People in low social classes delay seeking treatment for schizophrenia
...e contact with psychiatric services. They found no link between social class at birth and risk of schizophrenia, but found more than an eight year difference in age at presentation to psychiatric services between the lowest and highest social classes. People from lower social classes may find it more diff......s organized to be more accessible, more willing to link patients with the same clinician for most visits, better able to provide for all of a womans health care needs, and better prepared to coordinate specialty care services are associated with stronger relationships between low-income women and their ph...Strong relationship between peasant farmers and city-dwellers in Zimbabwe
...ties for their income. City-dwellers feel a strong link with the rural area from which they originate. According to Jens Andersson, a development sociologist from Wageningen University, this results in very few political contrasts between urban and rural areas. The picture that the media generally give of...Air pollution may trigger asthma in young athletes
...m sports," McConnell says. The sports-ozone-asthma link was not explained by childrens socioeconomic status, history of allergy, family history of asthma or other risk factors. Also, most children who were diagnosed with asthma had no history of wheezing. That means the children probably did not have prev...Intensive training may not be as bad for young women as previously thought
... Recent research has not been able to identify any link between training and body changes, manifest as thwarted or stunted growth and maturation, they write, even at the peak of the normal growth spurt. Weight can be affected by training, particularly in gymnastics, ballet,figure skating and diving. But i...CRP provides another reason to lose weight and gain heart health
...ticularly interleukin-6 and TNF-alpha) mediate the link between fat accumulation and plasma CRP levels has been put forth by several other investigators, he says.The team is examining whether estrogen and menopausal status can affect the release of interleukin-6 in fat tissue. Researchers from Italy repor...New study confirms periodontal disease linked to heart disease
... director of the study. "This could be the missing link explaining the abnormally high blood levels of som...s still much research to be done to understand the link between periodontal disease and systemic diseases, such as cardiovascular, and difficult-to-control ...Stroke teams double access to fast care without higher costs
... stroke teams are increasingly viewed as a crucial link in the chain of survival for acute stroke victims, because their ability to respond rapidly with assessment and treatment has the potential to minimize disability. We hope that this study will assist the association through its Operation Stroke prog...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
..., chopp@neuro.hfh.edu . 5:30 p.m. #P269 Inverse link found between homocysteine and exercise in stroke survivors.An excess of homocysteine, an amino acid found in blood, has been identified as a marker for an increased risk of both stroke and heart attack. Previous studies have linked lower levels of ...Blood pressure drugs relax heart, reduce heart failure risk
...is study marks the first time that researchers can link changes in the geometry of the left ventricle, the hearts main pumping chamber, to improved diastolic function. Thats important, because diastolic dysfunction is the cause of congestive heart failure in about 40 percent of older people, says Wachtell...High homocysteine levels may double risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease
...or other types of dementia as well as its possible link to various forms of heart disease. The dementia/AD study is being conducted by Philip A. Wolf, M.D., BostonUniversity (BU), and colleagues at BU and Tufts University, who authored the newfindings. The study was supported by the National Institute on...Sky-is-the-limit challenges have strongest effect on the heart
...ar responses may lead to cardiovascular disease. A link between pronounced cardiovascular responses and negative health outcomes is by no means certain, says lead study author Rex Wright, Ph.D., of the department of psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, but most common models of heart dis......lity was strongest for cerebrovascular diseases, a link also was found between such sleep habits and death from any cause, said Adnan Qureshi, M.D., UB assistant professor of neurosurgery and lead author of the study. The research, conducted at UB's Toshiba Stroke Research Center in the School of Medicin...Studies suggest new headache treatment is more effective than medication
...ering of the brain. Researchers demonstrated this link in a multi-centered study by measuring the temperature and palpating for tenderness of the area above the upper molars. In patients with unilateral migraine or tension-type headaches, the temperature and tenderness of the area on the symptomatic sid...UCLA scientists identify genetic link to migraine
...e first time, we have proof of an isolated genetic link to migraine, said Dr. Aarno Palotie, principal investigator and UCLA professor of pathology and human genetics. This finding moves us one step closer to isolating the gene that predisposes people to migraine headaches with auras. Paloties team analyz...Childhood eating habits may persist into adolescence and lead to obesity
...udy is consistent with other smaller studies which link chronic diseases to dietary patterns that prevail before and change only marginally during puberty. "We hope increased understanding in the dietary patterns of children and adolescents will enhance our efforts to promote healthy eating behavior in t...Link found between kids sleep, behavior problems
...have attention and hyperactivity problems, and the link is strong for other sleep problems, a new Universi... provide some of the most solid evidence ever of a link between sleep problems and behavior. The link is strongest in boys under 8 years of age; habitual sn...New awards, expanded focus for Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group
...infection and in children who become infected; and link durability of treatment responses to clinical outcomes. Domestic and International Collaborations: collaborate with other NIH-sponsored domestic and international HIV/AIDS therapeutic and prevention trials networks; encourage scientific exchange and...Eating breakfast may keep colds & flu at bay
...nt years and one of the main findings has been the link between stress and susceptibility to colds. Research released during National Science Week also shows that other factors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and even eating breakfast, are related to susceptibility to colds. Another area of research ha...Common treatment endometriosis linked to ovarian cancer, say University of Pittsburgh researchers
...niversity of Pittsburgh to further investigate the link between androgens and ovarian cancer. Earlier this year, Dr. Ness and colleagues published results of a study showing that there is no association between fertility drugs and ovarian cancer. However, the study showed that the risk of ovarian cancer i...