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Men who are heavy drinkers and homeless for long periods of time have 400 times the number of head injuries as the general population, according to a new study by researchers who said they were shocked by their findings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-statistics-injuries-people-homeless.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:18 EST news287928725 (HealthDay)—A system of Web-based consultations (telenephrology) may reduce the number of specialty referrals for patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a study published in the March/April issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-web-based-nephrology-referrals.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:10:01 EST news284302509 Researchers used electronic health records to identify Group Health patients who weren't screened regularly for cancer of the colon and rectum—and to encourage them to be screened. This centralized, automated approach doubled these patients' rates of on-time screening—and saved health costs—over two years. The March 5 Annals of Internal Medicine published the randomized controlled trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-colon-cancer-screening-e-health.html Cancer Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:43:29 EST news281601740 (HealthDay)—Children often get colds, but when they are not feeling well enough to participate in their normal daily activities or not alert enough to learn or play, they are too sick to go to school, an expert advises. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-child-sick-school-expert.html Health Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:43:01 EST news277897256 During cold and flu season, most of us inevitably will experience one or more acute illness. Fortunately, most acute problems are treatable without hospital admission. With that in mind, doctors say it is important to seek care in the proper place for the best possible treatment, outcome, cost and satisfaction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cold-flu-doctor-er.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:59:42 EST news277718377 (AP)—Patients line up early outside his office just off the town square, waiting quietly for the doctor to arrive, as he has done for nearly 60 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-doctor-medicine-bygone-era.html Health Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:06:39 EST news272041588 Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-aids-like-disease-asians-contagious.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:27:58 EST news264875273 (HealthDay) -- A top U.S. advisory panel has recommended against preventive electrocardiography (EKG) screening for people at low risk of heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-guidelines-screening-ekgs-low-risk-patients.html Cardiology Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:14:30 EST news262890855 Obesity appears to significantly increase the risk of death tied to sleeping pills, nearly doubling the rate of mortality even among those prescribed 18 or fewer pills in a year, researchers reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-obesity-death-tied-pills.html Sleep apnea Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:11:11 EST news251133062 Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an internal medicine specialist before major non-cardiac surgery, with rates ranging from five per cent of patients to 90 per cent, new research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-pre-surgery-exam-vary-widely-hospitals.html Surgery Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:42:45 EST news243686558 According to a new study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), people diagnosed with substance use disorders are more likely to be re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days of their discharge than patients who do not have a substance abuse disorder. Alexander Walley, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at BUSM and a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC), is the lead author of this study, which is published online in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-rehospitalization-emergency-patients-substance-disorders.html Health Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:40:02 EST news237457543 For every year a person is homeless, the odds of them having a family doctor drop by 9 per cent, according to a report by St. Michael's Hospital and Street Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-health-card-family-doctor-homeless.html Health Tue, 24 May 2011 12:12:59 EST news225457969 In the first North American study to examine population rates of Emergency Department (ED) use for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found 55 per cent of adults with IDD and mental illness visited the ED at least once in a 2 year period and 15.6 per cent visited at least 5 times. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-north-american-ed-adults-intellectual.html Health Fri, 13 May 2011 10:22:25 EST news224500928