... , and global health and energy issues, scientific literacy is currently low among American adults. According to the national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences:
Only 53% of ...
... than women (59.2 percent) Mexican-Americans were less likely to have any type of refractive error ( ... the ocular health of the U.S. population, involving young adults, middle-aged persons and older ...
... high priority in 2009, to ensure that no American suffers financial hardship as a result of serious ... working families. Of the estimated 50 million American adults who were uninsured in the last year, 58 ...
First, the bad news: More American adults have hypertension (high blood pressure) and prehypertension than ever before. Now, the good news: The percentage of those getting treated for and controlling ...
Increasing numbers of American adults are aware of the importance of nutrition and physical activity and are taking steps to eat a healthy diet and engage in exercise, according to the American ...
... Largest Asian Ethnic Group: Chinese Americans represent the largest ethnic group among ... Levels of Higher Education: Twice as many Chinese American adults have college degrees than the general population ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the ...
... NCHS, are based on data from more than 23,300 interviews with American adults and more than 9,400 interviews ... 3 percent) Yoga (6.1 percent).
Adults used CAM most often to treat pain including ...
... universities. Roughly half of the 2,164 American adults surveyed last September and October ... barriers of greatest concern to large numbers of Americans. The significant upfront financial costs -- simply ...
... Examination Survey, 76 percent of African Americans adults are overweight and 46 percent are obese ... ethnic group.
The report also includes highlights of American Cancer Society efforts to save lives ...
... companies for their climate change-related activities."
Americans believe that national action to reduce global ... nationally representative survey of 2,164 American adults, age 18 and older. The sample ...
... is characterized by high levels of triglycerides in the liver and affects as many as one-third of American adults.
"If we can identify the factors that protect African-Americans from this liver ...
... World Voice Day, which is celebrated on April 16. In a national survey of over 1,000 American adults, participants were asked "which one of the following things do you think are the biggest obstacle a ...
A full third of American adults, 69 million men and women over age 40, are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear ...
... political moderates and liberals," Hout said. "The result has been a significant decrease in the fraction of American adults identifying with an organized religion."
Americans expressed stronger ...
