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Childhood disability rate jumps 16 percent over past decade
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 05 13
More children today have a disability than a decade ago, and the greatest increase is among kids in higher-income families, according to a study…
Camaraderie of sports teams may deter bullying, violence
• Public Health • May 05 13
As schools around the country look for ways to reduce violence and bullying, they may want to consider encouraging students to participate in…
Obama comfortable with FDA decision to let 15-year-olds buy morning-after pill
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • May 03 13
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he is comfortable with a U.S. government agency’s decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for…
Only 20% Of U.S. Adults Get Enough Exercise
• Public Health • May 03 13
Only 20% of adults in the U.S. are getting the recommended amount of exercise, according to a new report by the CDC (Centers for…
1-in-5 adults meet physical activity guidelines
• Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • May 03 13
Only 20 percent of U.S. adults meet both the federal government’s aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity recommendations, officials say.
However, the findings, published in…
Doctors condemn Government’s decision to hold plans for plain cigarette packaging
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 03 13
Senior doctors will tomorrow condemn the Government’s decision to delay its plans to force cigarettes to be sold in plain packets.
They warn that…
How Single or Dual Parenting Affects Early Brain Development
• Brain • • Public Health • May 03 13
It’s a study in mice, but results from an intriguing experiment suggests that having one or two parents can affect new nerve growth in…
BUSM study shows positive impact of mind-body course on well-being of medical students
• Public Health • May 02 13
A Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study shows a mind-body class elective for medical students helps increase their self-compassion and ability to manage…
Boston Marathon bomb amputees offered prosthetics free of cost
• Public Health • May 01 13
A trade group representing makers of artificial limbs on Tuesday promised to provide prosthetics free of cost to the estimated 20 to 25 victims…
Economics Influence Fertility Rates, Says MU Anthropologist
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • May 01 13
The world population could top 8 billion in the year 2023 if current growth rates remain constant, according to United Nations figures. However, if…
Medication errors also happen at home: study
• Public Health • Apr 29 13
While doctors and nurses can make mistakes with medications in hospitals, a new study says drug errors often happen at home and can lead…
The Five Most Stressful Places to Live in the U.S.
• Neurology • • Public Health • Apr 26 13
If you want to take that vacation, go to Hawaii. But stay away from West Virginia. In a Gallup poll released yesterday, those two…
Aging U.S. to drive up heart-related health costs: study
• Heart • • Public Health • Apr 25 13
The costs linked to heart failure in the United States are expected to more than double within the next two decades as the population…
City Plan Sets 21 as Legal Age to Buy Tobacco
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 23 13
The age to legally buy cigarettes in New York City would rise to 21 from 18 under a proposal that officials unveiled on Monday,…
Diagnostic errors more common, costly and harmful than treatment mistakes
• Public Health • Apr 23 13
In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors - not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses —…
Conn. cancer patient fights marijuana loophole
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 22 13
Eighteen states and Washington D.C. have legalized medical marijuana. Connecticut joined that group last year.
While it’s legal to use medical marijuana there, it’s…
Food Safety and Bioterrorism Defense May Benefit from Improved Detection Test Developed at MU
• Public Health • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Apr 18 13
Sales of chicken products in China plummeted recently during an outbreak of a deadly new strain of bird flu. From bird flu to mad…
Nearly 30 percent of women fail to pick up new prescriptions for osteoporosis, study finds
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Apr 18 13
Nearly 30 percent of women failed to pick up their bisphosphonate prescriptions, a medication that is most commonly used to treat osteoporosis and similar…
Social media can support healthiness of older people
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Apr 16 13
The use of social media by older people can offer valuable additional support in cases of sickness and diseases, new research from the University…
Tobacco companies keep people smoking despite UK cigarette tax increases
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 16 13
Raising tobacco prices is one of the most effective means of reducing tobacco use, particularly among price-sensitive smokers such as young people and people…
Pool exercise may build strength, reduce falls
• Gender: Female • • Menopause • • Public Health • Apr 15 13
Women who did a high-intensity aquatic workout for six months increased their strength and suffered fewer falls, in a new study that suggests bone-…
Exercise as good as massage for sore muscles
• Public Health • Apr 11 13
The aches and pains people suffer after working out more than usual can be relieved just as well by exercise as by massage, according…
1 in 5 seniors on risky meds; more in US South
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Apr 11 13
More than 1 in 5 seniors with Medicare Advantage plans received a prescription for a potentially harmful “high risk medication” in 2009, according to…
Effect of medication is affected by copies of genetic information
• Public Health • Apr 10 13
The results may help to explain why certain medications have strong side effects on sperm and eggs, and why certain organisms remain unaffected by…
FDA advisers say Bausch & Lomb implantable lens safe, effective
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Public Health • Apr 09 13
An implantable lens designed by Bausch & Lomb Inc to reduce vision distortion as well as allow patients to focus on near and distant…