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Startling new statistics from Bowling Green State University's National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) paint a bleak future for the largest generation in history, the baby boomers, as they cross into old age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-baby-boomers-age_1.html Health Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:00:24 EST news253800017 Teaching students of all ages about the value of diversity and the serious mental health impacts of bias and stereotyping will help end widespread discrimination in the United States, according to a new American Psychological Association task force report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-apa-task-outlines-actions-discrimination.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:50:44 EST news252075036 For mental health to gain significant attention, and funding from policymakers globally, it is not enough to convince people that it has a high disease burden but also that there are deliverable and cost-effective interventions – according to South African researchers writing in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-mental-health-framework-prioritize-action.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:23 EST news249670299 Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-dieting-wrong-scientists.html Health Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:10:01 EST news248936148 High hospital readmission rates in different regions of the U.S. may have more to do with the overall high use of hospital services in those regions than with the severity of patients' particular conditions or problems in the quality of care during and after hospital discharges, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-hospital-admission-linked-high-readmission.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:30:41 EST news243105947 The death of a spouse is always a tragedy, but for seniors, that tragedy can spur some significant life changes. And one University of Alberta researcher says the choices they make are something policymakers need to pay attention to. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-spousal-death-key-link-loss.html Health Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:30:58 EST news238671045 Are words weighing down America's ability to improve its health? According to a group of weight and health experts assembled by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the answer is yes. There is a need for media and policymakers to more responsibly address weight-related health issues, the experts said, and remove the verbal barriers that are getting in the way of a more informed, responsible conversation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-experts-heavy-impact-words-policies.html Health Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:21:56 EST news238328507 Sex-segregated schooling is not superior to coeducational schooling and carries the risk of exaggerating sexism and gender stereotyping, according to a new report co-authored by a University of Texas at Austin psychologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-sex-segregated-schooling-ineffective-gender-stereotyping.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:10:01 EST news237027367 There has been longstanding concern among physicians and policymakers that false-positive results may cause parents to believe that their children are vulnerable to illness, leading them to overuse health care services as their children grow older. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-parents-anxiety-newborn-screening-results.html Health Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:36:04 EST news235650945 Violent crime could be reduced significantly if policymakers at the local level limit the number of neighborhood liquor stores and ban the sale of single-serve containers of alcoholic beverages, according to separate studies led by University of California, Riverside researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-liquor-density-linked-youth-homicides.html Health Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:57:01 EST news234629762 There is a 17% greater risk of dying after a heart attack if you are treated in a hospital located in a U.S. territory -- i.e. the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands -- rather than in a hospital in the mainland United States, according to new findings published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-death-heart-higher-territories-mainland.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:00:47 EST news228393709 Debate about the public health response to Haiti's cholera epidemic continues as the crisis enters its ninth month, with some experts arguing that a vaccination campaign in Haiti would be neither feasible nor cost-effective, and advocating putting forth other measures. In a viewpoint article published on May 31st in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, a coalition of medical and public health researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, led by Paul Farmer, cofounder of Partners In Health and United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti, argue that a universal vaccination campaign is essential to ending the crisis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cholera-haiti-world.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:18:06 EST news226120662 Policymakers have an important role in limiting obesity because the policies and laws they set can be catalysts for significant change, according to Kansas State University researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-policymakers-knowledge-obesity-related-factors.html Health Mon, 30 May 2011 11:50:04 EST news225974988 (PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University researcher Bruce Lanphear says Canadian policymakers and health agencies should review the findings of the first study internationally to quantify the effectiveness of home safety devices to safeguard children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-home-safety-devices-childhood-injuries.html Health Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:02:23 EST news221824920