News tagged with poor health

Study links low national average IQs with infectious diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the US have noted areas of the world with the lowest average intelligence quotient (IQ) also tend to have the highest rates of infectious diseases, and suggest the energy required ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Power at work has payoffs, but not for health

Being at the top has its perks, but new University of Toronto research shows people in positions of authority at work are more likely to experience certain psychological and physical problems that can undermine the health ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity

(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Life expectancy of severely mentally ill dramatically reduced due to poor physical health

Physical ill-health is rife among the severely mentally ill in Britain, according to new research published today by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Britain considering plain cigarette packs

Tobacco companies could be forced to sell cigarettes in plain grey or brown packaging in Britain in an attempt to deter youngsters from taking up smoking, the health secretary suggested Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 21, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Eat a carrot, hurt the economy? Sometimes

Eating a healthy diet may be good for you, but it may be unintentionally slimming for the economies of some developing countries, a new study says. British researchers modeled what could happen if people in Britain and Brazil ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Poor health could be linked to unaffordable housing

People who cannot afford their housing are more likely to suffer from poor health, according to a new study, which also found that renters consider themselves less healthy than homeowners.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Looking older than your age may not be a sign of poor health: study

Even though most adults want to avoid looking older than their actual age, research led by St. Michael's Hospital shows that looking older does not necessarily point to poor health. The study found that a person needed to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study finds indoor and outdoor fall are different for the elderly

The risk factors for indoor and outdoor falls for older adults are different, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, a fact that is often ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet

School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality - and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sociological study links state tax credit programs to higher birth weight

Relieving poverty during pregnancy can reduce the incidence of low- birth-weight babies and may help break the succession of childhood poor health, a study published in the August 2010 issue of the American Sociological Re ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Glasgow's high mortality rates are not explained by deprivation alone

New research, published by Elsevier in the Royal Society for Public Health's journal Public Health, provides compelling evidence that deprivation alone cannot explain the poor health experienced by Glasgow's residents.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study finds that caring for an elderly, sick spouse sometimes has positive elements

Although long-term care of sick or disabled loved ones is widely recognized as a threat to the caregiver's health and quality of life, a new study led by University at Buffalo psychologist Michael Poulin, PhD, finds that ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug-resistant diseases on the rise: study

Efforts by rich countries to provide drugs to help fight diseases in poor countries has accelerated disease resistance to antibiotics, a report out Tuesday said.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0