In this review, our aim was to examine the influence of geographic variations on asthma prevalence and morbidity among adults, which is important for improving our understanding, identifying the burden, and for developing and implementing interventions aimed at reducing asthma morbidity. Asthma is a complex inflammatory disease of multifactorial origin, and is influenced by both environmental a...

IN RECENT YEARS much research in the United States has been devoted to the study of poverty. Certain broad characteristics have emerged from the aggregate poverty data.l These generalities are well-known to the reader : Disproportionate numbers of the poor are elderly, beyond their working years. Although most poor people are white, nonwhite families are far more likely to be poor than are whit...

IMPORTANCE Evidence from the US National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database suggests that the incidence of advanced breast cancer in young women is increasing. OBJECTIVE To quantify this trend and analyze it as a function of stage at diagnosis, race/ethnicity, residence, and hormone receptor status. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Breast cancer incide...

PURPOSE To compare the prevalence of high out-of-pocket burdens among patients with cancer with other chronically ill and well patients, and to examine the sociodemographic characteristics associated with high burdens among patients with cancer. METHODS The sample included persons 18 to 64 years of age who received treatment for cancer, taken from a nationally representative sample of the US ...

HAN, PAUL W. AND JOHN R. BROBECK. Dejcits of tem@rature regulation in rats with hyfwthalamic lesions. Am. J. Physiol. 200 (4) : 707-7 10. I 96 I .-Temperature regulation was studied in rats with bilateral hypothalamic lesions, by observing body temperature responses to the heat stress of forced exercise, and to exposure to hot or cold environments. Lesions in the preoptic area caused impairment...

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