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Two-thirds of South African teens and adults suffer from a "fear of missing out" on more interesting activities than what they're doing, a study by a pharmaceutical firm showed on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-safrica-epidemic.html Health Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:52:49 EST news260452352 New data released by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) to coincide with World Spirometry Day today has revealed a worrying lack of understanding and concern among the public about the world's biggest killer - lung disease, which now claims the lives of almost 4 million people a year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-reveals-impact-lung-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:00:04 EST news259947308 Many hospitals offer residency programs for doctors in training, allowing them to complete the education needed to become practicing physicians. Hospitals find those residents using National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) rules, but a new study finds wide variation in the interpretation of those rules. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hospitals-residency-stress-ob-gyn-doctors-in-training.html Other Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:10:01 EST news259927028 Sex education at school is young people's preferred source of information about sex, according to a new report from Queen's University and the University of Ulster. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-focuses-teen-sexual-health-northern.html Health Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:53:04 EST news258627171 Radiology programs and their residents would benefit from incorporating tablet devices, like the iPad, into residency education, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-radiology-benefit-incorporating-tablet-devices.html Other Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:18:15 EST news257742999 (HealthDay) -- With a recent flood of new regulations or proposals aimed at governing lifestyle choices such as smoking, eating or cellphone use, is the United States in danger of becoming a "nanny state"? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-americans-ambivalent-laws-aimed-healthy.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:21:09 EST news251457664 With whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing declining in price and improving in accuracy, these technologies are rapidly being integrated into clinical medicine. However, one of the most difficult obstacles to this integration is the uncertainty about searching for and reporting genetic results that are "incidental" or unrelated to the reasons the test was initially ordered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-doctor-didnt-exploring-incidental-clinical.html Genetics Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:49:27 EST news251030956 A new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review reveals that young people do not possess the knowledge or skills required to adhere to government guidelines for responsible alcohol consumption. This article is part of the March special themed issue of the journal on low risk drinking guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-young-people-dont-constitutes-alcohol.html Health Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:44:30 EST news249050660 Levels of burnout in UK general practice are high, suggests a study of general practitioners (GPs) in one area of South East England, published in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-high-burnout-uk-family-doctors.html Health Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:03 EST news247150161 Official complaints about healthcare are likely to be the "tip of an iceberg," with many more people feeling they have legitimate cause to complain, but not doing so, particularly those with bad experiences of services, suggests research published in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-patient-complaints-health-iceberg.html Health Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:24:08 EST news246860635 Junior doctors in the NHS are willing and able to help improve health services, but they don't feel valued or heard, reveals the results of a regional survey published online in BMJ Quality and Safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-huge-potential-nhs-junior-doctors.html Health Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:14:42 EST news246860065 The percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, but they still make up a majority of the population, a Gallup poll showed Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-obesity-america.html Health Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:26:32 EST news237223584 (Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that the most convincing exercise message emphasizes immediate benefits that enhance daily quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-rebranding-quality-life-longer.html Health Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:27:12 EST news236417217 New research has revealed the devastating personal and financial impact that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can have on the working population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-impact-copd-aged-populations.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:05:24 EST news236142296 Just back from holiday? The chances are you felt that the journey home by plane, car or train went much quicker than the outward journey, even though in fact both distances and journey times are usually the same. So why the difference? Now it has been scientifically demonstrated why the return journey appears to be shorter than the outward one. Our expectation about the duration of the journey was found to be the determining factor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-false-journey-shorter-outward.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:10:01 EST news233486863 Reducing the risks of catching E. coli O157 in the countryside is everyone's problem. That means we should all take responsibility - individual residents and visitors, as well as farmers and government - according to researchers working on the Research Councils UK Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-coli-countryside-problem.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:06:54 EST news233481948 New research from the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) highlights the need to make prisoners more aware of voluntary organisations that could help them towards resettlement. The report shows that despite the relatively high number of third sector organisations working within prisons, many are not known by prisoners. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-prisoners-greater-awareness-voluntary.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:20:03 EST news231070580 Results of an international survey reveal that over 85% of respondents in the five countries surveyed say that if they were exhibiting confusion and memory loss, they would want to see a doctor to determine if the cause of the symptoms was Alzheimer's disease. Over 94% would want the same if a family member were exhibiting the symptoms. The findings were presented today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 (AAIC 2011). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-international-survey-highlights-great-desire.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:27:23 EST news230383616 Despite warnings about borrowing medication prescribed to other people, past studies have demonstrated that many Americans say they have used someone else's medication at least once in a given year. In low income, urban populations, this rate was stereotypically thought to be higher due to a number of factors, including a perceived lack of access to health care and higher rates of crime and drug abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-dispels-myths-medication-urban-populations.html Medications Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:24:16 EST news230383434 In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the research found that men from most of the minority ethnic groups studied, and women from Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups, are more likely than their white counterparts to eat the recommended five portions of fruit or vegetables a day. Pakistani and Bangladeshi men and women and Indian and Chinese women are less likely to be as physically active. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-differing-lifestyles-ethnicity-health.html Health Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:01:15 EST news229312802 According to a newly released Stony Brook Poll conducted in association with Left Right Research, a Long Island based Marketing Research supplier, more than 81 percent of approximately 7,000 people surveyed believe that they had contributed enough to Social Security to support themselves in retirement, or more than they will receive during their lifetime. The numbers were similar for Medicare; nearly 80 per cent of those surveyed believed that their total contribution to Medicare would carry them through their retirement years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-majority-americans-social-medicare.html Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:32:57 EST news228573154 More than half of the women in a recently published survey reported that near the end of their pregnancies, they took it upon themselves to try to induce labor, mostly by walking, having sex, eating spicy food or stimulating their nipples. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sex-spicy-food-favored-unprescribed.html Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:59:53 EST news227447979 Young adults from Montreal, Halifax and New York City have very specific ideas about what it takes to build a more sustainable world. And they are willing to make the necessary changes to their lifestyles to make such a world a reality. This is the conclusion drawn from a survey sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which surveyed 400 young adults between the ages of 18 and 35. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-survey-young-adults-ready-behavior.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:24:50 EST news226146260 More than eight of 10 leaders in health and health care policy (82%) believe states should be allowed to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act early with full federal support, ahead of the timeline outlined in the law. Such key provisions include expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more low-income families and creating insurance exchanges with premium subsidies. Findings are from the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, which asked respondents about the relative authority states and the federal government should have implementing health care reform. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-states-key-health-reform-law.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 16:07:27 EST news225385632 They may be uncomfortable talking about it, but it's definitely going on. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-power-placebos.html Medications Thu, 12 May 2011 17:30:01 EST news224439325