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Teaching parents about weight while they wait

(Medical Xpress) -- Want to teach parents about healthy lifestyles for their children? There’s going to be an app for that, thanks to researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University ...

Health created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greater availability of neurosurgeons could reduce risk of death from motor vehicle accidents

Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire have found an association between increasing the distribution of neurosurgeons throughout the United States and decreasing the risk of death from ...

Neuroscience created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Identifying risky behaviors: The key to HIV prevention

HIV prevention must be better targeted, according to David Holtgrave from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, and colleagues. Health care professionals need a more detailed analysis and understanding ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ACP Immunization Advisor app makes it easier for doctors to identify vaccines for patients

The latest vaccine indications are available for doctors and other clinicians through the ACP Immunization Advisor app currently available for iPhone and iPad at http://immunization.acponline.org/app.

Immunology created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

40 million Americans addicted to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs

(HealthDay) -- About 40 million Americans are addicted to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs, new research finds.

Addiction created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Spain cuts subsidies for more than 450 medicines

Spain's cash-strapped government is eliminating state subsidies for more than 450 medicines, ranging from cough remedies to the pain-killer codeine.

Medications created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telehealth can reduce deaths and emergency hospital care, but estimated cost savings are modest

For people with long term conditions, telehealth can reduce deaths and help patients avoid the need for emergency hospital care, finds a study published in BMJ today.

Health created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family first—caring within UK Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities

Over the next 20 years the proportion of older people living within the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities in the UK will increase significantly. Most expect that their immediate family, particularly female family members, ...

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

Where not to have a heart attack in Australia

(Medical Xpress) -- Every single town in Australia has been rated on its proximity to cardiac care, before and after a heart attack, in a new report published in Circulation and headed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). ...

Cardiology created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men and women receive different fertility advice following cancer diagnosis

There are significant gaps in the information women receive about their future fertility following cancer diagnosis, suggests a new paper published today (30 May) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New approach to screen pregnant women for mental health disorders

A new model of care for screening and treating women around the time of childbirth for mental health disorders shows promise according to researchers from South Africa reporting in this week's PLoS Medicine as part of the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autism often not diagnosed until age 5 or older: U.S. report

(HealthDay) -- Even though autism symptoms typically emerge before age 3, most children with autism are diagnosed when they're 5 or older, a new snapshot of autism in America shows.

Autism spectrum disorders created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors need training to help smokers quit

Health care professionals do a better job helping people quit smoking when they are trained in smoking cessation techniques, a new Cochrane Library review finds.

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

U.S. task force issues blood pressure guidelines

(HealthDay) -- "Team-based care" should be used to improve patients' blood pressure control, the U.S. Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommended on Tuesday.

Health created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Children tend to perceive obese physicians as less likeable, credible

(Medical Xpress) -- When comparing photos of overweight physicians with ideal size counterparts, children rate obese physicians as less likeable with less expertise, but youngsters found extra girth had no impact on trustworthiness, ...

Health created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1