http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—In 2012, nearly 15 percent of U.S. people of all ages were currently uninsured, according to a data brief published online June 18 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-percent-people-uninsured.html Health Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:36:49 EST news290784995 Cancer survivors who live in rural areas aren't as healthy as their urban counterparts, according to new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-rural-health-cancer-survivors.html Cancer Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:47:25 EST news289666038 (HealthDay)—The proportion of families in the United States that can't keep up with their medical bills declined between 2011 and 2012, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the news might not necessarily be cause for celebration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-families-struggling-medical-bills-cdc.html Health Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:40:01 EST news289565683 While there has been a steep decline in kids' consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in California, African-American and Latino children may be replacing soda with 100 percent fruit juice while their white peers are not, according to a new study from UC San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-minority-children-sugary-fruit-juice.html Pediatrics Thu, 30 May 2013 16:29:18 EST news289150151 Too many cooks may spoil a recipe, and too many doctors may give you the flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-californians-medical-home-flu-shots.html Health Wed, 29 May 2013 16:52:54 EST news289065164 Trends in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and smoking explain a significant proportion of the decline of intestinal-type noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma (NCGA) incidence in US men between 1978 and 2008, and are estimated to continue to contribute to further declines between 2008 and 2040. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pylori-trends-gastric-cancer-men.html Medical research Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:03 EST news288374296 (HealthDay)—In 2008 to 2010, the prevalence of key health behaviors among U.S. adults varied, with about one in five adults current smokers and 62.1 percent overweight or obese, according to a report presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cdc-trends-health-behaviors-adults.html Health Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:01 EST news288368970 More children today have a disability than a decade ago, and the greatest increase is among kids in higher-income families, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-childhood-disability-percent-decade.html Pediatrics Sun, 05 May 2013 05:52:41 EST news286951955 More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) finds that mammogram rates in the United States have not declined in that age group, or any other. The study results are published in the April 19, 2013 online edition of the journal Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mammogram-decline-controversial-uspstf.html Cancer Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:10:01 EST news285522510 Although most survivors of melanoma take precautions to protect their skin from the sun and further occurrences of cancer, data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10, revealed that more than a quarter do not use sunscreen when outside for more than an hour, and more than 2 percent still use tanning beds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-melanoma-survivors-tanning-beds-sunscreen.html Cancer Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:40:03 EST news284710853 (Medical Xpress)—California teenagers who live close to a park or open space are more likely to get exercise than those who live in areas without parks nearby, a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-perks-teenagers-physically.html Health Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:06:44 EST news283673196 The value of medical treatment can be far greater than the cost of the treatment finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. Improved physical function leads to measurable gains in employment, improved household income, and fewer days missed from work. This improvement in employment is matched by a reduction in the necessity of disability benefits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-indirect-musculoskeletal-disorders.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:02 EST news282498667 Marriage may not always be as beneficial to health as experts have led us to believe, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-health-benefits-marriage.html Health Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:38:11 EST news281698680 Obesity kills, giving rise to a host of fatal diseases. This much is well known. But when it comes to seniors, a slew of prominent research has reported an "obesity paradox" that says, at age 65 and older, having an elevated BMI won't shorten your lifespan, and may even extend it. A new study takes another look at the numbers, finding the earlier research flawed. The paradox was a mirage: As obese Americans grow older, in fact, their risk of death climbs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-age-obesity-death.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:20:44 EST news279289238 (HealthDay)—Adding to the arsenal of evidence that smoking is bad for you, a large new study indicates that lifetime smokers cut 10 years off their life expectancy—a decade they can gain back if they quit before age 35. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-longtime-smokers-decade-life.html Health Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:40:01 EST news278262749 (Medical Xpress)—More than half a million adults in California seriously thought about committing suicide during the previous year, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-million-california-adults-committing-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:50:01 EST news275211073 An international team of scientists headed from the University of Santiago de Compostela ensures that reading the labels on food products is linked to obesity prevention, especially in women. According to the study which used data from the USA, female consumers who consult food labels weigh nearly 4 kilograms less. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-people-food-thinner.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:03:03 EST news266760174 A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University compared medically attended noncccupational and occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-injuries-workers-disabilities.html Health Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:13:14 EST news263488381 (HealthDay) -- There were both good and bad trends in the overall health of Americans in 2011, a new government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-health-americans-bag-cdc.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:56:51 EST news259318580 A total of 46.3 million people in the United States do not have health coverage, a trend that has been rising in the past 15 years, said a US survey published Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-million-americans-lack-health.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:12:42 EST news259297954 (HealthDay) -- Healthier lifestyles and better disease management led to a sharp drop in death rates for Americans with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, especially deaths caused by heart disease and stroke, a new federal government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-deaths-linked-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 22 May 2012 18:40:02 EST news256929395 A new study provides the best evidence to date that higher levels of income inequality in the United States actually lead to more deaths in the country over a period of years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-income-inequality-deaths.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 16:15:26 EST news255712299 An innovative 13-postures Tai Chi designed for wheelchair users is described in the current issue of Technology and Innovation- Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-tai-chi-wheelchair-mobility-self-esteem.html Health Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:20:26 EST news253880408 (Medical Xpress) -- Some people quit smoking on the first try while others have to quit repeatedly. Using such mobile technology as hand-held computers and smartphones, a team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh is trying to find out why. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mobile-technology-explore-nicotine-addiction.html Addiction Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:06:37 EST news252749187 (HealthDay) -- Medicaid patients have more difficulty getting primary care and visit hospital emergency departments more often than those with private insurance, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-medicaid-patients-ers.html Health Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:10:57 EST news251385027 New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that more than 4.5 million Americans are living with a total knee replacement (TKR), as the number of TKR surgeries has more than doubled over the past decade, with the sharpest rise among younger patients. Osteoarthritis continues to be the primary reason for TKR. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-million-americans-total-knee.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:22:22 EST news248073735 (AP) -- The number of young adults lacking medical coverage has shrunk by 2.5 million since the new health care overhaul law took effect, according to a new analysis the Obama administration is to release Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-25m-young-adults-gain-coverage.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:15:10 EST news243058456 Nearly 2 million adults in California, about 8 percent of the population, need mental health treatment, but the majority receive no services or inadequate services, despite a state law mandating that health insurance providers include mental health treatment in their coverage options, a new report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-million-californians-mental-health-treatment.html Health Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:27:18 EST news241882031 (AP) -- In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won't and the tobacco industry can't: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-urges-smokers-smokeless-tobacco.html Health Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:20:22 EST news239034002 Despite having the second-lowest smoking rate in the nation, California is still home to nearly 2.5 million children under the age of 12 who are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-million-california-children-secondhand-exposure.html Health Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:37:48 EST news238948622