Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) A quarter of Arab Americans have experienced personal or familial abuse because of race, ethnicity or religion since 9/11, says a new study.
This is the first representative, population-based investigation of the health and psychological impact of Sep 11 on Arabs and Muslims living in the US, the researchers say.
Muslim Arabs also [...]
Washington, November 23 (ANI): Kids are spending as many as two hours a day in front of television in child care settings, says a new study.
Lead author Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at [...]
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): Researchers have suggested that menopausal women on hormone therapy (HT) shouldn’t stop their treatment prior to their annual mammogram screenings.
Annual mammography screening significantly reduces the breast cancer mortality in women older than 50, and is considered a pillar of routine healthcare maintenance.
While subjective and objective increases in mammographic breast density have [...]
Washington, September 22 (ANI): Mismanagement of money by people with mild memory problems could indicate that they may soon suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, a new research claims.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alzheimer’s Disease Center, part of the Department of Neurology, assessed patients with a condition known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), assumed to [...]
Washington, August 12 (ANI): A new study has shown that most older drivers are unaware of the potential impact on driving performance associated with taking medications.
Led by experts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the study indicates that 95 percent of those age 55 and older have one or more medical conditions, [...]
