Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...e for a rainy day, than to spend your savings on a house where it doesn't rain," he says. Ubel and Smith also note that their study does not demonstrate directly that having more money and more assets shields a person from a psychological downfall when disability strikes. There could be some psychological ...Steady rise in allergic diseases over quarter of a century
...such as grass pollen, pet dander (skin flakes) and house dust mite. Positive samples were re-tested for levels of specific IgE (an immune system response) to three inhaled allergens grass and tree pollen, and cat dander. The samples were also tested for antibodies to hepatitis A and to H. Pylori infectio...Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
...nancial, such as savings, or other assets, such as house ownership) is more unequally distributed than income. Since the 1970s wealth inequality has increased, particularly so since 1995-6. Between 1990 and 2000 the percentage of wealth held by the wealthiest 10% of the population increased from 47% to 54%...Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke
...s smoked in the home; whether people smoked in the house or only outside; as well as questions on the social characteristics of the parents including education, marital status, type of health insurance and race. Homes where no one smoked inside were said to have a smoking ban. Maternal, but not paternal, s...Arabic translation of doctoral thesis on Yemeni health workers
... Yemen the paid employment of women outside of the house is often viewed negatively. Despite this, with support from the Dutch government, a large number of women have been trained as health workers in Hodeidah over the past 20 years. These women provide mother and child care in government clinics in the c...Magnetic stimulation treatment for depression helping difficult-to-treat cases at UT Southwestern
...ing on," she said. "Plus, it forces me to leave my house every day, which is also good for me." Depression affects more than 18.8 million adult Americans each year 12.4 million women and 6.4 million men according to the National Institute of Mental Health and is one of the most common and debilitating o...An alternative to prevent UC-associated colon cancer
..., the study was co-authored by Akbar Waljee, M.D., house officer, the Department of Internal Medicine at the U-M Medical School; Joanne Jeter, M.D., with the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the U-M Medical School; and John M. Inadomi, M.D., associate professor, the Department of Internal Medicine at the...Pilot studies to look at how mind drives or prevents disease
...cure funding for a dedicated mind-body building to house both ambulatory clinics and cutting-edge research. The center's NIA grant has supported infrastructure building, an influx of new researchers, a seminar series and support for grant applications. As part of the series, RCMBR board member John T. Cac...Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
...asing of a commercially available 2-D TEE probe to house their new 3-D model. The casing design already has been tested and approved for use. The new Duke 3-D probe is tipped with a dime-sized array of 504 individual ultrasound sensors. Each sensor is as wide as a few human hairs. "It took a craftsman to...Adults and children use over-the-counter hydrocortisone creams in safe amounts
...ed if they had any children younger than 18 in the house who had used HC; if so, they were asked about the use by the youngest child in the past six months. Respondents who had used hydrocortisone or whose children had used it were asked what conditions they had treated with the cream and questions about t...New report calls for recovery units to boost surgery survival rates
...ge London Hospital just opened on Euston Road will house another such facility, combining an Extended Recovery Area with a Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit. The UK has a lower proportion of hospital beds dedicated to critical care compared to many other countries, although the number of ICU beds is increasing in...'Apollo Program' for hydrogen energy needed, Stanford researcher says
... is manifest in his choice of car(a Toyota Prius), house (it's solar-powered) and career (atmosphericscientist). Sponsored by the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford and by NASA,the Science study compared emissions that would be produced in fivecases--if all vehicles on the road were powered by 1...Household dust is main source of flame retardants in humans
...ve identified the main route of exposure to PBDEs house dust; bad news because we need more action to remo..., which is the presumed source of the chemicals in house dust, according to Diamond. Asked if drinking water could be a possible source, Diamond said: No, it...Wright State receives $3 million grant to study learning with disabilities
... the grant. "Wright State is uniquely qualified to house this important degree initiative. The university is already nationally recognized for serving the needs of those with severe and multiple disabilities. Our large population of students, faculty and staff with disabilities and our Office of Disability...National Academies news: Coeur d'Alene Superfund site
...t lead in the environment -- as opposed to lead in house paint -- is the main source of children's health risk from lead also was warranted, and EPA's emphasis on cleaning up residential yards by replacing polluted soil with clean soil is appropriate. But the committee called the current rate of blood tes...Special issue of Yale journal analyzes environmental impact of consumption
...e the environmental impact of consumption and U.S. house size, diet change, work time reduction, time use, product life spans and the quality of life. Articles also examine consumption at the household, city and national levels. "This special issue demonstrates the power of industrial ecology," says Reid L...Researchers find defects in adult stem cell niche may cause breast cancer
...iches and provide nest-like microenvironments that house the adult stem cells and their immediate daughter cells. In the mice that expressed excess amounts of either of the cancer-producing proteins, the size of the cell populations were significantly changed relative to each other. The order of the ce...New study on childhood asthma shows home-based interventions are cost-effective
...t one common indoor allergen, such as cockroach or house dust mite allergen....Expert dispels bird flu paranoia
...m people wanting to know if they should sell their house because their neighbours have got birds. Some ways that bird owners can minimise risk are: Build pens to keep domesticated poultry away from wild birds. Stop domesticated poultry from accessing open ponds, lakes or creeks. Keep domestic waterfo......hma, according to the first nationwide sampling of house dust. The study appears in the first issue for Dec...the U.S. population. The investigators took 2,552 house dust samples from five locations within the homes, including bedroom floors, bedding, family room fl...