Depression among retired NFL players: Rates mirror the general public, but pain compounds symptoms
...in both areas, 37 percent had high pain scores and low depression scores, and 4 percent had low depression scores and high pain scores. The remaining 48 percent had low scores in both categories. ...Health gap between social groups widens in later life
...n or woman was similar to the physical health of a low grade person around 8 years younger. In mid-life, ...nal groups, the rate of improvement was slower for low occupational grades, resulting in widening health inequalities in early old age. This gap was explai...Water flows like molasses on the nanoscale
... of a solid surface. "Since water usually has a low viscosity, the force you would expect to feel as you compress it should be very small," said Riedo, assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Physics. "But when we did the experiment, we found that when the distance between the tip and the surf...Elsevier extends ScienceDirect ArticleChoice to academic institutes worldwide
...hen they need it. ScienceDirect ArticleChoice is a low risk offer for everyone who wishes to extend access to full-text articles without having to expand his/her journal portfolio. For more information, please visit: http://info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/individual/articlechoice/ or contact global...SCHIP has been successful overall, should be expanded says new health care opinion leaders survey
...successful in increasing access to health care for low income children (71%) and in reducing the rate of uninsured, low-income children (65%). Across the board, leaders feel that coverage should be expanded. In fact, 91% of respondents think SCHIP should be made available to legal immigrant children wh...New health insurance survey -- Women have trouble affording care needed
...t any proposal provides comprehensive benefits and low cost-sharing." Other factors contribute to this gender gap in health care coverage and access: women are slightly more likely than men to purchase coverage in the individual insurance market which is often more expensive and less comprehensive than...Scientists and polar explorers brave the elements in support of CryoSat-2
...he ground are often difficult, with high winds and low temperatures. The result is that sometimes the instruments and equipment fail as the leader of the ground team, Jon Ove Hagen from the University of Oslo, pointed out. "We are currently moving our team from the depot at the bottom of the Austfonna ...Standard long-acting insulin as good as newer medications
...he newer medications may cause fewer problems with low blood glucose while patients are sleeping. Peopl...with type 2 diabetes when they looked at overnight low blood glucose. They suggested a "cautious approach" when using Lantus or Levemir, at least until lon...Malaria-infected mice cured by 1 dose of new drug
...portant is their curative activity after a single, low dose, which is distinctly unusual. But based on our intentional design, they may also have a longer half-life in animals. We also designed them to be more lipophilic, meaning they have an enhanced ability to dissolve in fats and thus to arrive inside...Study shows that indigenous people are not genetically prone to diabetes
...ple. Poor diet, reduced physical activity, stress, low birth weight and other factors associated with poverty all contribute to the high rate of diabetes among indigenous people", Dr Paradies said. "For indigenous people, diabetes will only be tackled by addressing poverty and social disadvantage". ...Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says
...ssful life events more negatively than people with low levels of the trait. Neuroticism levels were measured using a standardized personality test. Results of the study will be published in the print edition of the journal Psychological Science in late May. The study is available online at http://www....MS drug helps reduce vision loss
... received placebo. Researchers used eye charts of low contrast letters to test the vision of the participants every 12 weeks. The study found vision loss, defined as a worsening in score by two rows of letters on the eye chart, was reduced by as much as 47 percent among people taking natalizumab compa...Having elevated risk factors in young adulthood raises risk of coronary calcium later on
...d maintain a healthy weight, choose a diet that is low in sodium, saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol, and get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, or preferably all, days of the week. ...US Senate introduces bill to train more preventive medicine doctors
...y, there are only 76 programs training an all time low of 364 physicians. At the same time as this decrease, the Health Resources and Services Administration estimates that between the years 2000 and 2010 the demand for public health professionals will grow at twice the rate of all other occupations in t...USC study identifies factors attributed to later stage cancer diagnosis
... higher risk. Also, patients who gave medical care low priority because of busy work or family lives demonstrated a higher risk for late diagnosis. "Our study also demonstrated that people who spoke little to no English and lived in an area where few people spoke English, had a higher risk compared t...Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
...naging their lives. The authors acknowledge that low educational level is often associated with lower i... life, but stress that for the men in their study, low education alone was associated with lower quality of life, irrespective of income. In our analysis, ...Poor diet puts teenagers' health at risk
...per cent of the adolescents drank water (including low energy-dense drinks) everyday. Professor Crawford said that the results of the study highlight the need for more public health initiatives targeted at adolescents. "The next phase of the research, which is currently underway, will explore the key...Study of US restaurants shows no healthier foods without healthier profits
...ents also expressed interest in providing low-fat, low calorie foods and fresh fruits and vegetables on t...ealthy food choices on menus due to perceptions of low consumer demand, inconsistent quality and availability of produce, high spoilage, increased storage ...Experimental flu vaccine appears promising in early tests
... at all doses administered and are associated with low rates of local reactions." "The use of recombinant DNA techniques to express proteins in cell culture has been a successful approach for generation of highly effective vaccines for the prevention of hepatitis B virus and human papillomavirus. Among...Carnegie Mellon professors question advice for nuclear attacks
...ther the investment was really worth it, given the low probability that stocked supplies would actually be used in a nuclear emergency. "Government websites such as Ready.gov recommend that people take shelter or evacuate following a nuclear blast, but provide no information that mi...