Posts Tagged ‘socioeconomic status’
Arthritis risk higher in poor neighborhoods
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — People living in poor neighborhoods are 42 percent more at risk of getting arthritis than those that live in affluent areas, new research shows. Continue…
Friday, February 3, 2012 12:48 - 2 Comments
Earth & Environment - Jan 26, 2012 13:12 - 2 Comments
Lower emissions, less money, long life?
U. LEEDS (UK) — Countries with high incomes and high carbon emissions do not achieve higher life expectancies than those with moderate incomes and lower carbon emissions, a new study finds. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 17, 2012 12:45 - 5 Comments
Racism may harm your health
RICE (US) — A new study finds 18 percent of blacks and 4 percent of whites report emotional and/or physical distress due to racial discrimination. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 22, 2011 17:44 - 1 Comment
Bah, humbug! Rich slower to show empathy
UC BERKELEY (US) — Dickens was right on the money with his depiction of Cratchit and Scrooge. Poor people are quicker to show compassion than the rich, a study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 20, 2011 11:15 - 0 Comments
Economic fallout: The college loan crunch
PENN STATE (US) — The rising cost of a college education and limited access to financial aid may create a less productive workforce and steeper wealth inequity, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 1, 2011 6:41 - 0 Comments
Middle class, not poor, eat more fast food
UC DAVIS (US) — As earnings increase from low to middle class, so does the frequency of fast-food dining, weakening the argument that fast food can be blamed for higher rates of obesity among the poor. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 11:51 - 3 Comments
DNA ‘remembers’ early living conditions
MCGILL (CAN) — Family living conditions in childhood are associated with significant effects in DNA that persist well into middle age, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 28, 2011 11:53 - 5 Comments
Why class societies are rule, not exception
STANFORD (US) —The disproportionate suffering of the poor may have been a driving force behind the global spread of class structure during early human civilization, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 6, 2011 11:24 - 0 Comments
Lower income raises heart disease risk
UC DAVIS (US) — People with less education and lower incomes are much more likely to develop heart disease than those who are wealthier or better educated, according to a recent study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 6, 2011 16:53 - 1 Comment
In 20s, hypertension risk for low earners
DUKE (US) — Young adults with lower income and less education face the greatest risk of having high blood pressure, new data shows. (more…)
Top Stories - May 25, 2011 12:19 - 4 Comments
Whites in U.S. still live longer than blacks
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — While life expectancy in the United States has risen from 47 years in 1900 to 78 today, statistics show African Americans, on average, die five years earlier than whites. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 2, 2011 13:21 - 3 Comments
PhD effect: Low blood pressure for years
BROWN (US) — Years in graduate school may be good for both mind and body. A new study suggests advanced education is linked to lower blood pressure, particularly for women. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 30, 2011 20:20 - 3 Comments
Hefty price tag for healthy diets
U. WASHINGTON (US) — The price of nutritious food is rising faster than less-healthy options, leading to a dietary disparity between the haves and have-nots, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 12, 2011 11:24 - 2 Comments
Being poor stunts cognitive growth
U.TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Growing up poor can suppress a child’s genetic potential to excel cognitively even before the age of 2. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 28, 2010 14:41 - 0 Comments
Old school’s no good for grades
CORNELL (US) — When students attend school in older buildings that need repair their grades suffer, research shows, particularly if those students change schools often. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 1, 2010 13:42 - 0 Comments
Health ABCs reduce hospitalizations
EMORY (US) — Being able to read and understand medical terms may keep a patient with heart failure out of the hospital. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 13, 2010 15:24 - 1 Comment
UK to see sizable upswing in diversity
U. LEEDS (UK)—The ethnic makeup of the UK will change dramatically over the next 40 years, with the country becoming far more ethnically diverse and geographically integrated, according to new projections. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 12:41 - 2 Comments
UK’s poor hit hard by alcohol-related deaths
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Death rates from alcohol-related diseases increase substantially in the socioeconomically deprived areas of England and Wales. Mortality rates of men and women in the most deprived areas were more than four times the rates in less deprived areas. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 1, 2010 13:28 - 0 Comments
Affluent communities cast wider social net
CORNELL (US)—People who phone a diverse group of acquaintances tend to live in more affluent communities and have more socioeconomic opportunities than those who talk primarily to people in their immediate vicinity. (more…)
