A person's level of social and economic status can shape their brain heath in later life, a study suggests. Research led by the University of Edinburgh found a connection between socioeconomic status ...

Higher socioeconomic status, which typically includes higher income and more education, has been linked to better health ...

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Higher socioeconomic status is not associated with equal reductions in rates of type 2 diabetes and obesity across all racial ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article misidentified the lead author of the report. Eric Hengyu Hu was the lead author. Data suggests socioeconomic factors play an important role in explaining ...

Reuters Health - Social and economic status does not explain the racial gaps in the care and outcomes of kids with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. The finding suggests researchers look to ...

The Maya people of Guatemala are among the shortest people in the world. Men on average hover a few inches above 5 feet and women a few inches below. But if they move to the United States as children, ...

Educational attainment and intelligence, and to a smaller extent parental education and father's occupational class, are associated with midlife socioeconomic status, according to a new study ...

Consider two teenagers searching for summer work. One is offered an opportunity to assist a project manager at their uncle’s construction company. The other submits a dozen retail applications, hoping ...