Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...isparities in health status among subgroups in the population and thus improve health without understanding how ...iabetes. The rate at which this African-American population is developing new onset diabetes is extremely important as well, Dr. Miller notes. At this rate, an...Pot bellies linked to early signs of cardiovascular disease
...s for heart disease in a large, multiethnic, urban population with a median age of 45. The new substudy focused on a group of 2,744 participants who had noninvasive imaging tests to look for early signs of plaque build-up in the arteries, which signals an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease late...Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...less frequently, with only 28% of patients in this population receiving spirometry. Researchers point to the issue of ageism and question whether or not a patients age influences a physicians decision to order diagnostic testing. The bad news is that we have significant room for improvement. The good news is ...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...isparities in health status among subgroups in the population without understanding how a person's environment can affect that person's health." This study grew out of a larger health study involving African-Americans. In the original study, researchers looked at several factors responsible for the higher inc...Hispanic drug use rises in US culture
...shington, a state with a relatively small Hispanic population (only 9 percent statewide), which is disproportionately rural and dispersed. The study controlled for a number of factors, including marital status, education level, poverty, and rural residence, among other variables. Akins is the lead author on...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...is patients are older and sicker than the dialysis population of 20 years ago. There is some concern that the risk of death during the first year of dialysis has not shown any meaningful improvement since 1993. In contrast, the data show continued reductions in risk of death during the second through fifth year...Using MRI for diagnosis could help prevent breast cancer progression
...tre breast-screening trial with MRI in the general population is essential....Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
... companies, with increasing profits from an ageing population consumed by epidemics rather than enjoying their long life, they conclude....Better mobility keeps seniors healthier
...re with other daily living activities. As the U.S. population ages, it becomes increasingly important to identify and target interventions for those people who are at risk for further disabilities and illness. In a paper published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researcher......st that during times of economic hardship, certain population groups are at higher risk of life-threatening injuries. The authors recommend that injury prevention efforts targeted at economically disadvantaged populations and high-risk groups should be stressed when designing community trauma outreach program...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...Despite comprising only 17 percent of the under-65 population they account for 30 percent of the uninsured in that group. Two-fifths (41%) of uninsured young adults ages 19-29 are in families below the poverty level, and 72 percent have incomes below twice the poverty level). The analysis is based on the latest...Geriatric health conditions have major effect on half of all seniors
...itions on health and disability in the older adult population has not been investigated, notes lead author Christine Cigolle, M.D., MPH, lecturer in the U-M Health System Department of Family Medicine and a physician in the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare Systems Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
... strategies and AIDS education for this vulnerable population and help providers to incorporate HIV risk screening into the services offered to older women from high-prevalence communities. ...Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
...red from coast to coast and represented a combined population of approximately 23 million. In an exhaustive review of 1,144 primary and secondary sources that included U.S. census data, municipal records, newspapers and handbills covering a 24-week period Sept. 8, 1918 through Feb. 22, 1919 the researchers id...New research finds high prevalence of smoking among physicians in China
...cent), where the smoking prevalence in the general population is 20.9 percent, and the United Kingdom (6.8 perce...cent), where the smoking prevalence in the general population is 33.8 percent. IMPACT: The findings are noteworthy because physicians who smoke are significant...Fat is the new normal, FSU researcher says
...uiry that argues that the ballooning weight of the population has fed even more collective weight gain as our pe...-size their value meals, the average weight of the population increases and people slowly adjust their perceptions of appropriate body weight. Given that these ch...USC law professor battles schizophrenia
...enia affects approximately 1 percent of the worlds population more than 3 million Americans and is classified by the National Mental Health Institutes as one of the top 10 causes of disability in the developed world. A disorder of the brain, the illness causes psychotic episodes of varying duration and severi...Should adult male circumcision be recommended for HIV prevention in the US?
...er in PLoS Medicine, "the extent of this role on a population basis is unknown." Patrick Sullivan (Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention,CDC) and colleagues argue that the potential impact of adult male circumcision on HIV transmission rates in the US is hard to predict, given the many differences between the under...... less than 5 years after giving blood. The study population comprised all individuals with no history of malig...tributed to these transfusions were traced through population and health registers and donors who were subsequently diagnosed with a malignancy within 5 years of ......ting by health care professionals. As the U.S. population ages, home health care will grow by leaps and bounds. The technology, entertainment, communication and finance sectors are combining their efforts to create products that allow elders to continue living in their homes, said Isaac D. Montoya, clinica...