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Likelihood Of Having Breast And Cervical Screening Associated To Wealth And Ethnicity
A research published today on bmj.com reports that Caucasian British women are more likely to have had a mammogram. And there is more probability that women owning cars or homes have had a mammogram.
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Diabetes Specialists Call For Drug Regulators To Step In To Clarify Lantus Concerns, UK
BRITAIN"S top diabetes specialists added their weight to calls for European drug regulatory bodies to launch an urgent investigation into the popular insulin treatment glargine (Lantus). The move by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) follows this week"s publication of four studies, which raise possible concern about an increased risk of the development of cancer in people who use this long-acting insulin therapy.
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Pfizer Receives Approval From European Commission For Pending Acquisition Of Wyeth
Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved under the European Union (EU) Merger Regulation the company"s pending acquisition of Wyeth. The Commission"s decision includes Pfizer"s commitment to divest certain animal health assets in the EU.
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Does Size Matter? Study Shows Taller People Earn More Money, Australia

Taller men are able to earn more money than their shorter counterparts simply because taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful, this according to a study published in The Economic Record by Wiley-Blackwell. The study entitled "Does Size Matter in Australia?" uses newly available data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to estimate the relationship between hourly wages and two aspects of body size: height and BMI. It finds that taller people, particularly men, earn more money - with every five centimetres of height being worth about $950 per annum. "Our estimates suggest that if the average man of about 178 centimetres gains an additional five centimetres in height, he would be able to earn an extra $950 per year - which is approximately equal to the wage gain from one extra year of labour market experience", explained co-author Professor Andrew Leigh. The study also finds that, while there are wage returns to height in Australia, there are no systematic wage penalties to having a higher body mass index (BMI). Professor Leigh added, "We began the project with a primary interest in whether overweight people were paid less, but eventually realised that the most interesting thing in the data is the relationship between height and wages." The abstract of "Does Size Matter in Australia?" is published in the Early View section online Wiley InterScience. The Economic Record


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