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Ongoing relationship with care provider key for patients with a chronic condition: UBC study
• Arthritis • • Diabetes • • Public Health • Apr 30 11
People with a chronic condition such as diabetes or arthritis may find themselves taking on a more active role in maintaining or improving their…
Frequently hospitalized patients may benefit from new medical specialty focused on their needs
• Public Health • Apr 28 11
Declining rates of hospitalization have discouraged primary care doctors from seeing their patients in the hospital and encouraged the growing use of “hospitalists,” a…
Increased metabolic rate may lead to accelerated aging
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Apr 27 11
A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that higher metabolic rates predict early…
WHO warns of enormous burden of chronic disease: Non-Communicable Diseases
• Cancer • • Diabetes • • Heart • • Public Health • Apr 27 11
Chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes have reached global epidemic proportions and now cause more deaths than all other diseases combined, the…
Canada faces obesity epidemic, legislative changes are vital
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 26 11
With the increase in numbers of overweight children and young adults, Canada and other developed countries are facing an obesity epidemic and legislative approaches…
Arkansas medical marijuana advocates begin petition
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 25 11
Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Arkansas are hoping that 2012 is their lucky year.
After failed attempts to get the issue certified as…
Pediatricians call for stricter laws for chemicals
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 25 11
The U.S. is not doing enough to protect kids from exposure to potentially dangerous chemicals, pediatricians said in a new statement released today.
The…
Half of U.S. states have comprehensive smoking bans: CDC
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 21 11
Half of all U.S. states have enacted smoking bans in private worksites, restaurants and bars in the past decade, but a government report says…
UK immigrant screening misses most latent TB
• Public Health • • Tuberculosis • Apr 21 11
British tuberculosis screening for new immigrants fails to detect most imported cases of latent disease and screening should be widened to include more people…
Ivory Coast polio outbreak could spread abroad: WHO
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 21 11
Polio has broken out in Ivory Coast, with three children confirmed as having the crippling disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Scientists manipulate mosquitoes in malaria fight
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 20 11
Scientists working on malaria have found a way of genetically manipulating large populations of mosquitoes that could eventually dramatically reduce the spread of the…
Hospital safety plan may save lives, money: government
• Public Health • Apr 12 11
A hospital patient care and safety initiative aimed at preventing medical errors and hospital-acquired infections could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars,…
Nurses may help some overweight kids
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • • Weight Loss • Apr 07 11
A program including regular follow-ups with nurses and focused attempts to cut back on TV, fast food, and sodas appears to keep some overweight…
Errors still common in U.S. hospitals
• Public Health • Apr 07 11
About one in three people in the United States will encounter some kind of mistake during a hospital stay, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
The…
New 2011 CDC Guidelines Announced for Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIS)
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 06 11
The CDC has announced new guidelines to reduce the risk of catheter-associated infections in the United States. The guidelines now designate treatment with chlorhexidine…
The Forgotten Patients: What Happens to Intensive Care Unit Survivors Five Years After Discharge?
• Public Health • Apr 06 11
A unique and richly detailed long-term study of survivors of severe critical illness requiring intensive care found that even those who were previously healthy,…
The Heartfelt Truth About Sudden Death in Young Athletes
• Public Health • Apr 05 11
The sudden death of a young athlete always prompts full media attention, most recently spurring a call for preventative screening methods, including costly electrocardiogram…
Republican to call for sweeping Medicare changes
• Public Health • Apr 05 11
A Republican proposal for sweeping changes to Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs appears unlikely to pass Congress, but could electrify the debate over the…
Republican to call for sweeping Medicare changes
• Public Health • Apr 05 11
A Republican proposal for sweeping changes to Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs appears unlikely to pass Congress, but could electrify the debate over the…
China halts nearly half dairy producers in quality crackdown
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Apr 03 11
China’s quality inspection agency has ordered nearly half the nation’s dairy firms to halt production as part of a campaign to clean up an…
New strategic plan for NIH obesity research seeks to curb epidemic
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 11
To combat the obesity epidemic, the National Institutes of Health is encouraging diverse scientific investigations through a new Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research.
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Nine die in Alabama during bacteria outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 29 11
Nine patients in Alabama have died after receiving intravenous nutrition that authorities say was contaminated, but it was unclear whether the bacteria contributed to…
Stop Torture in Health Care Trailer
• Public Health • Mar 29 11
When I go to a hospital or clinic, I expect to receive good quality, respectful care, and I usually do. Unfortunately, that is not…
K-State chemists’ biosensor may improve food, water safety and cancer detection
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 29 11
A nanotechnology-based biosensor being developed by Kansas State University researchers may allow early detection of both cancer cells and pathogens, leading to increased food…
Medical Student Brings Radiology to Uganda
• Public Health • Mar 28 11
Benjamin Johnson, a fourth-year student at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is determined to make medical imaging technology widely available…