News tagged with baby boomer generation
Advance directives manage end of life care issues and reduce end of life medical costs
A new article available online in the American Journal of Public Health by two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty makes a compelling case that end-of-life care issues need to become an integral part o ...
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May 08, 2013 |
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Majority of Americans now favor legalizing marijuana
(HealthDay)—A majority of Americans (52 percent) now favor legalizing marijuana, and 72 percent feel that the government efforts to enforce marijuana laws are not worth their cost, according to research ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Workplace link to one in six cases of adult asthma among UK baby boomers
The workplace may be responsible for around one in six cases of adult asthma among the British baby boomer generation - those born in the late 1950s - reveals research published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.
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Jan 21, 2013 |
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Hepatitis: The hidden hazard
(HealthDay)—Of all the diseases people worry about getting, viral hepatitis is usually way down on the list. Most often it's thought of as a disease that affects only drug addicts or the sexually promiscuous. ...
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Dec 21, 2012 |
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HPV in older women may be due to reactivation of virus, not new infection
A new study suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women at or after menopause may represent an infection acquired years ago, and that HPV infections may exist below limits of detection after one to two years, ...
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Dec 13, 2012 |
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U.S. task force: Baby boomers should be tested for hepatitis C
(HealthDay)—A U.S. task force suggests that people at high risk for the hepatitis C virus should be screened, which includes those with a history of intravenous drug use and those who received blood transfusions ...
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Nov 26, 2012 |
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Gen X overtaking baby boomers on obesity
(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Adelaide shows that Generation X is already on the path to becoming more obese than their baby boomer predecessors.
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Nov 01, 2012 |
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SHSU professor investigates trends for elderly and crime
While the elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population, too little is known about the nature and scope of crime impacting this generation. Victoria Titterington of Sam Houston State University is trying ...
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May 31, 2012 |
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Retention study identifies key factors affecting three generations of nurses
If organisations want to retain qualified nurses they need to tackle the different work factors that are important to the three key age groups and build on the strong attachment that many nurses feel to the profession. Those ...
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Jan 17, 2012 |
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Health gap has grown among young US adults, study finds
Levels of health disparity have increased substantially for people born in the United States after 1980, according to new research.
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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