(HealthDay)—Worse functional status and increased probability of functional decline are seen for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with lower socioeconomic status (SES), according to a study published online Aug. 4 in JAMA Network Open. Zara Izadi, M.Pharm., from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues examined the association between SES and functional status […]
Dr Nawal El Saadawi People around the world are mourning the death of Egypt’s Nawal El Saadawi, MD, the fiery Arab women’s rights advocate. She died March 21 in Cairo at age 89 after a long illness. Born October 27, 1931, the second of nine children, El Saadawi avoided a child marriage and went on […]
Parent education programs and interventions that begin shortly after the birth of a child have shown to significantly impact parenting behaviors that support social and academic engagement for children growing up in poverty, according to a study led by pediatricians and psychologists across the country, including NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Steinhardt, and the […]
