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New Zealanders who fall ill experience significantly worse financial and work outcomes than those with a comparable injury, according to new University of Otago research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-outcomes-zealanders-ill.html Health Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:44:10 EST news282815041 (Medical Xpress)—Aggressive drug regimens used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis reduce the risk of death by about 40 percent when they include at least five drugs likely to be effective against a patient's tuberculosis strain, a retrospective study conducted amid an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Peru has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-aggressive-regimen-mortality-drug-resistant-tb.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:56:21 EST news282549365 Children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to manifest antisocial and criminal behaviour when they become adults, according to a new University of Otago, New Zealand, study published online in the US journal Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-excessive-tv-childhood-linked-long-term.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:23:30 EST news280380188 Biobanks are organizations that collect, store and share human specimens (e.g., blood, solid tissues, hair) for research purposes. The rise of the human genome project and of large-scale genetics studies have spurred a dramatic increase in the number of biobanks in the last decade, increasing their importance in biomedical research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-human-specimen-huge-diversity.html Genetics Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:06:42 EST news278593593 The UN chief on Friday named a US health expert as special advisor in fighting Haiti's cholera epidemic, which has claimed more than 7,750 lives and is widely blamed on UN peacekeepers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-chief-special-advisor-haiti-cholera.html Health Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:11:09 EST news275987462 Poverty and disease often come together. That much is well understood. But how much does poverty foster disease? Or, how much can disease perpetuate poverty? And what's the role of nature, given that so many infectious diseases are spread by mosquitoes or spend part of their life cycle outside of the human body? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-links-disease-poverty-biodiversity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:50:01 EST news275922401 A new review in The Cochrane Library finds that education and social support for staff and caregivers can reduce the use of antipsychotics in nursing home patients with dementia. Improved staff training and education, communication between personal and professional caregivers and support for everyone involved in the patient's care are effective non-pharmacological methods to try before using antipsychotic medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-antipsychotic-drugs-nursing-home-patients.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:00:06 EST news274697316 Children with sleep-related breathing problems (such as snoring or apnea) frequently have concurrent behavioral sleep problems (such as waking repeatedly)—and vice versa, according to research led by a scientist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. However, children with one type of sleep problem are not routinely evaluated and treated for the other. The findings suggest that pediatricians, respiratory specialists and sleep medicine specialists should work together whenever a sleep problem is suspected. The study was published December 4 in the online edition of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kids-sleep-related-problems.html Health Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:34:58 EST news274016086 A study of more than 11,000 children followed for over six years has found that young children with sleep-disordered breathing are prone to developing behavioral difficulties such as hyperactivity and aggressiveness, as well as emotional symptoms and difficulty with peer relationships, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their study, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, published online today in the journal Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-kids-abnormal-linked-behavioral-difficulties.html Sleep apnea Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:48:59 EST news250141723 (Medical Xpress) -- Drinking by one or both partners increases levels of severity, anger and fear reported by victims of intimate partner aggression, according to a new study by University of Otago researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-heavy-linked-frequent-severe-aggression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:55:06 EST news229056858 Because strong evidence indicates that policies beyond the health sector have substantial effects on people's health, all levels of U.S. government should adopt a structured approach to considering the health effects of any major legislation or regulation, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine. In addition, federal and state policymakers should review and revise public health laws so that they adequately address current health challenges. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-health-implications-major-legislation.html Health Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:36:02 EST news227874951