News tagged with socioeconomic group
Most new training programs are failing to widen diversity in medicine
Most new training programmes designed to widen access to medicine in the UK are failing to increase the diversity of the medical student population, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Race gap narrows for some cancers in African-Americans; continues to increase for others
While the overall death rate for cancer continues to drop among African Americans, the group continues to have higher death rates and shorter survival of any racial and ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers. The findings ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Americans less healthy than English, but live as long or longer, study finds
Older Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts, but they live as long or even longer than their English peers, according to a new study by researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Institute for Fiscal ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Socioeconomic status predicts survival of Canadian cancer patients
A new analysis from Canada has found that cancer patients from poorer communities have a greater chance of dying prematurely than individuals from more affluent backgrounds even though cancer stage at time of diagnosis is ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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People living in poorer neighborhoods at increased risk for death, worse health risks
Regardless of an individual's dietary and lifestyle risk factors, living in a poorer or more socioeconomically deprived neighborhood may increase a person's risk for death, according to data presented at the American Association ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries, study finds
Urban workers could suffer most from climate change as the cost of food drives them into poverty, according to a new study that quantifies the effects of climate on the world's poor populations.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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