http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Caregivers of children receiving care in an urban pediatric primary care setting frequently use digital technologies, according to a study published online June 10 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-families-underserved-areas-access-technology.html Pediatrics Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:00:02 EST news290104809 (Medical Xpress)—Stories often appear in health communication in order to encourage individuals to change behaviors, such as smoking or not wearing sunscreen. A University of Missouri researcher studied how stories influence patients' decision-making when behavior change is not the desired outcome of the health communication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-stories-patients-health-decisions.html Health Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:39:40 EST news289582765 The increasing proportion of the population that received treatment for a specific medical condition – called "treated disease prevalence"—along with higher spending per treated case accounted for most of the rise in health care spending in the U.S. between 1987 and 2009, according to a recent analysis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-medical-treatment-greatest-health.html Health Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:10 EST news287073417 (HealthDay)—About one in four U.S. doctors uses social media daily to scan or explore medical information, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-docs-social-media-job-survey.html Health Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:08:04 EST news276325673 Many Americans have fatalistic views on cancer prevention—they believe that getting cancer is a matter of luck or fate. Recent research, published in the Journal of Communication, found that people who use the internet to inquire about their health are more likely to have a positive outlook on cancer prevention and diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-internet-fatalistic-view-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:45:39 EST news274365931 A new survey shows that about one in four physicians uses social media daily or multiple times a day to scan or explore medical information, and 14 percent use social media each day to contribute new information, according to an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-physicians-social-media-daily.html Health Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:07:33 EST news274352831 Approximately 1,735 patients a year on average die in the Netherlands as a result of mistakes. Health care professionals try to learn from these incidents and near misses, but the learning process is often confined within the individual organizations and the individual links in the health care chain. But incidents and near misses occur just as much when patients are referred from one link to another. Research into communication between the various links on incidents and near misses shows up the weak spots in the learning process within the chain. On 9 November 2012 Greet van der Kaap, research lecturer at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, is to receive her PhD from the University of Twente on 'The Weakest Link, inter-organisational communication about (near) incidents in the health care chain'. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-incidents-health-chain.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:49:13 EST news271928940 Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, is proud to announce the release of biological and clinical data from 383 new families participating in Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) to researchers. AGRE is a resource for scientists that is comprised of clinical and biological data from families who have two or more children on the autism spectrum. These 383 families are part of a larger pool of 653 individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) bringing the total data available on people with an ASD to 3348. The family data also includes family members without an ASD bringing the total to 9335 individuals, which reflects an over 24 percent increase. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-autism-genetic.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:20:20 EST news271603179 Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services today announced the publication of an article in the December issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Online about miscarriage rates following IVF treatment with frozen thawed embryos which may revolutionize clinical and laboratory practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-miscarriage-reproduction.html Other Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:11:44 EST news244980687 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 (AP) -- Stanford Hospital in California is blaming a subcontractor used by an outside vendor for a privacy breach that led to the posting online of medical information for thousands of emergency room patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-stanford-hospital-privacy-breach-online.html Other Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:23:09 EST news234796796 Many patients on dialysis may not understand medical information critical to their wellbeing, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results suggest that clinicians must understand and address the limited health literacy of patients with kidney disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dialysis-patients-important-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 May 2011 17:45:25 EST news223836308