The effects of discrimination could last a lifetime

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? Increased levels of depression as a result of discrimination could contribute to low birth weight babies.

Given the well-documented relationship between low birth weight and the increased risk of health problems throughout one?s lifespan, it is vital to reduce any potential contributors to low birth weight.? A new study by Valerie Earnshaw and her colleagues from Yale University sheds light on one possible causal factor.? Their findings, published online in Springer's journal, the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, suggest that chronic, everyday instances of discrimination against pregnant, urban women of color may play a significant role in contributing to low birth weight babies.

Twice as many black women give birth to low birth weight babies than white or Latina women in the U.S.? Reasons for this disparity are, as yet, unclear. But initial evidence suggests a link may exist between discrimination experienced while pregnant and the incidence of low birth weight.? In addition, experiences of discrimination have also been linked to depression, which causes physiological changes that can have a negative effect on a pregnancy.

Earnshaw and her colleagues interviewed 420, 14- to 21-year-old black and Latina women at 14 community health centers and hospitals in New York, during the second and third trimesters of their pregnancies, and at six and 12 months after their babies had been born.? They measured their reported experiences of discrimination.? They also measured their depressive symptoms, pregnancy distress and pregnancy symptoms.

Levels of everyday discrimination reported were generally low.? However, the impact of discrimination was the same in all the participants regardless of age, ethnicity or type of discrimination reported.? Women reporting greater levels of discrimination were more prone to depressive symptoms, and ultimately went on to have babies with lower birth weights than those reporting lower levels of discrimination.? This has implications for healthcare providers who work with pregnant teens and young women during the pre-natal period, while they have the opportunity to try and reduce the potential impacts discrimination on the pregnancy.

The authors conclude that "Given the associations between birth weight and health across the life span, it is critical to reduce discrimination directed at urban youth of color so that all children are able to begin life with greater promise for health.? In doing so, we have the possibility to eliminate disparities not only in birth weight, but in health outcomes across the lifespan."

Data for this study came from the Centering Pregnancy Plus project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and conducted in collaboration with Clinical Directors? Network and the Centering Healthcare Institute.

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1. Valerie A. Earnshaw, Lisa Rosenthal, Jessica B. Lewis, Emily C. Stasko, Jonathan N. Tobin, Ten? T. Lewis, Allecia E. Reid, Jeannette R. Ickovics. Maternal Experiences with Everyday Discrimination and Infant Birth Weight: A Test of Mediators and Moderators Among Young, Urban Women of Color. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2012; DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9404-3

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Peregrine CEO's new wife seeks annulment

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The new wife of Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell R. Wasendorf Sr. has sought an annulment of their marriage, claiming that he married her knowing he was about to be arrested for defrauding customers and was planning a suicide.

Nancy J. Paladino alleged that Wasendorf married her under false pretenses when they wed on June 30 at the ritzy Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas because he "did not advise of the fraud or the suicide," according to documents filed with Clark County District Court in Nevada.

Paladino, 48, filed her complaint for an annulment on August 13, a month after Wasendorf, 64, was arrested by federal investigators. He was arrested after being released from an Iowa City, Iowa, hospital, where he had recovered from a failed suicide.

Earlier this month, Wasendorf was indicted by a federal grand jury on 31 counts of overstating the amount of customer funds at his brokerage by tens of millions of dollars in faked monthly and yearly reports to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

The CFTC has said Wasendorf misappropriated more than $200 million in customer funds. In a suicide note, Wasendorf confessed to bilking his customers out of millions of dollars over a nearly 20-year period. He is currently being held under suicide watch at the Linn County Jail in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Paladino did not reply to an email request for comment, and her attorney declined to comment on Monday. A spokeswoman for Wasendorf's public defender, Jane Kelly, said the office declined to comment on the annulment filing.

The wedding between Paladino, a former California real estate agent, and Wasendorf was one in a series of events leading up to the scandal-ridden CEO's attempted suicide last month.

The news of the Las Vegas wedding came as a surprise to friends and family in the days after his suicide attempt. Most people had no idea that it happened -- just weeks before a planned church wedding in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he lived and Peregrine Financial Group's headquarters was based.

Paladino, in court documents, said she is seeking to have a judge declare the marriage null and void because Wasendorf obtained her consent to marry him under fraudulent means.

"At the time of the marriage, Defendant knew he was about to be caught and arrested for fraudulent activity, and had planned suicide to avoid the consequences," according to the filing.

The filing states that Paladino is not seeking spousal support from Wasendorf. It also states that she is unemployed and has no monthly income.

Michael Eidelman, the bankruptcy court-appointed receiver for Wasendorf, said he is negotiating with Paladino's attorney over assets in bank accounts that have both her and Wasendorf's name on them.

If convicted on all charges, Wasendorf faces up to 155 years in jail, a $7.75 million fine, and 93 years of supervised release following any imprisonment, according to prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa.

(This story corrects first paragraph to Wasendorf Sr. (from Wasendorf Jr.) in August 24 story)

(Reporting By P.J. Huffstutter and Ann Saphir; editing by John Wallace)

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Samsung Galaxy Stellar gets premature outing at Best Buy

Verizon just isn't having much success preserving its secrets these days. What hope the carrier had left of keeping the Samsung Galaxy Stellar under wraps has just been been dashed by a full product page at Best Buy. Like we suspected, that astronomical name is attached to the conspicuously grounded Jasper: as long as the listing is accurate, we're looking at a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (toned down from the 1.5GHz rumor), a 4-inch, 800 x 480 display, a so-so 3.2-megapixel back camera and a 1.3-megapixel shooter at the front. We aren't seeing the leaked mentions of Amazon apps or a Starter mode, but there is hope that the Galaxy Stellar might undercut the still fairly stiff $100 price from the earlier Verizon-sourced scoop -- while it's not guaranteed to remain, the $450 contract-free price at Best Buy is about $50 less than we saw before. All that Verizon needs to do now is dispense with formalities and commit to a launch; meanwhile, you can catch a snap of the listing after the break and click the source to see the page for yourself, while it lasts.

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YUMA, AZ - A year ago, Jo Bash,? from?Yuma was diagnosed with Basal Cell Carcinoma, a non-melanoma type of skin cancer. She tells News 13 "When I was first diagnosed with skin cancer and told I needed radiation I was scared."

Jo's cancer is among the most common types of skin cancer according to medical experts and for her it was right at the corner of her right eye. She says, "My biggest fear was having the radiation burn me and losing my eyesight."Fortunately for Jo a non-invasive radiation treatment was offered to her at Yuma Oncology Center using a very focused short distance therapy called Xoft.

Board Certified Radiation Oncologist Dr. Gordon Grado is a local physician at Yuma Oncology Center and says this treatment gives the patient a high dose of radiation in small compact and tight locations of the body. He also says it's less disfiguring and damaging to other areas surrounding the cancer. Dr. Grado says "Particularly around the corner of the nose. If you do surgery in that area it can sometimes cause a deviation or bending of the nose to the side. With Xoft we can treat it very nicely and easily."

Dr. Grado says in as little as 8 to 10 treatments each lasting between 5 and 10 minutes the innovative therapy is performed. Dr. Grado says this type of short distance therapy isn't for everyone but for those patients who do undergo the treatment there is a high success rate.

He says this type of treatment is about 98% successful in stopping cancer and the therapy is particularly for those with non-melanoma type of skin cancer, like Jo.

Jo tells News 13, "People says no pain no gain but in this case it's not true. There was no pain, no burning, no nothing, just a beep."

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Official: Former Gov. Crist To Speak At DNC ? CBS Charlotte

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? President Barack Obama gave Charlie Crist a hug. Mitt Romney gave him $1 million. Apparently the hug meant more to Crist.

The former Republican governor confirmed Monday that he will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next week in Charlotte, N.C. It?s news that comes as Republicans hold their convention to nominate Romney as their presidential candidate ? an event being held across Tampa Bay from Crist?s St. Petersburg home.

?I think so much of what the president has done and the good he?s tried to do for Florida,? Crist said.

He cited the efforts to help the Gulf Coast states after the BP oil spill and money that the president tried to steer to Florida for a bullet train, which Gov. Rick Scott rejected.

?On issue after issue after issue, he?s proven himself as the kind of person who?s willing to work across the aisle for the betterment of the people.?

Crist left the party in 2010 after declaring he would run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. He was chased from the Republican primary after falling behind eventual winner Marco Rubio in the polls. Rubio overcame a disadvantage in money and support with a message that Crist was not a true conservative ? a strategy that was punctuated with a photo of Crist embracing Obama at a 2009 rally to push for the $787 billion federal stimulus package.

In 2006, Romney, then the Massachusetts governor, gave Crist a $1 million check from the Republican Governors Association to help Crist?s gubernatorial campaign.

Crist on Sunday endorsed Obama.

At a Republican Party of Florida breakfast for convention delegates in Palm Harbor on Monday, incoming House Speaker Will Weatherford mocked Crist. He mentioned Tropical Storm Isaac, then said, ?Speaking of winds blowing and people shifting positions, the Florida Republican Party had a former member of the Republican Party by the name of Charlie Crist.?

The delegates booed.

?I knew that hugs could be powerful, but I really just had no idea until yesterday,? Weatherford said.

Also at the breakfast, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam criticized Crist for thinking of his own political career first.

?He?ll wear any costume just to get in the parade,? Putnam said.

Crist said he anticipated the criticism.

?I didn?t expect them to be jumping for joy,? he said. Crist also said he is not thinking about his party registration right now, but is thinking only about what is in the best interest of the country.

Crist is not registered with either party, but there has been widespread speculation that he will try to make a political comeback as a Democrat and possibly challenge his Republican successor, Scott. That speculation has increased as his wife, Carole, changed her voter registration from Republican to Democrat and after he said he would support Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson?s re-election campaign over Rep. Connie Mack IV. Now, there?s the Obama endorsement and a speaking role at the nominating convention.

Crist has criticized his former party for going too far to the right. As a governor, he was known for being a populist who would welcome Democrats in his office as much as Republicans. He also angered Republicans by vetoing high-priority GOP bills on education and abortion restrictions.
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