California labor market is strong, but workers in poor health don't benefit, UCSF study reports
...ket, according to Yelin. People who report fair or poor health are more than twice as likely as those in e...lth to be unemployed. Among the employed, those in poor health are much less likely to report a promotion or a new, better job in the past year, he said. P...... plans and health insurance coverage and to report poor perceived health status, she added. Only 25 percent of Latinos have traditional jobs, as compared to 36 percent of whites and 38 percent of Asian Americans, Yen said. She explained that traditional job workers were defined in the 1999 CWHS as those w......gitation included excessive excitement, hostility, poor impulse control and delusional behavior. The degree of agitation experienced by the patients, and the improvement demonstrated following treatment, was assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and Clinical Global Impression ...Avandia provides new combination option for patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes
...ination with metformin for obese individuals with poor glycaemic control -- the patient group associated with the highest treatment costs. <a href="#ref7">7 As such, Avandia TM represents a significant advance in the choice of oral anti-diabetic agents and combination therapy regimens....Bullying at work increases sick leave among employees
...volves elements of social conflict, isolation, and poor social support, all of which have been linked to increased rates of sickness and even death, say the authors. Bullying may create a vicious cycle in health, say the authors, by both causing ill health and consequently increasing susceptibility to bu......tuned to the values, attitudes and beliefs held by poor and minority audiences. Improving the ability of t...r. These individuals are likely to be minorities, poor and poorly educated, and many have no means of transportation to health care services. Eleven perce...Range of medical equipment carried in UK front line ambulances varies considerably
... there were significant discrepancies and areas of poor provision. Only one in five routinely carried nasopharyngeal airways, used to deliver oxygen to patients with facial muscle spasm. And only 13 per cent carried an alternative to the tube used to ventilate the windpipe, the endotracheal tube. It...Gender differences in private substance abuse treatment retention
...hance more than personal responsibility, and had a poor self-image. Yet not only did these studies look at a relatively small number of women, they also looked largely at clients in public, inpatient treatment. "These clients are generally uninsured and of lower socio-economic status than clients in priv...Many uninsured adults do not receive needed medical care
...ults are more likely than insured adults to report poor health status, delay seeking medical care, and for...ose self-reported health status was good, fair, or poor were 2 to 3 times more likely to have been uninsured for 1 year or longer than those who reported ex...Dating violence affects both victims and perpetrators
...violence and forced sex were more likely to report poor mental and physical health and suicide attempts th... severe dating violence were more likely to report poor mental and physical health, dissatisfaction with life, and suicide attempts, Coker and colleagues fo...GL701 (prasterone) significantly reduces lupus flares
...s, hair loss, and photosensitivity - can lead to a poor quality of life....Study of school 'connectedness' identifies adolescents at risk
...t places them at great risk of unsafe behavior and poor health. Fortunately, several of these factors are...haviors, such as violence and substance abuse, and poor emotional and physical health," says Dr. Bonny. "We found that decreasing school connectedness is ...Claims-based measurement shows many Medicare patients do not receive necessary care
...ionally focused on vulnerable populations, such as poor and uninsured patients, who have a higher risk of ... indicators that were likely to be associated with poor outcomes for 15 common acute and chronic medical and surgical conditions. The indicators span se...Wet combing is far more effective in detecting head lice than traditional scalp inspection
...1187-1188 Traditional scalp inspection is a poor technique for detecting head lice, as 30 per cent of its "positive" results and 10 per cent of its "negative" results are false according to an observational study of 260 primary school children in Belgium. False results are a worry since they l...Wet combing is far more effective in detecting head lice than traditional scalp inspection
...vational study Traditional scalp inspection is a poor technique for detecting head lice, as 30 per cent of its "positive" results and 10 per cent of its "negative" results are false according to an observational study of 260 primary school children in Belgium. False results are a worry since they lead ...Injuries on the job: the effects of problem drinking
...ed, " an impaired worker can injure others through poor performance while not injuring him or herself. The Veazie study was not able to determine whether heavy drinking was associated with injury to others." Howland also noted several ways that heavy drinking could in fact be associated with workplace ...Alcohol and drug treatment among HMO patients
...have HMO coverage. In other words, it is not just poor people who get into serious trouble with substances like cocaine and heroin. Even among 'nice' middle-class people who have HMO coverage, just like the average American, many people with alcohol problems are using 'hard' drugs like cocaine and heroi...Early treatment of blinding eye disease in infants can prevent severe vision loss
...s who might benefit more from early treatment with poor visual outcomes. The Early Treatment for Retinop... treatment significantly reduced the likelihood of poor vision from 19.5 to 14.5 percent at about one year of age. Early treatment also considerably reduce...Cell transplants offer hope of brain repair following stroke
...ssue and fluid-filled cavities there is relatively poor structural and nutritional support. The transplanted cells do not grow as well as they do in the more fertile subventricular regions which have supportive factors that help the cells grow," says Gupta. "We've demonstrated that transplanted stem ce...Diabetics at greatest risk of complications after re-opening arteries
...an explanation for the previous observation of the poor outcome of diabetic patients after coronary balloo...for physicians to understand the reasons for their poor outcome after PTCA, such as why diabetic restenosis is different from the soft, fibrous tissue found...