Non-traditional reproductive health resources reach at-risk youth
Many youth at risk for unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV do not seek preventive health care services at traditional health clinics. A new research review finds that if reproductive ...
Health
Mar 21, 2012 |
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How cost effective are US cancer prevention services?
Prevention is better than cure; however, when it comes to screening for cancer new research shows that U.S. health services are not as cost-effective as international, and publically run, counterparts. The research, published ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2012 |
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New and comprehensive study of diabetes care in Trinidad and Tobago released
The most current and comprehensive study in almost a decade of people with diabetes and the health care services they receive in Trinidad and Tobago has been completed by a team of experts from the Trinidad and Tobago Health ...
Diabetes
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Comprehensive guidelines needed for young adult preventive care
With no specific clinical preventive care guidelines targeting young adults, health care providers are missing key opportunities to improve the health of this population through preventive screening and intervention.
Health
Mar 06, 2012 |
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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
Feb 21, 2012 |
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British minister heckled over health reforms
(AP) -- Britain's health minister was angrily heckled Monday over health care reforms that the government says will improve efficiency but opponents claim threaten the foundation of the country's state-funded ...
Health
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Few depressed college students receive adequate care
Less than one in four college students with symptoms of serious depression receives adequate treatment. Current health care services on campus might not be sufficient for delivering good quality mental health ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy
(AP) -- What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.
Health
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Study suggests use of managed care plan for uninsured may significantly reduce costs, ED visits
(Medical Xpress) -- The cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented, according to a new study from Virginia ...
Health
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Komen exec quits after Planned Parenthood flap
(AP) -- An executive at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity resigned Tuesday over her support to strip Planned Parenthood of funding, but disputed that she was the driving force behind the ...
Other
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Danish health care fast track program reduces cancer patients' treatment, diagnosis wait time
In Denmark, implementing a national fast track system for cancer patients reduced the waiting time between a patient's initial meeting with a health care provider and their first treatment by four weeks when comparing 2010 ...
Cancer
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Study examines research on overuse of health care services
The overuse of health care services in the United States appears to be an understudied problem with research literature limited to a few services and rates of overuse varying widely, according to an article published in the ...
Health
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Uninsured receive same quantity, value of imaging services as insured in hospital, in-patient setting
Insurance status doesn't affect the quantity (or value) of imaging services received by patients in a hospital, in-patient setting, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Health
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Research finds Medicare and private insurance spending similar throughout Texas
Variations in health care spending by Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) are similar throughout the state despite previous research, which found significant spending differences between the private and ...
Health
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Study aims to understand adolescent risky behavior
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study has found that providing preventive services to adolescents in a primary care setting can lessen certain kinds of risky behavior.
Health
Dec 08, 2011 |
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