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More mental health care urged for kids who self-harm

(HealthDay) -- Doctors have long known that some kids suffering severe emotional turmoil find relief in physical pain -- cutting or burning or sticking themselves with pins to achieve a form of release.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICU stays for worst asthma drop 74 percent, review finds

A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped 74 percent. The study, by UT Medicine San Antonio physicians who reviewed ...

Inflammatory disorders created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disparities in treatment of children in the emergency department based on their insurance status

In 2009, children with public insurance were three times more likely and children with no insurance were eleven time more likely not to have a primary care physician, compared with children with private insurance. Without ...

Health created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men more likely than women to need urgent hospital care soon after discharge

Men are significantly more likely than women to need urgent hospital care, including readmission, within a month of being discharged, finds research in the online only journal BMJ Open.

Health created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students focus on creating a better cervical collar

Undergraduate students at Rice University have come up with what they hope will prove to be a better and safer version of cervical collars to stabilize the heads and necks of accident victims. Cervical collars ...

Other created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds paramedics skilled in identifying strokes

(Medical Xpress) -- If a paramedic suspects a patient is having a stroke, the paramedic is probably right, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.

Cardiology created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac CT is faster, more effective for evaluating patients with suspected heart attack

Cardiac computed tomography angiography scans (CT scans that look at the heart) can provide a virtually instant verdict on whether chest pain is from blockage of the coronary arteries. When used early to evaluate chest pain, ...

Cardiology created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Change in health insurance status linked to greater emergency department use

Recent changes in health insurance status were linked to greater emergency department use by newly insured and newly uninsured adults, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. The articl ...

Health created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some 90-year-old heart attack patients have 'excellent' outcomes with coronary stenting

Selected patients 90 years and older who experience an acute heart attack, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), have reasonable outcomes with coronary stenting, and should be considered for reperfusion therapy, ...

Cardiology created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rejecting 'Obamacare' would be 'grave and profound'

Neal Katyal, who as acting US Solicitor General defended the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's flagship health reform in lower courts, has warned in an interview with AFP of "grave" and "profound" consequences ...

Health created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medicaid patients go to ERs more often: study

(HealthDay) -- Medicaid patients have more difficulty getting primary care and visit hospital emergency departments more often than those with private insurance, a new study finds.

Health created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Practical strategies can ease death notification in the ER

(HealthDay) -- By using practical strategies based on available literature, notifying survivors of a death in the emergency department can be less traumatic for both the survivor and the physician, nurse, ...

Other created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How accurate are rapid flu tests? New research could lead to more timely diagnosis

A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, has put the accuracy ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cardiac arrest treatment study exceeds paramedic recruitment targets

A pilot study by emergency care experts at UWE Bristol to test the best method of airway management to resuscitate out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients has exceeded target recruitment of paramedi ...

Other created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improved emergency treatment for prolonged seizures: National trial shows autoinjectors fast, effective

When a person is experiencing a prolonged convulsive seizure, quick medical intervention is critical. With every passing minute, the seizure becomes harder to stop, and can place the patient at risk of brain ...

Medical research created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast