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Large-scale study confirms link between creativity and mental illness

(Medical Xpress)—People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Persons with dementia have higher rate of hospitalizations

Compared to individuals without dementia, persons who developed dementia subsequently had a significantly higher rate of hospital admissions for all causes and admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions for which ...

Health created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hospital team significantly reduced risk of further vascular events after 'mini strokes'

Patients who had a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), sometimes referred to as a "mini stroke", were much less likely to experience further vascular events in the first year if their care was co-ordinated by a special hospital ...

Neuroscience created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emergency room redux for many patients after hospitalization

Following a hospitalization, patients face many challenges as they transition home. A new study of this vulnerable period published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA found that a substantial number of patien ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UK and US should learn from each other on health care, Lancet paper says

The healthcare systems of the USA and the UK are often thought of as polar opposites, yet the two countries may have much to learn from each other as they both embark upon significant health reforms, according to the authors ...

Health created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lower drug costs 20 years after bariatric surgery

(Medical Xpress)—A new analysis of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study shows that despite considerably greater and sustained weight loss than conventionally treated controls, patients treated with bariatric surgery continued ...

Health created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mental health care disparities persist for black and latino children

Disparities in the use of mental health services, including outpatient care and psychotropic drug prescriptions, persist for black and Latino children, reports a new study in Health Services Research.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Change in health insurance status linked to greater emergency department use

Recent changes in health insurance status were linked to greater emergency department use by newly insured and newly uninsured adults, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. The articl ...

Health created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds interventions to prevent Type 2 diabetes give good return on investment

Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes ...

Diabetes created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ER visits persist for children with mental health problems despite regular outpatient care

Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists have found that having a regular outpatient mental health provider may not be enough to prevent children and teens with behavioral problems from repeatedly ending up in the emergency ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests federal guidelines for treating teen PID need clarification

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HHS details overhaul rules and required benefits

The Obama administration is strengthening the prescription drug coverage that will be available to the millions of people who will start getting insurance through the nation's health care overhaul.

Health created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spending on children's health rising faster than adults over past four years, says report

Spending on health care for children grew faster than spending for adults between 2007 and 2010 due to increasing prices for all categories of goods and services, finds a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI). ...

Health created Jul 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Homelessness linked to poor health among kidney disease patients

Among patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), homeless people experience higher rates of premature death and kidney failure, and they use emergency services much more often than impoverished peers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds Massachusetts health reform leads to increased inpatient surgical procedures

Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM, BUSPH), along with the VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, have found inpatient medical procedures increased more among non-elderly, ...

Health created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0