Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: socioeconomic position http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Poorer patients with lung cancer less likely to receive treatment than wealtheir patients Poorer lung cancer patients in the developed world are significantly less likely to receive treatment than richer patients, researchers from Newcastle University have found. This inequality in treatment may contribute to the higher death rates for lung cancer in poorer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poorer-patients-lung-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:50:03 EST news279527851 Stress at work very unlikely to cause cancer, research says Work-related stress is not linked to the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, a study published today in BMJ suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-stress-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:30:02 EST news279472501 Gestational diabetes, poverty link to ADHD strengthened (HealthDay)—The previously reported association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and low socioeconomic position (SEP) has been confirmed in a large German cohort, according to a research letter published online Sept. 10 in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gestational-diabetes-poverty-link-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:37:48 EST news266600259 Racial discrimination lessens benefits of higher socio-economic status (w/ Video) (Medical Xpress) -- Racial discrimination could lessen the mental-health benefits usually associated with better socio-economic position for African-American men, finds a new study by Darrell L. Hudson, PhD, assistant professor of public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-racial-discrimination-lessens-benefits-higher.html Health Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:40:01 EST news258877344 Psychological distress associated with division of domestic work Women are more likely than men to be responsible for the majority of domestic work in a household, which can lead to higher psychological distress, and new research shows that this correlation is further increased by perceived socioeconomic and gender inequality in the relationship, according to a study published June 13 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-psychological-distress-division-domestic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:00:04 EST news258813035 Poor literacy skills linked to increased mortality risk among older people One in three older people who have difficulty reading and understanding basic health related information may be at increased risk of death, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-poor-literacy-skills-linked-mortality.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:30:02 EST news251052605 Demographic factors linked to mental health in black men Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among black men, according to a study by the University of Michigan and University of Southern California that provides the first-ever national estimates of several mental disorders for black men. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-demographic-factors-linked-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:31:03 EST news226740559