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Tackling 'frequent flyers' won't solve the rising emergency hospital admissions problem

Patients who are regularly admitted to hospital as emergencies (known as 'frequent flyers') make up a large proportion of admissions, but focusing just on them won't solve the problem of rising admissions, say experts in ...

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

New study notes disparities in periodontal disease

A new article by Dr. Luisa N. Borrell, the chair of Lehman College's Department of Health Sciences, explores the disparities in periodontal disease (gum disease) among U.S. adults along age, sex, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic ...

Dentistry created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single hospital rooms ensure a good death? Think again

Over recent decades, we have seen a growing tendency for including more single rooms in hospital ward design. Single rooms are often favoured by patients, are highly sought after and rarely empty.  Infection control guidelines ...

Health created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stanford researcher to expand DNA database by adding Latin Americans

(Medical Xpress) -- Genetic mapping has led scientists to a better understanding of human disease and how to fight ailments like diabetes, mental illness and cancer.

Genetics created Jul 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicians' focus on risks for stroke and dementia saved lives, money

Fewer people died or needed expensive long-term care when their physicians focused on the top risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). ...

Cardiology created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical illness hospitalization found to increase suicide risk

(HealthDay) -- Hospitalization for physical illness more than doubles the risk of suicide, with approximately one-quarter of suicides attributable to physical illness, according to research published online ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Racial make-up of community impacts obesity risk

The racial and ethnic composition of a community is associated with the obesity risk of individuals living within the community, according to a study led by researchers at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dramatic increase in fragility fractures expected in Latin America

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), in cooperation with medical and patient societies from throughout Latin America, has today published a landmark report which compiles osteoporosis-related data on 14 countries ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family history of liver cancer increases risk of developing the disease

A family history of liver cancer is reported to increase risk of developing hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), independent of hepatitis according to findings published in the May issue of Hepatology, a journal of the Americ ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in four tuberculosis cases due to recent transmission

(HealthDay) -- About one in four cases of tuberculosis in the United States can be attributed to recent transmission, with groups such as men and persons born in the United States at higher risk, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Salt iodization works

The world's population has never been so well supplied with iodine as today. Major progress in salt iodization is evident in a new global study in school children done by nutrition researchers at the ETH Zurich. ...

Health created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No increase in brain tumours in the Nordic countries

(Medical Xpress) -- The incidence of glioma - the most common form of brain tumour - is not increasing in the Nordic countries, contradicting the claim that mobile phone use is a cause of the disease. This according to a ...

Cancer created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Osteoarthritis incidence significantly higher among US military personnel

New research shows significantly higher osteoarthritis (OA) incidence rates in military populations than among comparable age groups in the general population. The magnitude of the difference in OA rates between military ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black members of Adventist church defy health disparities, study shows

Health disparities between black Americans and the rest of the nation have been well-documented in medical journals. But one study shows that blacks who identify as members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ...

Health created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A grid approach to pandemic disease control

An evaluation of the Public Health Grid (PHGrid) technology during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic could enhance the capabilities of epidemiologists and disease-control agencies when the next emergent disease appears, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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