Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: wages http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Report finds leave insurance program successfully reaches working families In 2009, New Jersey became one of only two states in the country to enact a family leave insurance law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-successfully-families.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:07:25 EST news279785239 Study links low wages with hypertension, especially for women and younger workers Workers earning the lowest wages have a higher risk of hypertension than workers with the highest wages, according to new research from UC Davis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-links-wages-hypertension-women-younger.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:25:55 EST news276441852 Premiums for family health plans hit $15,745 (AP)—There's a new health care survey, and at first it sounds like good news about insurance costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-premiums-family-health.html Health Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:01:58 EST news266583711 Preschool children who can pay attention more likely to finish college Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-preschool-children-attention-finish-college.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:25:33 EST news263485470 Why current strategies for fighting obesity are not working (Medical Xpress) -- As the United States wages war on the growing epidemic of obesity among children and adults, a team of University of Colorado School of Medicine obesity researchers conclude that what the nation needs is a new battle plan – one that replaces the emphasis on widespread food restriction and weight loss with an emphasis on helping people achieve “energy balance” at a healthy body weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-current-strategies-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:00:32 EST news260521176 Majority of California's Medi-Cal caregivers live in or near poverty The demand for caregivers is growing rapidly as California's population ages, but the majority of state's Medi-Cal caregivers earn poverty or near-poverty wages and have poor access to health care and food, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-majority-california-medi-cal-caregivers-poverty.html Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:46:20 EST news253374353 Study: Subsidizing wages at long-term care facilities would cut turnover Subsidizing the wages of caregivers at group homes would likely reduce worker turnover rates and help contain costs at long-term care facilities, according to new University of Illinois research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-subsidizing-wages-long-term-facilities-turnover.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:03:17 EST news230464404