http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Roughly 1 in 4 lesbian or gay teens and 15 percent of bisexual teens are homeless, versus 3 percent of exclusively heterosexual teens, finds a Children's Hospital Boston study of more than 6,300 Massachusetts public high school students. Moreover, among teens who were homeless, those who were gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB) were consistently more likely than heterosexuals to be on their own, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-gaylesbian-high-school-students-homeless.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:23:45 EST news230484213 In a comprehensive analysis comparing nurse staffing in California hospitals to similar hospitals in the U.S. over nearly a decade, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have found that controversial legislation setting nurse-to-patient ratios added more registered nurses to the hospital staffing mix, not fewer as feared. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-california-nurse-staffing.html Other Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:30:01 EST news229958370 A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 63% of Massachusetts residents support the health care reform legislation enacted in 2006, 21% oppose it while 6% are not sure and 9% have not heard or read about the law. The percentage of residents supporting the law has increased since a 2009 poll (53%). Support for the law varied by party affiliation, with 77% of Democrats, 60% of Independents, and 40% of Republicans saying they support the legislation. The poll was conducted May 24-26, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-massachusetts-landmark-health-reform-law.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:28:43 EST news226578505 A bill in Oregon that would provide incentives to deliver fresh local food to schools would improve the health of the state's residents and, at the same time, create hundreds of new farm-industry jobs over a five- to 10-year period, according to a study released by Upstream Public Health in Portland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-oregon-farm-school-bill-benefit.html Health Thu, 12 May 2011 05:16:09 EST news224396154 Greater powers introduced by the government to enable specially trained nurses and pharmacists to prescribe medication in England have been successfully adopted, according to a new report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-wide-reaching-strong-nurse-pharmacist.html Other Tue, 10 May 2011 09:25:22 EST news224238306