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Minorities and poor have more advanced thyroid cancers when diagnosed, UCLA study shows

By Guest PostJanuary 15, 2014Healthavital harari, black patients, disease, earlier treatments, economic brackets, michael yeh, minority patients, morbidity, mortality risk, ning li, racial groups, socioeconomic status, survival rates, thyroid cancer, ucla researchers

Black patients fare worst; Asians, Hispanics survive longest with disease

UCLA researchers have found that minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status are far more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer when they are diagnosed with the disease than white patients and those in higher economic brackets.

In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, the UCLA team looked at nearly 26,000 patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer and analyzed the impact of race and socioeconomic factors on the stage of presentation, as well as patient survival rates. (more…)

Study: Catholic schools not superior to public schools

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2013Educationcatholic primary schooling, catholic schools, catholic students, journal, michigan state university, public schools, socioeconomic status, todd elder, united states, urban economics

A national study led by a Michigan State University economist suggests Catholic schools are not superior to public schools after all.

Math scores for Catholic students dropped between kindergarten and eighth grade, while math scores for public school students increased slightly. In addition, Catholic students saw no significant increase in reading scores or better behavioral outcomes between kindergarten and eighth grade. (more…)

Public Obsession with Obesity May be More Dangerous than Obesity Itself, UCLA Author Says

By Guest PostDecember 23, 2012Culture, Healthabigail saguy, body mass, cervical cancer, civil rights, confirmation bias, diabetes, genetic factors, neighborhood limitations, obesity, obesity epidemic, obesity task force, poor nutrition, social factors, socioeconomic status, sociologist, stress, third factor, ucla, us population

Much has been made about who or what is to blame for the “obesity epidemic” and what can or should be done to stem the tide of rising body mass among the U.S. population.

A new book by a UCLA sociologist turns these concerns on their head by asking two questions. First, how and why has fatness been medicalized as “obesity” in the first place? Second, what are the social costs of this particular way of discussing body size? (more…)

Across the Border: Children of U.S.-born Latinas More Likely to Get Retina Cancer, Study Finds

By Guest PostAugust 7, 2012Healthacross the border, beate ritz, bilateral disease, california, epidemiologic study, etinoblastoma, foreign born latinas, in vitro fertilization, julia heck, latina mother, malignant tumor, Mexico, perinatal period, retina cancer, sexually transmitted disease, socioeconomic status, unilateral disease, us born latinas

In a large epidemiologic study, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center found that babies of U.S.-born Latinas are at higher risk for retinoblastoma — a malignant tumor of the retina which typically occurs before the age of 6 — than children of Mexico-born mothers.

The study, which focused on infants born in California, also found that children of older fathers and those born to women with sexually transmitted diseases were at greater risk for the disease, as were children from multiple-birth pregnancies, which may indicate an increased risk from in vitro fertilization. Those findings confirmed the results of several smaller studies. (more…)

Faced With Job Loss? Perception is Everything

By Guest PostMarch 9, 2012Economyanxiety, bernie degroat, cognitively activate, employment prospects, Facebook, general social survey, information, job, job loss, job search, job seeker, labor market, leigh thompson, linkedIn, ned smith, perception, poor, resources, social network, socioeconomic status, tanya menon, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually do, says a University of Michigan business professor.

“Social networks help explain people’s outcomes in the labor market by determining how people seek help,” said Ned Smith, assistant professor of strategy at the Michigan Ross School of Business. “Network contacts offer two primary resources for job search—information, which provides job seekers with knowledge about where to find employment, and influence, whereby network contacts affect people’s success in actually securing employment by swaying the hiring process.” (more…)

Large Weight Gains Most Likely for Men After Divorce, Women After Marriage

By Guest PostSeptember 4, 2011Healthbmi, body mass index, dmitry tumin, education, effects of marital transitions, health measure of weight relative to height, health risk, jeff grabmeier, las vegas, marriage and divorce, ohio state university, poverty, socioeconomic status, sociology, weight gain, women, zhenchao qian

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Both marriage and divorce can act as “weight shocks,” leading people to add a few extra pounds – especially among those over age 30 – according to a new study.

But when it comes to large weight gains, the effects of marital transitions are quite different for men than they are for women.

For men, the risk of a large weight gain increased most prominently after a divorce. But for women, the risk of a large weight gain was most likely after marriage. (more…)

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