http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The health care system in the United States faces numerous challenges: how to bring innovation from the laboratory to the bedside, how to ensure more equitable use of medical services and, in a time of increasing financial strain, how to pay for that care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-journal-supplement-strategies-health-delivery.html Other Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:08:56 EST news242568519 Children and young people who have chronic health conditions or need operations don't always have access to the high-quality, child-friendly information they need to understand what is happening to them. That is the key finding of a three-year study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation (NIHR SDO) programme and led by Bangor and Cardiff Universities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-major-significant-gaps-weaknesses.html Health Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:41:21 EST news242314872 A new formula that can predict future health costs more accurately than previous models could help guide commissioning budgets for general practices under the government's new Health Bill, finds a study published on British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-formula-commissioning.html Health Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:56:04 EST news241246552 Fears about re-uses of personal data as well as re-uses of research data and samples are the focus of a policy paper released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). The new document, which is an update of a paper produced by ACP two years ago, adds a policy position regarding research. It proposes a privacy rule that says researchers should maximize appropriate uses of information to achieve scientific advances without compromising ethical obligations to protect individual welfare and privacy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-internists-dual-privacy-health.html Other Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:47:19 EST news238157232 While parents commonly use the Internet to learn about pediatric health problems, little is known about how often they seek out this information, and how they use it prior to seeking medical care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-parents-online-pediatric-health-doctors.html Health Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:35:49 EST news237785736 Looking online for medical information? Viewers beware, doctors caution. After reviewing the most frequently watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, a group of neurologists found that the people in the videos often do not have a movement disorder. As described in a Letter to the Editor in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, such medical misinformation may confuse patients suffering from devastating neurological disorders and seeking health information and advice online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-youtube-videos-inaccurately-depict-parkinson.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:56:04 EST news235846554 The demand for transparency through publicly available healthcare data is on the rise. This is the case for administrative and clinical data for research, and for clinical trials data used to support new drug approvals. Broad data access has a measurable impact on research and policy making. A new report by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the University of Ottawa and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, looks at the creation of clinical public use microdata files (PUMFs). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-clinical-microdata.html Other Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:28:30 EST news235304893 Many women over 50 years old date and are sexually active and thereby face many possible health risks. Yet, most educational campaigns designed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases target younger generations. Older women also need and want more information about sexual health and wellness. A study in the new special issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs on older consumers found a critical need for improving communication between older women and their physicians about sexual health and for providing these women with tools on how to negotiate with partners about safe sex practices. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-older-women-lack-important-sexual.html Health Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:52:56 EST news235191155 A new report from the National Research Council recommends steps the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies and professional associations can take to ensure that the medical devices and health information technology used in home health care are easy and safe for laypeople to use and that caregivers, whether formal or informal, are well-trained. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-home-medical-devices-easy-to-use-caregivers.html Health Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:18:30 EST news230210269 Sharing stories and health information with friends and families gives strength to Indigenous Australians living with chronic illness, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-chronic-illness.html Health Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:21:24 EST news229267139 (Medical Xpress) -- The federal government is pushing doctors and hospitals to convert to electronic medical records by 2015, touting reductions in costs, increased patient safety and greater efficiencies in the U.S. health care system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-technology-poses-nursing-home-residents.html Health Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:45:04 EST news228984265 Biobanks are repositories for tissue samples, usually in the form of blood or saliva or leftover tissue from surgical procedures. These samples are collected and used for future research, including genetic research. They may be linked to personal health information regarding the sample donor. People who are eligible to donate these samples and researchers who want to use them face important questions with respect to whether and how informed consent should be obtained for sample and health information collection and use. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-limited-consent-biobanks.html Genetics Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:07:35 EST news228539222 The results of a national online study show that 45% consider their parents to be their sexuality role model. Shattering stereotypes that parents and society hold about teen sexuality, the survey also revealed that only 32% looked to their friends and just 15% took inspiration from celebrities. Dr. Jean-Yves Frappier, a researcher at the University of Montreal's affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre will be presenting the results at the Canadian Paediatric Society's 88th Annual Conference on June 18, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-teens-parents-friends-sexual-role.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:21:09 EST news227359233 (Medical Xpress) -- There's a wealth of health information hiding in the human immune system. Accessing it, however, can be very challenging, as the many and complex roles that the immune system plays can mask the critical information that is relevant to addressing specific health issues. Now, research led by scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has shown that a new generation of microchips developed by the team can quickly and inexpensively assess immune function by examining biomarkers—proteins that can reflect the response of the immune system to disease—from single cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-health-cell.html Medical research Tue, 24 May 2011 07:50:47 EST news225442189