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Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans
• Public Health • Mar 30 09
High-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But they also end up enrolling many…
Meningitis kills over 1,100 West Africans - WHO
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 28 09
One third of the world’s stockpiled meningitis vaccine doses have been dispatched to West Africa where an outbreak has killed more than 1,100…
Many US middle school kids physically unfit: study
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 26 09
US kids are not only too heavy; they’re also out of shape, according to a new study of 5th and 7th grade students in…
Physical Abuse Raises Women’s Health Costs Over 40 Percent
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Mar 23 09
Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study…
Report finds serious risks at children’s hospital
• Public Health • Mar 23 09
Patients being treated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital faced “serious potential risks”, a health watchdog report said on Friday.
The Healthcare Commission said it had…
Kellogg chief calls for overhaul of U.S. food safety
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 19 09
The head of Kellogg Co, whose company lost nearly $70 million in products from a recent peanut recall, will tell lawmakers on Thursday the…
Vatican defends pope condoms stand
• AIDS/HIV • • Public Health • Mar 18 09
The Vatican on Wednesday defended Pope Benedict’s opposition to the use of condoms to stop the spread of AIDS as activists, doctors and politicians…
Silent Epidemic: Vitamin D Deficiency
• Public Health • Mar 18 09
With spring right around the corner, there is no better time to shine the spotlight on the sunshine vitamin and the important role…
Walkers should aim for 100 steps per minute
• Public Health • Mar 17 09
People who walk for exercise should aim for a pace of 100 steps per minute to ensure their workout is intense enough, according…
U.S. program aims to help babies beat obesity odds
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 16 09
Elena Nieves hardly looks like a poster girl for an obesity program for pregnant moms.
The 5-foot-8 (1.7-meter) 23-year-old recently lost more than 50…
Obama picks FDA chief, starts food safety panel
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 16 09
President Barack Obama on Saturday chose public health and biological threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the troubled U.S. Food and Drug…
School Buses Among Safest Way to Travel in Iowa
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 13 09
University of Iowa researchers recently published findings that may put some parents at ease - school buses are among the safest forms of road…
High-impact exercise may be best bone-builder
• Gender: Male • • Public Health • Mar 12 09
Men who want to keep their bones strong may want to add running to their exercise routine, new research suggests.
In a study of…
HIPAA Privacy Rule Hinders Health Research
• Public Health • Mar 11 09
Rules designed to safeguard the privacy of patients’ medical records are not as effective as they should be and may also impede health research,…
Diagnostic Errors: the New Focus of Patient Safety Experts
• Public Health • Mar 11 09
Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it’s high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as drug-prescribing…
Expert Available to Discuss Status of Tuberculosis in America
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • • Public Health • Mar 11 09
Dr. Lee B. Reichman, MPH, an internationally recognized tuberculosis expert, holds joint faculty appointments in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Preventive…
Salt, sugar and water avert diarrhoea deaths - WHO
• Children's Health • • Bowel Problems • • Public Health • Mar 10 09
A pinch of salt, a handful of sugar and some clean water is all that is needed to save up to two million children…
Patients Being Discharged Against Medical Advice
• Public Health • Mar 09 09
When patients choose to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge, the consequences may involve risk of inadequately treated medical conditions and…
Optimists live longer and healthier lives: study
• Public Health • Mar 07 09
Optimists live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that may give pessimists one more reason to grumble.
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It’s never too late to start exercise
• Public Health • Mar 06 09
People who put off regular exercise until they hit the age of 50 can still benefit from physical activity but it appears to take…
China urges smoking doctors to quit the habit
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 09
China has offered its male doctors, more than half of whom smoke, some urgent medical advice - quit the habit and set an…
Obama proposes $1 billion/year boost for child nutrition
• Public Health • Feb 27 09
President Barack Obama proposed a $1 billion a year increase in funding on Thursday for U.S. child nutrition programs including school lunches.
The…
Teaching Hospital Halves Its Rate of Premature Births
• Public Health • Feb 27 09
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s primary adult teaching hospital has cut its rate of preterm births by more than half in the past 15 years,…
Study calls for increased research in flu transmission to prepare for pandemic flu outbreak
• Flu • • Public Health • Feb 18 09
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have completed a study to better understand the impact of infection control measures during a possible flu pandemic.…
Researchers Explore New Driver of Transplant Rejection: Platelets
• Public Health • • Surgery • Feb 17 09
Platelets, tiny and relatively uncharted tenants of the bloodstream known mostly for their role in blood clotting, turn out to also rally sustained…