Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
...rstand factors, both systemic and individual, that influence whether and how people seek treatment for illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure," said Sandra Barnes, assistant professor of sociology. "Limited health-care options mean that many people in poor urban communities are less likely to seek ...West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...th. In winter, Sahelo-Sudanian Africa receives the influence of the Harmattan winds. These warm, dry winds, are.... The research team therefore sought to assess the influence of these winds on the epidemics. In order to do this, they used wind speed and atmospheric humidity ...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...any factors practical, cultural and medical that influence how transplant candidates are identified and donor organs are allocated." Orens says that the Society recognizes the gravity of their decisions. "We have a clear, ethical responsibility to respect the altruistic gift from each organ donor family. Our...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
... highlights how two tobacco companies attempted to influence plans to privatise the state-owned tobacco industry in Moldova. Moldova, a small, agriculturally dependent state of 4.3 million people is Europe's poorest country. In October 2000, after pressure from the International Monetary Fund the Moldovan gove...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
... on variation in a T-cell response gene that might influence immune responsiveness to EBV among lupus patients. Participants in the Carolina Lupus Study included 230 patients recently diagnosed with lupus. Ranging widely in age, the subjects were 90 percent women and 60 percent African-American. Match...Breakthrough in national diseases
...me viruses and bacteria have also been observed to influence the gene in an attempt to evade the immune defence system, a strategy employed, for example, by the viruses that cause AIDS, herpes and hepatitis. The article, entitled "MHC2TA is associated with differential MHC molecule expression and susceptibilit...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
...y the researchers believe that gut microbes, which influence both the biochemistry and immune system of the host, could play a key role in modulating how medicines can affect the body. As the community of microbes varies greatly between individuals this could have important implications for the development of ...Pathological gambling associated with brain impairments
...pathological gamblers appear to be altered and may influence the trade-off between short-term reward and the long-term negative consequences of gambling on employment, social relationships, and family life. Better understanding of these processes could lead to the development of more effective strategies for t...Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
...re health inequalities - which have a considerable influence on adolescent health, he argues. Young people must be recognised as a distinct group in devising public health policies, says Dr Viner, and staff must be properly skilled to address their health needs. The exclusive focus on one issue or target - suc...Obesity linked to risk of severe headaches
...h, Fla., April 9 16, 2005. The study measured the influence of body mass index on frequency, severity, and the potentially disabling effects of headaches. An individual's body mass index helps to determine his or her individual weight-related health problems according to height and weight. Out of 143,433 part...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...chers have shown that experiences such as this can influence the obstetrical outcome and can have a negative im...bstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, on the influence of perinatal loss on anxiety in women with more than one pregnancy -- those with and without a previ...Alcohol-impaired driving on the increase, study shows
...reluctant to admit that they drive while under the influence of alcohol. Those who do drink and drive tend to deny the impact of alcohol on their driving skills. Also, the survey did not include drivers under the age of 18, who have below-average driving skills and above-average use of alcohol. The authors s...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
... that system-related factors likely have a greater influence on counseling rates than do physician-related factors. Therefore, she explained, it's important for policy makers and insurers-not just doctors-to know about failures in delivering preventive counseling to adolescents. "What it would take to close th...Increased risk associated with combining carotid artery, coronary artery surgeries
...d to the brain. There are several factors that may influence the outcomes of combining these surgical procedures, the most likely of which is the severity of vascular disease among these patients. Other factors include unstable angina, myocardial infarction or arrhythmia, previous stroke, and the skill and exp...Direct-to-consumer advertising may influence physicians' prescribing decisions
...underscore the idea that patients have substantial influence on physicians and can be active agents in the production of quality," the authors write. "The results also suggest that DTC advertising may have competing effects on quality, potentially averting underuse, while also promoting overuse." The authors ...Children do well with shorter fast before surgery
...mach volume and acidity are two factors thought to influence the risk and severity of aspiration. Although most research evidence now supports relaxed fasting standards, "kick-starting an evolution in fasting policies remains a difficult task," Brady says. She notes that some hospitals still require patients t...Actor-patients' requests for medications boost prescribing for depression
...n medications for depression may exert significant influence on treatment decisions. Researchers from the University of California at Davis, the University of Rochester, and the University of California at San Francisco conducted the study, which appears in the April 27, 2005, issue of the Journal of the Amer...College education protects middle-age caucasian women against obesity
...idence from previous studies suggests that SES may influence overweight and obesity for women of different racial groups." "The lack of an observable benefit on BMI for educated African American women is particularly alarming given their disproportionately high rates of obesity and obesity-related illnesses," ...Tools for diagnosing heart attack could be inaccurate in some populations
..." It has been demonstrated that race and ethnicity influence both the perception of chest pain and the time it takes people to seek treatment. Miller said these differences may make the risk assessment tools inaccurate if they are applied to other population groups. The study compared how well the tool perform......re socially isolated. First, social isolation may influence health behaviors such as smoking and physical activity, which in turn affect IL-6 levels. Second, socially isolated people are often depressed and under more stress than their more outgoing counterparts (studies show that even acute stress can incre...