http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Homeless people and their health care providers need to know more about traumatic brain injuries to help prevent and treat such injuries, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-exploring-link-traumatic-brain-injury.html Health Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:23:06 EST news283076578 (Medical Xpress)—Past studies have suggested a relationship between neighborhood characteristics and obesity, as well as a connection between obesity and advertisements on television and in magazines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-outdoor-fast-food-ads-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:10:06 EST news278840708 Experts believe that plain packaging of tobacco products would cut smoking, a new study has found. Tobacco control experts from around the world estimate that two years after the introduction of generic packaging the number of adult smokers would be reduced by one percentage point (in the UK - from 21 to 20%*), and the percentage of children trying smoking would be reduced by three percentage points (in the UK - from 27 to 24%*). The Cambridge research was published today in the journal BMC Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-experts-plain-packaging-tobacco-products.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:33:05 EST news278159572 (Medical Xpress)—Social marketing has been found to be an effective tool in boosting recruitment and retention into regular physical activity sessions in a deprived area, according to new research from the University of Bristol published in the journal BMC Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-social-effective-tool-boosting-physical.html Health Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:41:16 EST news268382468 (Medical Xpress)—More than one-third of young adults who reported being victims of dating violence as teenagers had two or more abusive partners, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-victims-teen-dating-violence-abuser.html Health Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:56:49 EST news267191801 While Australia has recently passed legislation to ban logos from cigarette packages and to make plain packaging mandatory, other countries are still considering whether or not to take similar measures. New research published in Biomed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health provides a report on the appeal of plain cigarette packs, compared to branded packs, among women in Brazil, and finds that plain packs reduce the appeal of their contents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-plain-packaging-appeal.html Addiction Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:00:05 EST news265893328 When a stroke patient is discharged from the hospital, they often must cope with a new disability or lack of function, so changes in their medications or a new dosing prescription can be particularly confusing. This can lead the patient to overmedicate, take the wrong medication or skip medications entirely and can result in being readmitted to the hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-key-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:34:29 EST news263565244 If the human race keeps growing fatter at American rates, the Earth may face a rise in food demand equal to that of nearly a billion extra people, British researchers warned on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-waistlines-threaten-planet.html Health Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:21:21 EST news259233675 The world population is over seven billion and all of these people need feeding. However, the energy requirement of a species depends not only on numbers but on its average mass. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health has estimated the total mass of the human population, defined its distribution by region, and the proportion of this biomass due to the overweight and obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-weight-nations-adult-human-biomass.html Health Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:00:01 EST news259149118 The number of people living on their own has doubled, over the last three decades, to one in three in the UK and US. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that the risk of depression, measured by people taking antidepressants, is almost 80% higher for those living alone compared to people living in any kind of social or family group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-home-depression-highest.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:00:01 EST news251654382 According to new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), a state's level of wealth or poverty is linked with levels of cardiovascular inflammation in women. Cardiovascular inflammation is a key risk factor for heart disease. This research, led by Cheryl R. Clark, MD, ScD, the director of health equity research and intervention at the Center for Community Health and Health Equity at BWH was published March 20 in the online edition of BMC Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-state-wealth-affects-women-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:31:44 EST news251465482 A new study conducted by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers shows that a majority of medical students in Yemen believe that chewing the plant khat is harmful to one's health but they would not advise their patients to quit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-focuses-khat-yemeni-culture.html Addiction Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:06:10 EST news250340764 Physical activity will definitely lower children's chances of developing cardiovascular disease down the road, but physical inactivity will not necessarily increase it. Findings from a recent Queen's University study shows different kinds of sedentary behaviour may have different consequences for young people's health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-tv-viewing-poses-greater-cardiovascular.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:53:24 EST news240681186 The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. is reported as being on the decrease, however untreated infected people act as a reservoir for disease. Any pool of the world's population harboring this disease gives cause for concern, especially since the BCG vaccine is only 70-80% effective at best. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health, shows that in 2009 the number of cases of TB reported across America was much lower than that recorded in previous years. This larger than expected decrease was most noticeable among recent immigrants, the homeless and other disadvantaged groups, which suggested that the decrease was most likely due to economic recession and lower immigration rates and may mask the future impact of TB. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-decrease-tb-economic-recession.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:05:29 EST news239861055 A mobile workforce can help improve a country's economy but the effects of commuting on the health of commuters and on the costs to industry in terms of sick days is largely unknown. From a commuter's point of view, the advantages of daily travel, such as a better paid job or better housing conditions, need to be weighed against adverse health effects. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that commuting by car or public transport, compared to walking or cycling, is associated with negative effects on health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-commuting-bad-health.html Health Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:05:39 EST news239241928 It is known that the unmarried are in general more likely to die than their married counterparts and there is some indication that the divide is in fact getting worse. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health looks at the changes in cancer survival over the past 40 years and show that the difference in mortality between the married and never married, especially between married and never married men, has also increased. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-men-die-cancer.html Health Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:26:24 EST news237785068 There is much interest in the unequal health care caused by postcode lotteries. The area you live in can impact the treatment you receive for cancer treatment, surgery or GP care. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that there are also geographic differences in the implementation of public health programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-postcode-lotteries-health-necessarily.html Health Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:57:03 EST news236401016 Job-related stress is catching up with the Canadians. A new study by Concordia University economists, published in BMC Public Health, has found that increased job stress causes workers to increasingly seek help from health professionals for physical, mental and emotional ailments linked to job stress. Indeed, the number of visits to healthcare professionals is up to 26 per cent for workers in high stress jobs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-workplace-stress-health-hazard.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:35:02 EST news233487289 (Medical Xpress) -- An estimated 18 American military veterans take their own lives every day -- thousands each year -- and those numbers are steadily increasing. Even after weathering the stresses of military life and the terrors of combat, these soldiers find themselves overwhelmed by the transition back into civilian life. Many have already survived one suicide attempt, but never received the extra help and support they needed, with tragic results. A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues found that veterans who are repeat suicide attempters suffer significantly greater mortality rates due to suicide compared to both military and civilian peers. The research was published this month in BMC Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-war-veterans-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:06:48 EST news228567994 During the last thirty years there has been an increase in the number of babies born by Caesarean section. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that there has also been a change in the social and economic status of the mothers involved and that advantaged mothers are more likely to have their babies by Caesarean section than mothers living in more difficult circumstances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-posh-trend-cesarean-section.html Health Tue, 17 May 2011 20:00:06 EST news224852848 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers surveyed 428 Calgarians identified through random sampling, and 115 of these participants indicated owning dogs. Two surveys were completed by all of 428 participants, one in the winter and one in the summer season. In both seasons, dog-owners reported more walking for recreation in their neighbourhoods than did non-owners. These results appear in the May 4th edition of BMC Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dogs-owners-year-round.html Health Thu, 05 May 2011 11:12:47 EST news223812752