The Public Health Policy Advisory Board (PHPAB) released a report urging for a better understanding of the underlying reasons for health differences among subpopulations.

The report, Setting Priorities for Health Disparities acknowledges that varying patterns of death and disease are seen in subpopulations defined by age, gender, race or ethnicity, geographic location, education or income, disability, immigration status, and sexual orientation

The Public Health Policy Advisory Board (PHPAB) released a report urging for a better understanding of the underlying reasons for health differences among subpopulations.

The report, Setting Priorities for Health Disparities acknowledges that varying patterns of death and disease are seen in subpopulations defined by age, gender, race or ethnicity, geographic location, education or income, disability, immigration status, and sexual orientation

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago used functional brain imaging to research an established connection between emotional impairment and low cognition in children with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Mani Pavuluri, associate professor of psychiatry at UIC's Institute for Juvenile Research and the Center for Cognitive Medicine is the lead author of the study. He says, "This study is very exciting because it shows that negative emotions affect cognition differently than positive emotions in these kids

New evidence suggests eating a diet rich in plant foods, such as beans and Soya, cuts the risk of lung cancer

Studies conducted by Harris Interactive in August 2005 for the American Society for Microbiology and the Soap and Detergent Association find that while 91-percent of American adults say they always wash their hands after using public restrooms, only 83-percent actually do.

Researchers surveyed more than 6,000 people at six public attractions in four major cities, observing whether they washed their hands after using the restroom. Ninety percent of the women observed washed their hands, compared to 75-percent of men