Archive: 20/03/2013
Parents of children with a disability under twice as much stress, survey finds
(Medical Xpress)—Queensland parents of children with a disability endure twice as much stress and worry as parents of typically developing children, according to the My Say survey.
Mar 20, 2013
Overweight physicians are also vulnerable to weight bias
(Medical Xpress)—Overweight patients are not the only ones who suffer weight stigmatization in the doctor's office, a Yale study finds. Physicians who are overweight or obese are vulnerable to biased attitudes from patients ...
Mar 20, 2013
Health officials report 1 in 50 school kids have autism
A government survey of parents says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has autism, surpassing another federal estimate for the disorder.
Mar 20, 2013
Hip implant patients with unexplained pain likely to have tissue damage
The cause of unexplained pain among metal-on-metal hip implant patients is more likely to be tissue damage than wear of the implant, Hospital for Special Surgery researchers have found. The study, performed by Dr. Danyal ...
Mar 20, 2013