Ovarian carcinoma, ethnicity, and survival
...the March 15, 2002, issue of CANCER* indicate that ethnicity itself is a risk factor in ovarian cancer survival... rates than Caucasians with ovarian cancer. While ethnicity is a risk factor, little is known about the differences in prognostic factors between Caucasians and...Certain behaviors can predict binge-eating disorders in teenage girls
...risk of binge eating was not related to their age, ethnicity or level of parental education. Binge eating, in turn, was linked to an increased risk of becoming obese. One out of every four adolescents in the United States is obese, and the incidence of obesity in this age group has doubled over the past 30 ye...Racial and ethnic minorities may receive less appropriate cancer treatment
...atment and survival studies suggests that race and ethnicity may be associated with the receipt of cancer treat...ast studies have suggested that a person's race or ethnicity influences their access and use of noncancer medical services. To determine the role race and ethnic...Maternal feeding practices are linked to childhood obesity
...e obese adults. Although factors such as the sex, ethnicity or socioeconomic status of the child have been thought to affect a childs weight, a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds that a mothers child-feeding practices outweigh all other influences on her childs total fat mass. Spru...UNC, Wake Forest scholars work to reduce crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina
...tudies. They are being victimized because of their ethnicity and language barriers, and that shouldnt happen. Dr. Thomas A. Arcury, formerly of UNC and now associate professor of community and family medicine at Wake Forest University, directed the project, and Rebecca Elmore, research associate at the Center...National survey examines factors related to high levels of dust mite and cockroach allergen in beds
....S. Older homes (built before 1978) Non-Hispanic ethnicity of inhabitants. The researchers also estimate that cockroach allergens are present in approximately 6 million U.S. homes. The major factors associated with increased risk for high bed cockroach allergen levels were: Low income households Presence...... also influenced decisions to restrict medication, ethnicity was an independent risk factor, the researchers said. The researchers had no definitive explanation for their findings, saying that more research is needed to explain why minority patients who lack insurance are more likely to cut back on their pres...... Centro de Salud in Igatimi, Paraguay to study how ethnicity affects the connections between health and economic outcomes among indigenous populations. The researchers will examine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of community-based health improvements. Dr. Edward Miguel of the University of California, B...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...inequalities such as low economic status, race and ethnicity can be linked tophysical health. The Mind-Body Center is a logical extension of the HealthEmotions ResearchInstitute. "The goals of the institute and the center are virtually identical,"says institute director Ned Kalin, UW Medical School Hedberg Pro...Attitudes and social norms delay adolescents' 'first time'
...sured psychosocial factors anddemographics such as ethnicity and parental education. Then at around six-monthintervals across the next two years they asked the students if they had begun tohave sex. The results of the study appear in the September issue of HealthPsychology. Over the two years, 222 students...Family Support A Factor In Cardiovascular Responses To Stress
... vessels." The UNC-CH researchers also report that ethnicity was not a factor. "We saw thesame effects among African-American and European-American couples," Light says. But would it make a difference in cardiovascular responses if one spouseperceived the marital relationship as supportive while the other di......nfection, patient demographics (i.e., gender, age, ethnicity andmode of HIV acquisition), and CD4 cell count (a measure of drugs' efficacy) atfirst study visit, as well as method of payment (i.e., private insurance,Medicare/Medicaid, self-pay and Ryan White Care Act prescription programs). Death rates and prot......g overhead. The other school, closely matched for ethnicity and percentage of children receiving subsidized school lunches and speaking English as a second language, was in the same urban area but in a quiet neighborhood. Only children for whom English was their first language were included in the study. Ea...