News tagged with social expectations

Study links US mortality rates under age 50 to life expectancy lagging other high-income countries

(Medical Xpress)—Higher mortality rates among Americans younger than 50 are responsible for much of why life expectancy is lower in the United States than most of the world's most developed nations.

Health Mar 12, 2013 | not rated yet | 1

When will we all live to 100? 40 percent of girls born now expected to reach this milestone

An article from John Appleby, Chief Economist at the Kings Fund, published on BMJ website today brings attention to the rising amount of those expected to live to 100 and asks where it will end.

Health Jan 22, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Adolescents with low status among peers are more likely to become adult smokers

A new study from Sweden reveals that having low peer status in adolescence is a strong risk factor for regular and heavy smoking in adulthood. Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden used a large database that followed ...

Addiction Nov 20, 2012 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Study shows stagnating life expectancies in US

Despite modest gains in lifespan over the past century, the United States still trails many of the world's countries when it comes to life expectancy, and its poorest citizens live approximately five years ...

Health Jun 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Social factors better indicate early death risk than skin color, geography

In a novel study of health disparities in the United States, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified 22 socioeconomic and environmental variables that together are better indicators of early death ...

Health Apr 17, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Adolescent expectations of early death predict young adult socioeconomic status

(Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents' expectations of an early death can predict their economic futures more than a decade later, according to a new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Health Apr 10, 2012 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Employers need to tackle culture of ignorance around breast cancer survivors who work

Employers need to be more aware of the capabilities of women affected by breast cancer and provide them with better support, backed by employment directives and occupational health policies, according to a paper in the November ...

Cancer Nov 07, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

The new old age -- today's pensioners are very different to yesterday's

Old people today have more sex, are more likely to be divorced, are cleverer and feel better, reveals a long-term research project comparing what it is like to be old today with 30 years ago. "It's time to start talking about ...

Health Oct 31, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0