Health
Half of the world's population suffers from headaches
Every single day, one in six people on the planet has a headache. Half of them experience pain severe enough to be considered migraines.
Jun 7, 2022
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News tagged with health decisions
Diabetes
Most diabetes phone apps lack education, support functions
(HealthDay)—Most diabetes apps miss opportunities to improve care and health outcomes by not providing real-time decision support or situation-specific education on blood glucose self-management, according to a research ...
Apr 18, 2019
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Health
Middle-age risk factors drive greater lifetime risk for heart disease
A new study in today's New England Journal of Medicine reports that while an individual's risk of heart disease may be low in the next five or 10 years, the lifetime risk could still be very high, findings that could have ...
Jan 25, 2012
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Health
Doctors should stop relying on 'mental shortcuts' when deciding patient care
Algorithms and analytics are now common used by professional sports, in sales forecasts, lending decisions and by car insurance providers. Managers and other decision makers no longer simply "go with their gut." But doctors ...
Oct 18, 2021
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Health
Expert offers tips about online nutrition information
In today's social media world, it's easier than ever to find "facts"—and increasingly difficult to figure out which of them are actually true. Reporting based on findings of nutrition research, in particular, is rife with ...
Aug 8, 2019
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Health
Behavior of people faced with health-care choices is not influenced by 'framing effect,' study finds
The behavior of consumers who are faced with making decisions about their health is not significantly influenced by the way health messages are worded or framed, according to a large, new study by researchers at the University ...
Dec 7, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Patient empowerment and system transformation to improve cancer care
Physicians can use medical records to track the quality of cancer care and determine whether their patients are receiving the right treatments at the right time. Yet the patient is the only one who ultimately can evaluate ...
Dec 14, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
ACOG: shared decision-making key to breast cancer screening
(HealthDay)—Shared decision-making is being emphasized in new American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) mammography screening guidelines for women at average risk of breast cancer.
Jun 24, 2017
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Pediatrics
American Cancer Society updates guideline for HPV vaccination
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its guideline for HPV vaccination, adapting a 2019 update from the Federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The ACS first issued a guideline for routine use ...
Jul 8, 2020
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Medical economics
Researchers find medical industry funded studies more likely to find new treatments cost effective
Medical industry sponsorship of economic evaluations on new treatments are more likely to be found 'cost-effective' than independent research across a range of diseases,
Jun 22, 2022
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