Overweight & Obesity
Obesity higher in neighborhoods with more fast food
(Medical Xpress)—A new study zeroes in on the effect that fast-food restaurants have on obesity and nutritional health in specific neighborhoods.
May 13, 2014
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Health
Study links social, community factors with hospital readmissions
Factors like the level of poverty in a neighborhood, living alone, and age affect a patient's chances of being readmitted to a hospital after discharge, even after possible variations in quality of care in the hospital have ...
May 5, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Working memory differs by parents' education; effects persist into adolescence
Working memory—the ability to hold information in your mind, think about it, and use it to guide behavior—develops through childhood and adolescence, and is key for successful performance at school and work. Previous ...
Apr 30, 2014
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Health
Small retail grocers, improved transit might be key to shrinking 'food deserts'
Food deserts—a term used for geographical areas where healthy food is inaccessible or prohibitively expensive—are connected to high rates of obesity and diet-related diseases. A new University of Georgia study says that ...
Apr 14, 2014
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Health
Study finds restaurants in public housing developments serve fewer healthy meals
A new study finds that when it comes to making healthy food choices at restaurants, location plays as much of a role in calories as what you eat.
Apr 10, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Poor neighborhoods create misfortune, ill health
Residents of poorer Chicago neighborhoods are more likely to suffer terrible life events—and their health suffers as a result, according to a new Duke University study.
Apr 8, 2014
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Health
Tracking neighborhood eating habits to promote healthier diets
Poor food choices, such as overconsumption of carbonated soft drinks, are an important factor driving the global obesity epidemic and have been linked directly to diabetes and heart disease. While public health agencies are ...
Mar 11, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Moving out of high poverty appears to affect the mental health of boys, girls differently
For families who moved out of high-poverty neighborhoods, boys experienced an increase and girls a decrease in rates of depression and conduct disorder, according to a study in the March 5 issue of JAMA.
Mar 4, 2014
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Health
Experts urge 'ыeismic shift' in approach to better US health care
(HealthDay)—Medicine alone cannot improve the health of the nation—not when one in five Americans lives in unsafe neighborhoods where pollution, crime and joblessness are prevalent; nutritious food is scarce; and the ...
Jan 15, 2014
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Addiction
People in poor neighborhoods are twice as likely to have gambling problems, study finds
The poorer the neighborhood, the higher the risk for problem gambling, according to a study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
Jan 6, 2014
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