The patient in the CCU waiting room: In-hospital treatment of the cardiac spouse.

Despite nearly 12 million Asian Americans living in the United States and continued immigration, this increasingly substantial subpopulation has consistently been left out of national obesity studies. When included in national studies, Chinese-American children have been grouped together with other Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders or simply as “other,” yielding significantly lower rates of overweight and obesity compared to non-Asians. There is a failure to recognize the ethnic diversity of Asian Americans as well as the effect of acculturation. Results from smaller studies of Chinese American youth suggest that they are adopting lifestyles less Chinese and more Americans and that their share of disease burden is growing. We screened 142 children from the waiting room of a community health center that serves primarily recent Chinese immigrants for height, weight and demographic profile. Body Mass Index was calculated and evaluated using CDC growth charts. Overall, 30.1 percent of children were above the 85th we found being male and being born in the U .S. to be statistically significant for BMI > 85th percentile (p=0.039, p=0.001, respectively). Our results suggest that being overweight in this Chinese American immigrant population is associated with being born in the U.S. A change in public policy and framework for research are required to accurately assess the extent of overweight and obesity in Chinese American children. In particular, large scale data should be stratified by age, sex, birthplace and measure of acculturation to identify those at risk and construct tailored interventions.

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Cancer as a Scottish Problem

Scottish Medical Journal ◽

10.1177/003693306801301005 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 338-348

Author(s):

A. J. Haddow

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Lung Cancer ◽

Cause Of Death ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Time Lag ◽

Age Distribution ◽

Lung Cancer Mortality ◽

Cervix Uteri ◽

Hospital Treatment ◽

Cancer Of The Lung

Cancer, responsible for about 1 death in 5 in Scotland, cost over £1 per head of population in 1965 and led to bed occupation of almost 2,000 bed years. Time lag (symptoms-doctor-hospital-treatment) is usuallv small. Age distribution is as in other European countries. Excluding accidents, cancer is the second most important cause of death in children. In relation to other countries Scotland's position is very poor and the lung cancer mortality in both sexes is the highest known. Lung cancer is the most important in males, breast cancer in females. Alimentary cancers come second in both sexes. In this century alimentary cancers increased till the thirties or forties and then declined. Cancers of pancreas, cervix uteri, ovary, prostate, kidney and bladder, together with leukaemia, have all increased. Cancer of the lung has increased elevenfold in women and fiftyfold in men. It now accounts for 9 to 12 per cent of all male deaths in cities and large towns

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Entitlement to hospital treatment in the UK: qualifiers, challenges and comment

British Journal of Hospital Medicine ◽

10.12968/hmed.2011.72.3.156 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 72 (3) ◽

pp. 156-160

Author(s):

Simon W Dubrey ◽

Paresh A Mehta ◽

Ritu Sharma ◽

Sheila Shah

Keyword(s):

Hospital Treatment ◽

The Uk

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