Carnegie Mellon study demonstrates that lower income, education lead to greater stress levels
...th highest levels of income and education show the lowest levels of stress hormones, those in the middle show higher levels, and those at the lowest end show the greatest levels." The paper was co-authored by William J. Doyle, a professor in the Dep...On World NO Tobacco Day the ESC urges governments to spread smoking bans & tax tobacco
...rcent less than before the smoking ban. It was the lowest price in years and led to debates about whether the ban was useful. In fact, while there is always controversy before a ban is implemented; time has shown that they are extremely effective in curbing smoking, as illustrated by the tobacco companies' ...Politics weighs in: Obesity dominates in the former Soviet bloc
...France and Italy were among the countries with the lowest obesity rates, and Lithuania and the Russian Federation ranked among the highest. "It's possible that the delayed westernization and political change could cause psychological stress and change in the working environment and that's the underlying ca...New study suggests antidepressants save lives
...n, suicide rates have gradually declined, with the lowest rate at 10.4 per 100,000 in 2000. The decline is significantly associated with increased numbers of fluoxetine prescriptions dispensed, from 2.47 million in 1988 to 33.32 million in 2002. Major depressive disorder affects approximately 10 percent of ...US suicide rates fell as fluoxetine prescriptions increased
...,000 until 1988, and then gradually fell, with the lowest value of 10.4 per 100,000 in 2000. The researchers also analyzed data on prescriptions of fluoxetine, which was introduced in 1988. There was an increase in the number of fluoxetine prescriptions, from about 2.5 million in 1988 to over 33 million i...Heart transplant program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital celebrates anniversary
...eart transplants per year and boasting the world's lowest mortality rates (80 percent survival at five years). Dr. McGee also came from The Cleveland Clinic....Menopausal women don't get enough guidance on treatment options, Stanford survey shows
... menopausal symptoms. Women are advised to use the lowest possible dose of hormones and to limit the duration of the treatment in order to minimize the risks. But the new study shows that many women are instead turning to herbal and soy products to ease their menopausal symptoms. The most commonly used herb...New scoring system predicts gastric bypass surgery risk
...hey said, is determining which patients are at the lowest risk. "Currently, there is no clinically useful system to help determine which patients would be at highest risk of dying after gastric bypass surgery," said Eric DeMaria, M.D., director of bariatric surgery at Duke, who reported on the new scoring...Higher death rates associated with increasing degrees of obesity, PITT researchers report
...ups, with Asian Americans in this study having the lowest prevalence and African-Americans having the highest. The researchers note that they found no difference in the weight-related risk for death from all causes, death due to heart disease, and new onset of heart disease across the diverse racial and eth...Physical activity extends life of patients with peripheral artery disease
..., researchers concluded that participants with the lowest activity had a death rate more than three times higher than participants with the highest activity. They also had an increased risk for cardiovascular disease or death. Of the 460 participants with PAD, 134 died during the follow-up period. Forty p...Poorest children face highest risk of death from injury
...rate from injury and poisoning for children in the lowest social class was five times greater than that for children in the highest social class. Inequalities were greatest for house fire and pedestrian deaths. Ten years on, researchers examined child injury death rates by social class to test whether the...High humidity is a risk factor for heart attack deaths among the elderly
...in December than rates in other age groups. The lowest recorded temperature on three days in December reached 1 degree Celsius (34 degrees Fahrenheit), with an average of 6 degrees Celsius, and the highest, on two days in August reached 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit), with an average of 34 d...High estrogen levels associated with dementia in older men
...t up by 25 percent. Furthermore, compared with the lowest tertile of estradiol, men in the middle and highest tertile had .24 and .28 points lower CASI scores, respectively, for each year increase in age. The researchers hypothesize that the estradiol association could be explained by increased aromatase ...Chemical in many air fresheners may reduce lung function
...y volume in 1(FEV1) second between the highest and lowest levels of exposure. FEV1 is a commonly used index for assessing airway function and obstruction. The researchers assessed the influence of other factors in an individual's environment that may be related to pulmonary function and to 1,4-DCB exposu...Focus on weight undermines motivation for healthy lifestyle changes among people of all sizes
...Americans and Latinos, intermediate in whites, and lowest in Asians-Pacific Islanders. The pattern was consistent among both men and women within each group. 73.2 percent of overweight/non-obese and 24.1 percent of average-weight women considered themselves overweight, compared with 44.5 percent of overw...Poor countries with least-developed health systems best able to make rapid use of grants
...nts included in their analysis -- particularly the lowest income countries in sub-Saharan Africa (37 countries) -- to argue against this hypothesis. Another interesting finding was that, compared with government recipients (usually either Ministries of Finance or Ministries of Health), private-sector reci...Waist-hip ratio should replace body mass index as indicator of mortality risk in older people
...d the risk of having a low BMI, with people in the lowest quintile (less than 23 in men and less than 22.3 in women) demonstrating the highest risk of death for total mortality and for major causes of death. Very underweight men (those with a BMI of under 18.5) were found to be particularly at risk. 'An e...Pigments in corn, squash and other vegetables may help protect against age-related vision loss
...consin and Oregon. The women with the highest and lowest dietary intakes of lutein and zeaxanthin in the Women's Health Initiative, a large study of postmenopausal women that began between 1994 and 1998, were recruited to participate in CAREDS. At the beginning of the study, participants filled out a ques...TV effective 'painkiller' for kids
...ng their offspring, they nevertheless recorded the lowest pain scores for children who had been allowed to watch TV cartoons. Pain is stressful for children, even when relatively minor procedures are involved, say the authors, who conclude that the passive distraction of TV is a more effective analgesic t...Hispanic and young children with kidney disease likely to be short
...opposed to those who acquired the disease, had the lowest rate of height growth. Overall, more than one-third of children with kidney disease met the criteria for short stature. The researchers are unsure as to why growth is delayed for the first two years of life in children with kidney disease, but bel...