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Emergency departments not doing enough to educate parents about car seat safety

Each year, more than 130,000 children younger than 13 are treated in U.S. emergency departments after motor-vehicle crash-related injuries.

Pediatrics created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pain training for primary care providers

Patients who experience chronic pain may experience improvement in symptoms if their primary care providers are specifically trained in multiple aspects of pain, including emotional consequences.

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Designer drugs on the rise, serious health risk, UN reports

Designer drugs are multiplying at a worrying rate and increasingly sending users to hospital, a UN-affiliated report said Tuesday, calling for international efforts to stem the spread of these substances.

Addiction created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Life saving treatment for fire ant allergy under used

Two million Americans are allergic to insect stings, an allergy which sends more than 500,000 people to the emergency room annually. Yet, according to a study published today in the March issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ...

Immunology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living through a tornado does not shake optimism

Even in the face of a disaster, we remain optimistic about our chances of injury compared to others, according to a new study. Residents of a town struck by a tornado thought their risk of injury from a future tornado was ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Every degree fall in winter air temperature equals one percent drop in ambulance response time

Every one degree fall in outside air temperature during the winter corresponds to a drop in ambulance response time of more than 1 per cent, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US drug firm Mylan to buy Indian firm for $1.6 bn

US generic drugs specialist Mylan said Thursday it would buy a unit of India's pharma firm Strides Arcolab for $1.6 billion, boosting its presence in the high-growth injectable drugs market.

Medications created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How much will I be charged? Study examines patient bills for top 10 visits to the emergency room

It's a basic, reasonable question: How much will this cost me? For patients in the emergency room, the answer all too often is a mystery.

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Manchester patients take part in pioneering heart attack blood test trial

High levels of a chemical called troponin in the blood can indicate a heart attack. A new, highly sensitive blood test for troponin will be used on blood samples donated by 140 patients who were admitted to MRI with chest ...

Cardiology created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could save more lives

Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could increase the number of bystanders giving CPR and decrease deaths from cardiac arrest, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in ...

Cardiology created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Poll: Many Americans don't see their kids as overweight

(HealthDay)—Many American parents fail to see that their children are overweight or obese, a new poll finds.

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Protecting health care workers

(Medical Xpress)—Health care workers who consistently wear special fitted face masks while on duty are much less likely to get clinical respiratory and bacterial infections, according to new research led ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The ethics of access: Comparing two federal health care reform efforts

Two major health reform laws, enacted 25 years apart, both try to meet an ethical standard to provide broad access to basic health care. Neither quite gets there—but it's not too late for modern health care reform to bring ...

Health created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video capsule accurately detects intestinal blood

(HealthDay)—Video capsule endoscopy can be safely and accurately used to detect blood in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage seen in emergency departments, according to a study published ...

Other created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Use of morning-after pill on the rise: CDC

(HealthDay)—The number of U.S. women using the "morning-after" contraception pill has risen dramatically in the last decade, federal health officials report.

Health created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0