Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
... by their higher expected medical costs instead of outright prejudice. To further test this hypothesis, the researchers examined whether a wage gap existed between obese and non-obese workers receiving other kinds of benefits, such as retirement plans or life insurance. They found no wage difference in those ...New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
...actions of the cortex have areas of controversy or outright error." In all fairness to cortical cartographers, Van Essen notes, mapmakers charting the Earth never had to deal with the tremendous variability found in billions of individual human brains. Genetic and environmental differences, reactions to inju...Florida physicians decrease or eliminate services
...tal health services (21.2 percent). In addition to outright elimination, a number of physicians responded that they had decreased services in these areas as well. Surgical specialists (70.2 percent) and general surgeons (68.5 percent) respectively, had the highest number of decreased or eliminated services. ...Life insurance: Research reveals concerns over use of health information
...ys that the proportion of applicants refused cover outright is also more than generally believed, at 1.5 rather than one per cent. Researchers found enormous variability between companies when it comes to how many policies are 'rated' for heavier charges. Between none and 18 per cent of policies had higher pr...New handbook addresses lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health issues
... often face as well as discrimination, disdain, or outright denial of services; the assumption by health professionals of risk factors based on sexual or gender orientation rather than individual behaviors and health history; the higher incidence of reproductive cancers; the confidentiality of medical records...Indoor air purifiers that produce even small amounts of ozone may be risky for health
...ces remain on the market because no agency has the outright authority to regulate how much ozone they produce. Indoor air purification has gained widespread popularity with the surge in air pollution problems in urban areas. Air purifiers target dust, pollen, airborne particles and volatile organic compounds,...Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State get grant to study link between antidepressants and suicidality in teens
... regulatory action the agency can take short of an outright ban. This has led to a decline in prescriptions of antidepressants for children and adolescents. But the results of a study published in April by scientists from Carnegie Mellon and Ohio State suggest that the FDA may have overstated the actual ris...