News tagged with healthcare services


Putting the humanity back into healthcare

An innovative study led by The University of Nottingham is to investigate whether arts and humanities can help improve the mental health and well-being of patients and carers alike.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lung cancer mortality rates linked to primary care provider density

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the United States, several groups identified by race, sex, and socioeconomic ...

Cancer created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Access to mental health care lacking for children, teens across the US

Everyday, news reports detail the impact of the deficiencies in the nation's mental health care services. Even more startling, a survey from the University of Michigan reveals that many adults across the U.S. believe children ...

Health created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

46 gene sequencing test for cancer patients on the NHS

The first multi-gene DNA sequencing test that can help predict cancer patients' responses to treatment has been launched in the National Health Service (NHS), thanks to a partnership between scientists at the University of ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Partner abuse counseling for women insufficient

Only about one in five central Pennsylvania women who have experienced intimate partner violence is asked or counseled by a health care provider about abuse, according to Penn State medicine and public health science researchers. ...

Health created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bayer vows to fight for patent on anti-cancer drug in India

German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, maker of Aspirin, vowed Monday to fight a ruling by the patent authorities in India allowing a local company to produce and sell a generic copy of its anti-cancer drug Nexavar.

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

Pharmaceutical companies: An $84 million marketing effort in the District of Columbia

Drug companies spent nearly $84 million marketing pharmaceuticals in the District of Columbia in 2011, including an outlay of nearly $19 million for gifts given to physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, according ...

Medications created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Care homes and NHS need to work together, research finds

Care homes and NHS healthcare services must work more closely together to improve levels of care for older people, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.

Health created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Partnership launched to prioritize research for 'neurodisabled' children

A ground breaking new project has been launched to find out what research is important to children and young people with neurodisability, their families, and the healthcare professionals who work with them. This is a unique ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Method for assessing hand bone density may prevent hip fractures

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, that a technique for measuring bone density called digital X-ray radiogrammetry (or DXR) used on standard hand radiographs can help to identify patients with a higher ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leading European experts call for more rigorous scientific evidence for healthcare interventions

(Medical Xpress)—Leading clinicians and health researchers from across Europe say much greater emphasis must be placed on the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of treatments and other healthcare interventions to ...

Health created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wide variation in emergency service response to elderly falls patients

The ambulance service response to emergency calls for elderly falls patients varies widely across the UK, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

Health created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even small increases in copays affect children's healthcare use

(Medical Xpress) -- Increases in copayments of only a few dollars for ALL Kids, Alabama's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), led to declines in the use of several healthcare services for the children ...

Health created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0