News tagged with global community


Race, education, income impact trust in health information

Race, education, and income impact health information-seeking, confidence in obtaining health information and trust in health information sources.

Health created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China: Significant disparities in disease from unsafe water and sanitation, study shows

(Medical Xpress) -- While the global community has struggled to meet the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals regarding provision of safe water and sanitation, China is rightfully held up as a ...

Health created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New community health approach aims to combats chronic disease, empower patients, reduces costs

A new community-wide collaboration to reduce the impact of chronic disease and empower patients is generating impressive early results, leaders of the Accountable Care Community (ACC) initiative said today. The Akron-based ...

Health created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Groundbreaking study finds home treatment of pneumonia better than hospital care

In a breakthrough study published online today in The Lancet, researchers from Boston University, Save the Children and the WHO found that young children treated at home for severe pneumonia by Pakistan's network of "lady ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast