Doctors who perform abortions are compelled by conscience, just like those who refuse
Exercising conscience in healthcare is usually defined as refusing to provide contested services, like abortion. But in an article to be published Sept. 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, a University of Michigan facult ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Ageism presents dilemmas for policymakers worldwide
The negative consequences of age discrimination in many countries are more widespread than discrimination due to race or gender, yet differential treatment based on a person's age is often seen as more acceptable and even ...
Health
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Substantial road traffic noise in urban areas contributes to sleep disturbance and annoyance
The World Health Organization recently recognized environmental noise as harmful pollution, with adverse psychosocial and physiological effects on public health. A new study of noise pollution in Fulton County, Georgia, suggests ...
Health
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Repeated exposure to traumatic images may be harmful to health
(Medical Xpress)—Repeated exposure to violent images from the terrorist attacks of Sept ember 11 and the Iraq War led to an increase in physical and psychological ailments in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Sticks and stones: "That's so gay" negatively affects gay students
(Medical Xpress)—People may believe words are not harmful, but the phrase "that's so gay" can have negative consequences for gay, lesbian or bisexual students, a new University of Michigan study indicated.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Adverse effects of mining industry provoke hard questions for medical humanitarian organizations
Increasingly humanitarian organizations will find themselves responding to health emergencies provoked by the adverse effects of mining and other extractive industries, setting up a potential clash to do with the core principles ...
Health
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Weighing your options? Thinking of less supportive relationships leads to wanting more choice
(Phys.org)—People who view their relationships as secure have less need to consider many options when making choices about purchases, a new University of Michigan study shows.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 27, 2012 |
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Dont get mad, get creative: Social rejection can fuel imaginative thinking, study shows
It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge. A study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Common treatment for mild hypertension challenged
Doctors often prescribe drugs for people with mild high blood pressure with the hope of preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, a new review from The Cochrane Library has found that this treatm ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Good news: Migraines hurt your head but not your brain
Migraines currently affect about 20 percent of the female population, and while these headaches are common, there are many unanswered questions surrounding this complex disease. Previous studies have linked this disorder ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 10, 2012 |
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More education, socioeconomic benefits equals longer life
Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s.
Health
Aug 06, 2012 |
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Global health researchers urge integrating de-worming into HIV care in Africa
HIV care centers are an important and highly accessed point of care for HIV-infected children and their families in sub-Saharan Africa, but opportunities to address other health issues are being missed. Proven interventions, ...
HIV & AIDS
Aug 02, 2012 |
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When we forget to remember -- Failures in prospective memory range from annoying to lethal
A surgical team closes an abdominal incision, successfully completing a difficult operation. Weeks later, the patient comes into the ER complaining of abdominal pain and an X-ray reveals that one of the forceps used in the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Mind vs. body? Dualist beliefs linked with less concern for healthy behaviors
(Medical Xpress) -- Many people, whether they know it or not, are philosophical dualists. That is, they believe that the brain and the mind are two separate entities. Despite the fact dualist beliefs are found in virtually ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Study examines patient experience at safety-net hospitals
A study suggests that safety-net hospitals (SNHs), which typically care for poor patients, performed more poorly than other hospitals on nearly every measure of patient experience and that could have financial consequences ...
Health
Jul 16, 2012 |
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