Adverse neighbourhood conditions greatly aggravate mobility problems from diabetes
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
A study published earlier this year in the peer reviewed online journal BMC Public Health has found that residing in a neighbourhood with adverse living conditions such as low air quality, loud traffic or industrial noise, or poorly maintained streets, sidewalks and yards, makes mobility problems much more likely in late middle-aged African Americans with diabetes...