A new study finds that melanoma is increasing among Hispanics who live in California. Men are especially prone to the deadly skin cancer.

The tumors are generally thicker than those found on non-Hispanics, which is indicative of a higher risk, says Myles G. Cockburn, lead author of the study

A British study found that parents who sleep with their babies on sofas may increase the infant's risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Although SIDS deaths in the United Kingdom have decreased over the past two decades, the number of babies who died while sleeping on sofas has increased

A new study shows African-American women living in areas with high poverty rates are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer, even after adjusting for other factors known to raise the risk of non-screening, such as older age, lower educational attainment, and smoking.

Disparities in screening rates are seen among different ethnicities, and often blamed on individual factors, such as lack of access to regular healthcare, older age, obesity, and health status. A few studies now show that community and state poverty level factors contribute to low screening rates among black women

Recent scientific studies by the University of California have shown that educational level, housing status and other socioeconomic factors are the only affects on the health of people with asthma.

The studies uncover that one's neighborhood and surrounding area may also play a significant role, even after taking into account personal economic well-being

Results from the first-ever global quantitative survey on unmet needs in asthma treatment, demonstrate significant discrepancies between physician and patient assessments of current asthma treatment on issues that may affect health outcomes, including medication side effects, patient education and physician-patient communication.

G. Walter Canonica MD, says, "Ongoing physician-patient communication is essential in treating chronic conditions such as asthma, and the GAPP Survey reveals there is much room to improve this dialogue in every country we studied. One place to start is in the area of side effects, where results demonstrate significant disconnections between physicians and patients