Health
Changing social circumstances influence smoking
Reducing people's deprivation through wider social policy should help reduce smoking rates significantly according to new research from the University of Otago, Wellington.
Sep 12, 2013
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News tagged with neighbourhood
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study shows therapeutic impact of neighbourliness on dementia
New research is showing how being connected with their local community has reaped enormous benefits for people with dementia.
Nov 7, 2017
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Health
Neighbourhood links to health and wellbeing
(Medical Xpress) -- People who live in safer, cleaner and friendly neighbourhoods experience higher levels of health and wellbeing as they age, a new Flinders University study shows.
Aug 16, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Majority of toddlers who are overweight are still too heavy several years later
Toddlers with extreme overweight are often still too heavy several years later. This is particularly true for children from families with a low socioeconomic status. They have a four times higher chance of developing chronic ...
Aug 6, 2013
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Health
Living in densely populated neighborhoods can actually decrease risk of diabetes and obesity
Torontonians living in neighbourhoods that aren't conducive to walking have a 33 per cent greater risk of developing diabetes or being obese, according to new research.
Jan 15, 2014
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Can being neighborly reduce depression in older adults?
In a Health & Social Care in the Community study of 10,105 older adults in China examined in 2011, 2013, and 2015, living in neighbourhoods with a higher level of neighbourhood social participation was related to lower rates ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why are coronavirus rates rising in some areas of England and not others?
Growing alarm has been expressed over the rising number of people who are testing positive for COVID-19 in the UK. More tests have been made available and more people have been taking those tests, but that alone does not ...
Oct 1, 2020
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Health
Women raised in deprived neighbourhoods face an increased risk of intimate partner violence
Women who spend longer periods of their early lives in less affluent neighbourhoods are at greater risk of experiencing violence during their early adulthoods at the hands of their intimate partners, finds a new study published ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Health
Neighborhoods with more takeaways amplify social inequalities in unhealthy eating and obesity
People who live or work near to a greater number of takeaway outlets are more likely to eat more takeaway food and to be overweight, but new research indicates that neighbourhoods that are saturated with fast food outlets ...
May 11, 2016
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Cardiology
Inner-city neighborhood may affect risk of developing of heart disease, research finds
The inner-city neighbourhood in which someone lives may affect his or her risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease, a new research paper suggests.
Aug 31, 2015
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