http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A Victorian study examining the experiences of young people with a disability as they transition out of state care has detailed the lack of post-care accommodation and support. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-state-leavers.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:12:12 EST news289462325 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 Drug overdose was the leading cause of death among homeless adults in Boston from 2003 to 2008 and accounted for one-third of deaths among those ages 25 to 44. A study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) compared rates and causes of death among those served by BHCHP with data from a similar 1997 study and found that, while drug overdose had replaced HIV as the leading cause of death, overall mortality rates had not changed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-overdose-death-homeless-adults.html Health Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:00:01 EST news277380759 HIV infection among crisis-hit Greece's drug users is reaching "epidemic" proportions with recorded cases marking a 35-fold increase from 2010, health experts warned Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hiv-cases-epidemic-scale-greece.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:55:52 EST news273502544 Lancaster University researchers and homeless people have succeeded in developing a prototype that could help the latter take better care of themselves. It is often a challenge for homeless people to make and keep appointments. The 'Personal Appointment Ticketing' (Pat) service allows them to keep track of their appointments, whether they are related to health or social work issues. A specially made wristband or plastic card contains all the important information they need to stay updated. Once swiped, the wristband or card provides a printout of the dates, times and places of their appointments. Pat is based on simple, inexpensive technology, including the credit-card-sized computer Raspberry PI. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-homeless-people.html Health Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:31:02 EST news273220252 (HealthDay) -- The global prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus infection, and HIV is high among homeless people, although significant heterogeneity is seen in prevalence estimates, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-prevalence-tb-hepatitis-hiv-high.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:43:46 EST news264689016 Among patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), homeless people experience higher rates of premature death and kidney failure, and they use emergency services much more often than impoverished peers with stable housing, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that greater efforts are needed to address the unmet needs of homeless patients with CKD and other chronic conditions to improve their health and reduce public costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-homelessness-linked-poor-health-kidney.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:00:43 EST news258912032 (HealthDay) -- One-third of homeless people in the United States are obese, about the same rate as the general population, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-one-third-homeless-population-obese.html Health Fri, 18 May 2012 17:28:56 EST news256580931 A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy drinking by 35 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-homeless-heavy-drinkers-imbibe-housing.html Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:03 EST news246209108 Playing street football two or three times a week could halve the risk of early death in homeless men. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Copenhagen, out today, shows the positive impact of street football on the fitness of homeless people, a group with typically poor health and low life expectancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-soccer-homeless-men-health.html Health Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:00:04 EST news236779310 More than eight out of 10 homeless people surveyed by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and elsewhere have at least one chronic health condition and more than half have a mental health problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-percent-homeless-people-chronic-health.html Health Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:18:34 EST news233403487 Chronic pain is not managed well in the general population and it's an even greater challenge for homeless people, according to new research by St. Michael's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-chronic-pain-homeless-people.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:04:31 EST news230465020 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