Socioeconomic Status

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- Social status affects the way our brains respond to others - 6.9
- Patterns of medication nonadherence in epilepsy children linked to socioeconomic status - 5.7
- Gestational diabetes and poverty increased ADHD risk in offspring - 4.7
- African American women have poorer breast cancer outcomes - 4.3
- Parental stress may increase asthma risk in children - 4
- Middle aged macho men less likely to obtain preventative care - 3.9
- Atherosclerosis, heart disease found in Egyptian mummies - 3.6
- Low health literacy linked to higher rate of death in heart failure patients - 3.2
- Sedentary lifestyles linked to early aging - 3.2
- 50% American children with mental disorders receive professional services - 3.1

Socioeconomic Status articles

Gestational diabetes and poverty increased ADHD risk in offspring
Low socioeconomic status (SES) and maternal gestational diabetes together may cause a 14-fold increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in six year olds, revealed by researchers.

Social status affects the way our brains respond to others
Our own social status influences the way our brains respond to others of higher or lower rank, according to a new study reported online on April_28 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

Patterns of medication nonadherence in epilepsy children linked to socioeconomic status
An examination of medication adherence among children with newly diagnosed epilepsy found that nearly 60 percent showed persistent nonadherence during the first 6 months of therapy, and that lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher non-adherence.

Children placed with a relative have fewer behavioral and social problems
Children placed with a relative after being removed from their home for maltreatment have fewer behavioral and social skills problems than children in foster care, but may have a higher risk for substance use and pregnancy as teenagers.

Atherosclerosis, heart disease found in Egyptian mummies
Atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, too.

Parental stress may increase asthma risk in children
Children with stressed out parents may be more susceptible to developing asthma (Childhood asthma) associated with environmental triggers such as high levels of traffic-related pollution and tobacco smoke, revealed by researchers.

African American women have poorer breast cancer outcomes
New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that dramatic disparities in breast cancer outcomes continue to exist for African-American women, regardless of the age at which they are diagnosed, extent of the cancer, type of treatment or socioeconomic status.

Sedentary lifestyles linked to early aging
Physical inactivity is an important risk factor for many aging-related diseases. Individuals who are physically active during their leisure time appear to be biologically younger than those with sedentary lifestyles, according to a report in the January 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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