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Completing a quality-of-life questionnaire at a healthcare provider's office could help patients live longer and live better, according to a new scientific statement published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-patients-quality-life-outcomes.html Cardiology Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:03 EST news287057948 (HealthDay)—Cash-strapped Americans often skip doses of pricey prescription drugs or take less than was prescribed by their doctor, new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-americans-meds-money-cdc.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:37:56 EST news284722665 (HealthDay)—The final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014, which expands on existing standards, has been released. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-benefit-payment-parameters-issued.html Health Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:30:01 EST news282633252 (Medical Xpress)—Addressing on the challenges that accompany transitions between health care settings could be a key strategy for improving clinical outcomes for people living with HIV, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The team's plan, which calls for identifying potential challenges before they occur and preparing to address them, is detailed online in the journal AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-detours-road-hiv-treatment-success.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:30:01 EST news281863122 Hot flashes put a damper on women's health and productivity at work and pump up the cost of health care. A study published online this month in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS), has put some numbers on their impact. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hot-toll-life-health.html Health Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:42:39 EST news280755748 (Medical Xpress)—Low-income children may be overweight in part because they have less access to open green space where they can play and exercise, reports a Cornell study of obesity in Europe published in Social Science and Medicine (December 2012; Vol. 75). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poor-kids-heaviness-linked-access.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:30:42 EST news280657834 New research from Indiana University has found that machine learning - the same computer science discipline that helped create voice recognition systems, self-driving cars, and credit card fraud detection systems - can drastically improve both the cost and quality of health care in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-health-outcomes.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:56:24 EST news279809775 (HealthDay)—Patient-reported chronic low-back pain (CLBP) severity, based on answering a single question, provides an accurate indicator of patient-reported health status, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-single-question-pain-severity-accurate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:40:01 EST news279282767 (HealthDay)—For adults younger than 75 years of age, living alone is a significant predictor of all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-under-75s-tied-higher-mortality.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:28:03 EST news277565245 (HealthDay)—The direction of the association between health care cost and quality is unclear, with inconsistent evidence indicating positive, negative, mixed, and indeterminate associations, according to a review published in the Jan. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-association-health-quality-inconsistent.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:20:01 EST news276442611 (HealthDay)—Depression is the most important determinant of the health status of people with Parkinson's disease, according to early findings from a large study of Parkinson's patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-depression-key-factor-health-parkinson.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:40:01 EST news273339135 (Medical Xpress)—A new study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies found that the degree to which a disease disrupts daily functioning is associated with reduced happiness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-health-affects-happiness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:37:54 EST news272029025 (HealthDay)—Living liver donors from Japan have higher health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than the Japanese norm population, according to a study published in the November issue of Liver Transplantation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-qol-liver-donors-population.html Other Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:17:19 EST news271441032 A national study of older Americans shows those who have limited mobility and low physical activity – scientifically categorized as "frail" – are five times more likely to report that they often don't have enough to eat, defined as "food insufficiency," than older adults who were not frail. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-older-adults-frail-food-insufficient.html Health Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:31:34 EST news271355486 (HealthDay)—In older adults, physical activity is associated with less brain atrophy and white matter lesion (WML) load, according to a study published in the Oct. 23 issue of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-atrophy-white-lesion-elderly.html Health Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:10:02 EST news270313481 Despite medical advances in colon cancer screening and treatment, people with a lower socioeconomic status remain at a higher risk of dying from colon cancer. A new study in The Milbank Quarterly finds that states and communities that focus on increasing the adoption of innovative health care practices along with providing greater access to public health information can reduce these deaths.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-states-access-health-decrease-colon.html Cancer Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:50:21 EST news267868211 The first ever global study to examine how changes in health inequality are related to overall coverage of maternal and child health interventions has shown that the countries making the most rapid progress in increasing maternal and child health coverage are those with programmes which most effectively address the needs of the poorest women and children in a population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-equitable-approach-rapidly-maternal-child.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:30:08 EST news267291263 Genetic testing and screening is increasingly becoming a presence in our lives. Daily news reports discuss new associations between genes and common conditions. And these associations are used to calculate risks for individuals who have the genes for the conditions, but don't display any symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-genetic-population.html Health Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:54:21 EST news267087250 Health is an important part of development, with links to how children do cognitively and academically, and it's a strong predictor of adult health and productivity. A new study of low-income families in the United States has found that children's health and access to health care services differ according to the immigrant status of their parents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-children-health-access-differ-parents.html Health Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:01 EST news266516240 (HealthDay) -- Older Americans are living longer, healthier lives than in past generations, according to new government research. However, rising obesity rates and high housing costs could take a toll on these gains in longevity, the report found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-older-americans-longer-obese.html Health Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:40:01 EST news264357443 An examination of the characteristics of persons born outside the United States diagnosed with HIV while living in the U.S. finds that, compared to U.S.-born persons with HIV, they are more likely to be Hispanic or Asian, and to have a higher percentage of HIV infections attributed to heterosexual contact, according to a study appearing in JAMA being published online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-characteristics-factors-hiv-positive-persons-born.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:23:42 EST news262189415 (HealthDay) -- The health of elderly people appears closely linked with their diet and the type of microorganisms living in their gut, suggesting that what you eat may affect how well you age, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gut-microbes-health-diet-older.html Medical research Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:19:08 EST news261418737 Data from a study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrates the vast inequalities in access to biologics for the treatments of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) across 46 European countries, with 22% (n=10) of countries having no biologic reimbursed at all. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-one-quarter-european-countries-access-biologics.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:45:36 EST news258198325 People with a distressed (Type D) personality reported worse health than other patients after having devices implanted to ensure proper heart rhythm, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-heart-patients-distressed-personality-worse.html Cardiology Tue, 08 May 2012 16:00:11 EST news255696433 There are some 1.8 billion adolescents (those aged 10-24 years) in the world today, comprising more than a quarter of the world's population. However, the first paper in The Lancet Series on Adolescent Health says that the health status of this age group has improved far less than that of children aged under 10 years in the past 50 years. Indeed, evidence suggests that adolescence is not the healthiest time in life, as is often assumed. With longer periods in education, and significant delays to marriage or settling down, the period during which young people are exposed to the risks of adolescence has extended significantly. Such behaviours include harmful alcohol consumption and illicit drug use with peers, and sex with more casual partners, increasing the risk of sexually transmitted infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-today-adolescents-exposed-alcohol-consumption.html Health Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:30:07 EST news254507988 Dubai (20 April 2012): Women with heart disease are more likely to give birth to female rather than male babies according to a new study presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology. The study found that three-quarters of the 216 children born to 200 pregnant women with diagnosed heart disease were female. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-women-heart-disease-baby-girls.html Cardiology Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:09:52 EST news254120984 People with a high socioeconomic level have been demonstrated to have better health than the rest of people. Other protective factors against chronic diseases are having higher education, having a job, and the per capita income and welfare in the region of residence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-marriage-high-socioeconomic-health.html Health Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:35:22 EST news253272912 Standing up more often may reduce your chances of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active, a study of more than 200,000 people published in Archives of Internal Medicine today shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-evidence-prolonged.html Health Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:00:10 EST news251984133 If you're a woman, older adult, or have higher levels of education, you're less likely to be sufficiently physically active. Those are some of the findings of a new University of Alberta study examining people's actual and perceived access to sport fields as catalysts for physical activity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-sport-fields-catalysts-physical-neighborhood.html Health Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:30:03 EST news250509984 Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being, according to a cross-cultural study looking at quality of life and health status in the US and the UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-aging-overweight-people-happy.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:48:17 EST news250426087