Posts Tagged ‘socioeconomic status’
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…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2010 12:19 - 4 Comments
Why do college grads get fewer colds?
STONY BROOK (US)—High school dropouts are roughly twice as likely to catch a cold as those with a college degree, new research suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 11, 2009 10:59 - 1 Comment
Religious identity shapes voters’ views
CORNELL (US)—How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socio-economic class, and gender. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 20, 2009 17:01 - 2 Comments
Mummy’s curse: hardened arteries
UC IRVINE (US)—Hardening of the arteries has been detected in both male and female Egyptian mummies as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that factors causing heart attacks and strokes are not solely byproducts of modern times. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 23, 2009 16:57 - 2 Comments
High lead levels linked to lower test scores
DUKE (US)—Exposure to lead in early childhood significantly contributes to lower performances on end-of-grade (EOG) reading tests among minority and low-income children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 11, 2009 14:35 - 0 Comments
Heavy boozing linked to multiple cancers
MCGILL (Canada)—Sobering findings by a research team connect heavy drinking of beer and spirits to six different cancers. People in the highest consumption category increased their risk of developing esophageal cancer sevenfold, colon cancer by 80 percent, and lung cancer by 50 percent. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 25, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Gender gap in the gym
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Young women in their 20s consistently exercise less than men, according to a new study that is the first to examine patterns of weight-loss activities across gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. (more…)
