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A vaccine that works in newborns? Promising compound may help protect babies during vulnerable window

The underdeveloped immune systems of newborns don't respond to most vaccines, leaving them at high risk for infections like rotavirus, pertussis (whooping cough) and pneumococcus. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital ...

Immunology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rite Aid expands online clinic program

Rite Aid is expanding a new drugstore clinic that allows customers to have virtual visits with doctors who can diagnose conditions and prescribe medications based on a 10-minute consultation.

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

Study reveals significant gaps in patient self-management of diabetes in Trinidad and Tobago

One in three diabetes patients at the Penal Health Center, located in the Penal region of Trinidad and Tobago, fail to take the medications their physicians prescribe for high blood sugar, blood pressure or cholesterol. And ...

Diabetes created Mar 01, 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

Screening decisions better informed when risk information personalized

Patients' ability to make genuinely informed choices about undergoing disease screening increases when the risk information that they receive is related to their own personal risk, rather than average risks, according to ...

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of heart attack death may increase after adult sibling's death

Your risk of dying from a heart attack may increase after your adult sibling dies, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Canadian adult obesity at historic high

Obesity rates across Canada are reaching alarming levels and continue to climb, according to a new University of British Columbia study.

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whole grains, rather than dietary fibre, found to be fundamental to the prevention of chronic disease

The apparent links between various food types and the prevention of chronic diseases - such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD) and hypertension - are well established. In particular, dietary ...

Medical research created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Most parents believe vaccines are safe for children, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Adelaide shows that 95% of parents believe vaccines are safe for their children despite the spread of misinformation about vaccine safety.

Medications created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA: Omontys injection pulled from market

(HealthDay)—Affymax Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited of Deerfield, Ill., have voluntarily recalled all lots of Omontys Injection, used to treat anemia in adult dialysis ...

Medications created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple method devised for determining atrial fibrillation risk in women

Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm, affecting 2.5 million Americans. If left undetected or untreated, atrial fibrillation can lead to stroke. Determining who is at increased risk for atrial ...

Cardiology created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic health communications often unavilable to lower income patients

Lower-income patients want to communicate electronically with their doctors, but the revolution in health care technology often is not accessible to them, due to inadequate health information services within the health care ...

Health created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with lower incomes less likely to die at home

(HealthDay)—Patients with limited financial resources are less likely to die at home, according to research published online Feb. 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Health created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Youths with autism spectrum disorder need help transitioning to adult health care

Health care transition (HCT) services help young people with special health care needs such as asthma or diabetes move from pediatric to adult health care. However, youths with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have less access ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds difficulty obtaining pricing, varying costs for total hip replacement

Researchers who sought to determine whether pricing information for a total hip replacement could be obtained from hospitals and physicians found getting such information was often difficult and that there were wide variations ...

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