Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
... in self-reported happiness and well-being between wealthy people and those with modest financial assets. Instead, the study finds that people with relatively large financial assets before they became disabled reported substantially better well-being, and less sadness and loneliness, after they were disable...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...th professionals frequently accept job offers from wealthy countries that are experiencing their own shortages of health care workers. But the shortfall is dramatically worse in the developing world. Few African nations, for example, have more than one doctor per 5,000 people. Without an increase in the n...'X-factor' causes Scots to have higher heart disease rates, say scientists
...of heart disease just because they tend to be less wealthy and tend to have less healthy lifestyles than their English neighbours. "People choosing a healthy lifestyle for themselves, and government tackling poverty, are still the best ways to reduce heart disease, but it seems that there may be something el...Swamped city: New Orleans and nature
...one else wanted to live," he said. "Meanwhile, the wealthy would live uptown or up on the natural levee." In addition to the various flooding issues, Colten said that the problem of what to do about the city's wet, swampy land was a key concern among city residents and officials. "After the city was ring...NIAID funds Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI)
...ough AIDS drugs have extended the lives of many in wealthy nations, an effective HIV vaccine would be an extremely valuable addition to the comprehensive prevention strategies necessary to halt the spread of HIV in both developing and developed countries. In addition to Dr. Haynes, the CHAVI senior scientif...Researchers disprove 'fat redistribution syndrome' among men taking HIV drugs
... to fall out of use in the United States and other wealthy nations, one in particular Stavudine is still commonly prescribed elsewhere in the world. "Stavudine is being used in most AIDS drug regimens in non-industrialized Third World nations," he said. "We expect to be seeing a lot of this same fat-loss s...Weight-loss surgery increasing, except for the poor
...Lauderdale. Surgical treatment for those from less wealthy neighborhoods also increased but at a much slower pace. The authors found that despite a shift toward higher-risk patients, in-hospital complications remained stable and length of hospital stay decreased from 4.5 days in 1998 to 3.3 days in 2002. As ...Worst off will be most at risk under partial smoking ban
...und there was a strong, direct correlation between wealthy areas and pubs selling food - which would be smoke-free under the proposals. In the richest areas as many as 88% of pubs and bars would come under the ban, protecting staff and customers against the effects of smoking and second-hand smoke, say the ......u outbreaks than happens in the US. Hong Kong is a wealthy subtropical city and it is different in many respects from low-income countries in the tropics, which face massive problems with other diseases and lack the modern health care that is available in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, the results of this study su...Global program to eliminate elephantiasis has early success in Egypt
...e job," Weil says. "Donations from foundations and wealthy countries helped fund the distribution in Egypt, and more of that same support is needed for campaigns in other countries." Working in collaboration with colleagues at Washington University including William D. Shannon, Ph.D., associate professor of...Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda
...e scale." For example, the United Arab Emirates, a wealthy country, has a wasting rate of 14%. "Similarly," state the authors, "both India and Brazil have shown remarkable rates of economic growth without proportional gains in the nutritional status of poorer people in their society." Finally, Gross and Web...Millennium development goals ignore health of indigenous people worldwide
... often worse for indigenous peoples, while even in wealthy countries such as Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia, suicides, alcohol, and drug-related problems are common in indigenous communities. For isolated indigenous peoples in Asia, Latin America, and Africa the situation is even more severe: r......rnia, Davis. Iron deficiency is a concern for both wealthy and poor nations. It is a problem particularly in developing countries, where half of all children become anemic during their first year, putting them at risk of serious developmental problems that may not be reversible, even with iron treatments. Re...