Health Behavior News Service
Elderly hospital patients with delirium more likely to die within a year
Hospital patients over 65 who are referred for a psychiatric consultation and found to have delirium are more likely than those without delirium to die within one year following diagnosis, according to a new ...
Health
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Recent veterans in college engage in riskier health behaviors
College students who have served in the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely than their non-veteran peers to use tobacco, drink in excess and engage in other behaviors that endanger their ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Employee programs teaching heath care 'consumer' skills may also produce health benefits
A workplace program designed to teach employees to act more like consumers when they make health care decisions, for example, by finding and evaluating health information or choosing a benefit plan, also improved ...
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Oct 31, 2011 |
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Doctors often overrate how well they speak a second language
Communicating with patients who do not speak English is a challenge facing all health care providers. New research shows that even those physicians who say they are fluent in a second language may be overestimating ...
Health
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Ethnic differences in appointment keeping affect health of diabetes patients
Ethnic differences in appointment keeping may be an important factor in poor health outcomes among some minority patients with diabetes, according to a new study.
Health
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Lack of health insurance linked to fewer asthma diagnoses in children
Providing health insurance to more children could lead to diagnosing additional cases of mild or intermittent asthma, a new study shows. Some who treat childhood asthma say this could increase the number of ...
Health
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Depressive symptoms may make asthma control more difficult
(Medical Xpress) -- People with asthma are more likely to have symptoms of depression. A new study suggests these symptoms are linked to a host of other negative health risks that may lead to a worsening of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 26, 2011 |
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E-Learning programs may do little to change eating habits
With more people online and using smart phones, health applications or “apps” as they are popularly known are being promoted to help with everything from exercising to quitting smoking. A new review ...
Health
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Sidewalks, crime affect women's physical activity throughout U.S.
Getting women to meet the U.S. federal government’s recommended level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity remains a huge challenge. A large new study shows that where women live affects just how ...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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Second-hand smoke in china puts children at risk
The more Chinese children are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, the more they have symptoms like coughing at night, sneezing, phlegm without a cold, sneezing with itchy-watery eyes and impaired lung-function ...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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Taking blood pressure drugs at night slightly improves control
Patients who take certain popular types of blood pressure medication once a day are able to achieve somewhat better control of their hypertension if they take their daily dose at bedtime, according to a new ...
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Oct 07, 2011 |
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Extra calcium during pregnancy has no benefits, except to prevent hypertension
Most physicians instruct pregnant women to increase their calcium intake, but a new evidence review of potential benefits of calcium supplementation for mom and baby found none, except for the prevention of ...
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Oct 07, 2011 |
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Patients with implanted cardiac devices should learn about end-of-life options
An implanted device meant to correct heart rhythm may generate repeated painful shocks during a patient’s final hours, at a time when the natural process of dying often affects the heart’s rhythm. ...
Cardiology
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Regular mammograms prolong life in breast cancer survivors
Mammography done yearly or every two years to detect new or recurrent tumors after surgery appears to prolong the lives of breast cancer survivors, according to a large new evidence review.
Cancer
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Safety net hospital closures hit poor, uninsured hardest
When safety net hospitals close or switch from not-for-profit to for-profit status, as quite a few did during the 1990s and early 2000s, certain vulnerable groups suffer disproportionately, a new study finds. ...
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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