reveal new findings by economists from the University of Southern California, Harvard University and Peking University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-shorter-adult-health-habits-age.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:18:51 EST news284030253 New research conducted in 10 European cities has estimated that 14% of chronic childhood asthma is due to exposure to traffic pollution near busy roads. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-road-traffic-pollution-passive-childhood.html Inflammatory disorders Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:00:01 EST news283105325 Improving housing can improve health, particularly when interventions are targeted at those in the poorest health, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The authors say their review underscores the importance of targeting those most in need when devising programmes for housing improvement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-housing-poorest-health.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:00:09 EST news281208796 When low-income families devote three to four extra minutes to regular family mealtimes, their children's ability to achieve and maintain a normal weight improves measurably, according to a new University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-minutes-day-low-income-families-kids.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:31:48 EST news277666295 Asthmatic children in New York City neighborhoods with high rates of asthma make many more visits to the emergency room (ER) than those who live in other parts of the city. While socioeconomic factors such as lack of adequate preventive care are part of the equation (high-asthma neighborhoods tend to be lower income), new research points to a possible biological basis for the disparity. Asthmatic children living in asthma hotspots were twice as likely to experience a common symptom known as exercise-induced wheeze than were those in neighborhoods with lower asthma rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kids-asthma-hotspots-nyc-er.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:20:01 EST news274903068 (Medical Xpress)—A new study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies found that the degree to which a disease disrupts daily functioning is associated with reduced happiness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-health-affects-happiness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:37:54 EST news272029025 It is often assumed that those on low incomes and with low levels of education are overly represented in the major increase in obesity of recent decades. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-obesity-epidemic-threatens-health-social.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:37:30 EST news271939039 (HealthDay) -- For anyone raising teenagers, the idea of helping them feel grateful for everyday things may seem like a long shot; just getting them to mumble a "thank you" every now and then can be a monumental accomplishment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-teens-depression-problems.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:40:01 EST news263468992 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 (HealthDay) -- Six longitudinal developmental trajectories have been identified among children with autism, with significant heterogeneity seen in developmental pathways within these trajectories, according to a study published online April 2 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-developmental-trajectories-idd-children-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:10:01 EST news252589850 The Canadian Journal of Cardiology has published a paper on the effect of socioeconomic factors on myocardial infarction outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-impact-poverty-social-class-myocardial.html Cardiology Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:29:04 EST news250428507 Maternal obesity may contribute to cognitive impairment in extremely premature babies, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-maternal-obesity-brain-premature-infants.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:27:36 EST news250428228 New research finds foreign-born Hispanics now living in the United States appear to be less likely to have a stroke compared to non-Hispanic white people. The research was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012. The research is also being simultaneously published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-born-country-hispanics.html Neuroscience Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:03 EST news249047082 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 Infants allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning) are likely to eat more healthily and be an appropriate weight as they get older than infants spoon-fed purees, indicates a small study published in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-weaning-finger-foods-spoon-fed-purees.html Health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:30:01 EST news247768843 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 A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-high-childhood-iq-linked-subsequent.html Health Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:44:52 EST news240551074 New research from the University of Utah in collaboration with the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) shows that the presence or absence of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) varies with risk factors such as gender, parental age, maternal ethnicity, and maternal level of education. The study, published Sept. 15, 2011, in Autism Research, also shows that household income level has no association with either ID or ASD, in contrast to what other studies have suggested. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-autism-intellectual-disabilities-parental-age.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:11:47 EST news235642098