Category: Health and Income

Almost one-third of mild-to-moderate Parkinsons disease patients studied were at risk of malnutrition

From the IOS Press media release: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can experience difficulties with food preparation and ingestion, which could contribute to poor nutrition and place them at risk… Read more »

Mothers of children with autism less likely to have taken iron supplements

From the University of California – Davis Health System media release: Mothers of children with autism are significantly less likely to report taking iron supplements before and during their pregnancies… Read more »

When talking about body size, African-American women and doctors may be speaking different languages

From the Elsevier Health Sciences media release: African American women and their female children have the highest obesity prevalence of any demographic group and are more likely to underestimate their… Read more »

Small weight gain can raise blood pressure in healthy adults

From the American Heart Association media release: Gaining just five pounds can increase your blood pressure, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research… Read more »

How is it possible that joblessness could kill you, but recessions could be good for your health?

From the Drexel University media release: Being unemployed increases your risk of death, but recessions decrease it. Sound paradoxical? Researchers thought so too. While previous studies of individuals have shown… Read more »