News tagged with poor families
In minutes a day, low-income families can improve their kids' health
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.
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Jan 17, 2013 |
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Pakistan child measles deaths surge in 2012
Measles cases surged in Pakistan in 2012 with hundreds of children dying of the disease, an international health body said Tuesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 01, 2013 |
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Supportive role models, coping lead to better health in poor teens
Low-income teenagers who have supportive role models and engage in adaptive strategies have lower levels of a marker for cardiovascular risk than low-income teens without such resources, according to a new study.
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Dec 20, 2012 |
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Caregivers neglect their own health, increasing heart disease risk
People acting as caregivers for family members with cardiovascular disease may inadvertently increase their own risk for heart disease by neglecting their own health, according to a new study in the American Jo ...
Health
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Poor kids twice as likely to suffer from arthritis, hypertension in adulthood
(Medical Xpress)—The tentacles of childhood poverty reach even further than previously thought, a new Cornell study finds.
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Oct 18, 2012 |
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Moving from high-poverty to low-poverty neighborhoods appears beneficial for some adolescent girls
Although some girls benefited from a program that moved families from high-poverty areas to low-poverty areas, boys and adolescents from families with preexisting health-related vulnerabilities did not appear to experience ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2012 |
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The Medical Minute: Thyroid cancer on the rise
September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. With cases on the rise locally, nationally and globally, Dr. David Goldenberg, director of Head and Neck Surgery at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, hopes people ...
Cancer
Sep 21, 2012 |
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Move to less impoverished neighborhoods boosts physical and mental health
Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, ...
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Sep 20, 2012 |
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Spain schools to charge pupils for eating packed lunch
Several Spanish regions plan to charge pupils who bring their own lunch to school a fee to eat in the cafeteria, in the struggle to bring public deficits under control.
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Aug 09, 2012 |
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Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to increased risk of heart disease in men
Men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who didn't drink any sugar-sweetened drinks, according to research published in Circulation, an Americ ...
Cardiology
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Kenya HIV families torn between health or food
(AP) -- Rosalia Adhiambo won't take the free anti-HIV drugs that would prolong her life. The spiraling price of food in Kenya means she can't afford to feed both her grandniece and herself.
HIV & AIDS
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Effects of prenatal smoking on infant neurodevelopment may be worse than feared: study
In one of the largest studies of its kind to date, researchers have found that babies born to mothers who smoke while pregnant face substantial delays in early neurological development, and the effects may be stronger than ...
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Alcohol drinking in the elderly: Risks and benefits
The Royal College of Psychiatrists of London has published a report related primarily to problems of unrecognized alcohol misuse among the elderly. The report provides guidelines for psychiatrists and family physicians on ...
Addiction
Jun 27, 2011 |
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White House seeks health plan compromise
Offering the option of government coverage to workers and their families has become one of the most contentious issues in the debate about overhauling health care to cover the uninsured and curb costs. Obama has proposed ...
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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