In a recently published study, Tulane University researchers found that high-income and mostly white neighborhoods have fewer fast food outlets per square mile than lower income or mostly black neighborhoods.
The most populated country on the planet may also be heading towards the worst tobacco-related health crisis on the planet, say Tulane University researchers. More than 300 million Chinese adults either smoke or are exposed to cigarette smoke at work or at home.
The Big Easy always has attracted multitudes of visitors to its steamy, tropical climes. In the 1800s, one of the more infamous visitors was yellow fever, resulting in deadly annual outbreaks of the deadly disease and inspiring the birth of the first school of tropical medicine in the U.S.
People who live with HIV in rural areas are less likely to keep up with their treatment schedules if they are problem drinkers. Overall, about one in three HIV positive people surveyed by the researchers reported skipping at least one dose of their medications in the past week.
Researchers report that one in three adults between 35 and 74 years of age in mainland China has borderline high or high total cholesterol levels and one in four has borderline high or high LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol).
African commercial sex workers who face hostile police and a public that stigmatizes their work are less likely to use condoms, says Tulane University researcher Sohail Agha.
A group of young doctors founded a school of medicine in New Orleans 170 years ago to address deadly infectious diseases that riddled the port city. Tulane University Health Sciences Center honors their dream of high quality medical education, public health and research with the "Doors to Discovery" program.
Reed Kroloff, former editor in chief of Architecture magazine and one of the leading voices in the world of professional design, has been appointed dean of architecture at Tulane University. He replaces Don Gatzke, who left the position in January. Kroloff's appointment becomes effective October 1, 2004.
Teens may be more likely to adopt safe sex practices if they learn them from slightly older teens.
That children are heavier on average today than children were a decade ago may now be common knowledge. The rise in weight appears to be accompanied by a significant increase in blood pressure among children between the ages of 8 and 17, say epidemiologists.
Researchers have published results from the first study to intensively examine high-risk young children and to look at how reliable and valid diagnosis of an attachment disorder might be.
Senator John Breaux, a leader in national politics who has served Louisiana in Congress for 32 years, will deliver the commencement address to approximately 2000 graduates on May 22 at 9:30 a.m. in the Louisiana Superdome.
Researchers have confirmed several genes that determine the inheritance of obesity. This is the first study of longitudinal data to link body mass measurements taken over several decades to specific genes located on chromosomes.
One in four people in China may suffer from high blood pressure, but barely half of them know they have hypertension. Of those who know, 63 percent have it under control. Only half of those who knew they had hypertension had changed diet or exercise habits to try to control it.
The higher systolic blood pressure is in children, the more likely they are to have hardened arteries in their late 30s and 40s, say researchers. The study shows shows the importance of checking children's blood pressure, says lead author Shengxu Li.
Increases in HIV infection rates often follow in the wake of civil strife, and Haiti is no exception, says an infectious disease expert who has been working in Haiti to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their newborns.
Researchers report that people with metabolic syndrome (Syndrome X) are nearly 2.5 times more likely to suffer from chronic kidney disease.
While many researchers continue to work on an effective vaccine that will prevent AIDS, a group of scientists is taking a new approach - focusing on specific tissues.
The chief of hematology and medical oncology has broken the world record for dribbling a basketball while running over a 24-hour period. Tulane medical students are holding an event called Bounce for Life to support research in Curiel's lab.
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