November/December 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... in rural areas, especially those who are of lower income and are black. Race, Rural Residence and Control of Diabetes and Hypertension By Arch G. Mainous, III, Ph.D., et al Why 42 Percent of Clinic Appointments are No-Shows: An Issue of Respect Interviews with patients revealed thre...New research tool aids study of national well-being
...laureate, on the study. "Right now we use national income as our main indicator of well-being, but income is only a small contributor to life satisfaction. Ultimately, if our survey is successful and genera...Small social circles tied to heart disease death in women
...t health might have more to do with differences in income than anything else, the researchers concluded. In ...r women, Rutledge and colleagues found that annual income was statistically more important than social network size for predicting coronary disease death rate...Employment reduces chronic drug use, UH professors find
...omotes a healthy lifestyle by providing structure, income and benefits that increase self esteem and a sense of purpose. These elements may not be provided when recipients simply attend 12-step meetings." The study also showed that top predictors of drug abuse are linked to risk and protective factors...Is the '3 by 5' initiative the best approach to tackling the HIV pandemic?
...t 3 million HIV infected people in poor and middle income countries on life-saving antiretroviral drugs by the end of 2005. But is this the right strategy for rolling back the world's worst infectious disease pandemic? A provocative debate in this month's PLoS Medicine pitches Dr Jim Yong Kim, director...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
.... Economics The trend in median household income of the older population has been positive. Between 1974 and 2002, the median income for households in which the householder was 65 and over increased (in 2002 dollars) from $16,882 to ...Vegetable lovers should be viewed as different from fruit aficionados
...home, were 37 years old and had a median household income of $38,000. Seventy percent of the respondents were Anglo-American, and 61 percent were women. Of these, 508 could be categorized as either prone to vegetables or fruit by using a cross-classification technique based on their preference ratings for...Low cost drug helps reduce deaths, repeat heart attacks
...ut also in small medical centres in low and middle income countries. It has the potential to benefit more than a million individuals annually." In a companion study, also presented today at the American Heart Association meeting, Drs. Mehta and Yusuf evaluated the role of high dose glucose-insulin-potassiu...Study: Physical activity in middle age cuts risk of early death
...ty patterns, health characteristics, education and income levels, and other factors. They were contacted by survey staff yearly, and the current study was based on those who died from any cause during the years of the study, as verified through the National Death Index. Of the 9,611 people studied, 15.2 pe...McMaster named Canadian Research University of the Year
...nked third in research intensity based on research income per full-time faculty position. The rankings are based on Statistics Canada data. Mamdouh Shoukri, vice-president of research and international affairs, says this designation confirms that the University's approach to research is working. "The measu...White physicians slower to prescribe HIV medications for African-Americans than for whites
...startling differences are not because of patient's income levels, years of education, or insurance coverage. On the doctor's part, the knowledge, specialty, degree of training and years of experience did not affect the results. The fact remained that African-American patients seen by African-American doctor...... unpredictable effects of SARS were a reduction in income for some hospital workers, because those staff that normally worked shifts at several institutions were forced to choose one institution at which to work during the outbreak. Through tracing the contacts of SARS patient, the Toronto authorities ident...NIA establishes new demography centers to enhance knowledge about older americans
... HIV/AIDs on the elderly and their families in low income countries, and the demography and economics of specific diseases. University of Southern California (USC) --University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D. -- Research at the USC-UCLA Center will incorporate a variety of disci...Study examines reasons for late-stage breast cancers
...In addition, women who had less education or lower income were more likely to have been in the absence-of-screening group. "To reduce late-stage cancers, priority should be given to promoting screening among those women without a mammogram within 2 years and improving breast cancer detection at the time of ...Large portion of late-stage breast cancers associated with absence of screening
...cially older, unmarried, less educated, and/or low income women, whom they found were less likely to have been screened. "The good news is that there is a lot known about how to reach women who have never been screened or who fail to get regular mammograms," said Stephen Taplin, M.D., M.P.H., a senior scien...Blacks report better sexual, urinary function after prostate surgery than whites
...ight affect results, such as secondary treatments, income level and age, but differences among ethnic groups persisted. Terri Kang Johnson, doctoral student in biostatistics at the Keck School, was the study's first author and conducted these complex analyses. Other members of the USC research team include ...New study shows sinus surgery can improve chronic fatigue
... includes medications and physician visits. If job income loss is included, the annual cost soars to $1,539. "In all 11 studies fatigue improved without exception and in many cases to levels considered normal," said Chester. "These findings appear universal, with similar reports noted in Germany and Turk...Postmenopausal women have lower grip strength than premenopausal women
...st the women's age, state of menopause, ethnicity, income and use of hormone replacement therapy. Women who participated in the study were tested for grip strength with a handgrip dynamometer and a pinch gauge was used to measure strength over the course of the study. Statistical models were developed to ...Wealth does not create individual happiness and it doesn't build a strong country, either
...It follows, that economic development and personal income must not account for the happiness that they are so often linked to. "Scientists are now in the position to assess well-being directly, and therefore should establish a system... to supplement the economic measures," encouraged the report authors, Ed...