According to New Study in Academic Pediatrics Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity when given access to a structured...
There's terrible, disheartening news today for women and children in Oklahoma. The state is withdrawing federal funding from three Planned Parenthood clinics in Tulsa. The funding, which the clinics received for the past 18 years, was earmarked for the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program...
The risk of heart failure appears to be higher among low-income seniors even those with a college education according to research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented during the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. "Lower education may not matter if a person is...
The low rate of breastfeeding among low-income, inner-city African-American mothers is a health disparity now receiving national attention. Two new studies from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital highlight some obstacles to increasing the breastfeeding rate in this...
In Baltimore City, dozens of older adults are now aging safely in their homes, thanks to the work of Assistant Professor Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, CRNP, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Through years spent providing house calls to low-income older adults, Szanton knew that their...
CNN Money: "Until now, stimulus money spared governors and state lawmakers from making some of the most brutal budget cuts. But with this lifeline running out, officials are looking at making significant cutbacks to public services, particularly schools and health programs. As of mid-April...