Demography

Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A snapshot of health conditions revealing the disparities across 38 neighborhood areas in Harris County has been published in the 2018 Health of Houston Survey by The University of Texas…

One-on-one interviews reveal which health issues concern millennials and their longing for optimal healthCredit: Robert Rogers, Baylor Marketing & Communications WACO, Texas (Sept. 19, 2019) - Storytelling that educates and…

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 19, 2019) - Disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV between Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino adolescents and their white counterparts are well…

Disabled people face being marginalised by the very programmes that are designed to help them. Rather than taking their differences and particular preferences into account, projects and welfare systems established to provide support are…

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Journalists Network on Generations are welcoming 14 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its 10th year. They represent a wide range…

Data looks at 15 fields in physical sciences, engineering over 10-year period WASHINGTON, D.C., September 12, 2019 -- African Americans are seeing growth in many engineering and physical sciences fields, but they are not progressing at the…

Bottom Line: This observational study looked at the factors and outcomes associated with delaying the start of treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in an underserved urban population. The analysis included 956…

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 12, 2019) - The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University has been awarded a six-year $6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to lead a…

Credit: Bill Baker The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations in some of the hottest places on earth. Current medications for that scourge -- malaria -- are becoming less…

Older adults are using cannabis at an unprecedented rate, yet research that informs policymakers on the topic is scarce, according to the latest issue of the journal Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR) from The Gerontological…