News tagged with socioeconomic characteristics
Ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival remain despite socioeconomic similarities
Disparities in survival after breast cancer persisted across racial/ethnic groups even after researchers adjusted for multiple demographics, such as patients' education and the socioeconomic status of the neighborhood in ...
Cancer
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Sugar-sweetened drinks are not replacing milk in kid's diets
National data indicate that milk consumption has declined among children while consumption of sweetened beverages of low nutritional quality has more than doubled. Although this suggests that sugar-sweetened beverages may ...
Health
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Positive feelings may help protect cardiovascular health
Over the last few decades numerous studies have shown negative states, such as depression, anger, anxiety, and hostility, to be detrimental to cardiovascular health. Less is known about how positive psychological characteristics ...
Cardiology
Apr 17, 2012 |
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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 |
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People in neighborhoods with healthy features have better heart health
If you live in neighborhoods with access to grocery stores, healthy food, parks and a pleasant walking environment, you're more likely to be in ideal cardiovascular health.
Health
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mail-order pharmacy for new statin prescriptions achieve better cholesterol control
Kaiser Permanente Northern California patients who obtained new statin prescriptions via a mail-order pharmacy achieved better cholesterol control in the first 3-15 months following the initiation of therapy -- compared to ...
Health
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Rutgers study: Third of N.J. immigrant children, many adult newcomers lack health insurance
One-third of immigrant children and more than 70 percent of foreign-born, nonelderly adults living in New Jersey five years or less lack health coverage, a Rutgers statewide survey finds.
Health
Jun 29, 2011 |
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