News tagged with public health care


Study shows preschoolers affected by medication-related poisonings at alarming rate

Poisonings in young children have increased over the past decade, mainly due to medications in the home. A new study led by the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital, found that medication-related poisonings ...

Pediatrics created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French victim of SARS-like virus in intensive care

A man who contracted a deadly new SARS-like virus after sharing a hospital ward with France's first victim was moved to intensive care on Sunday following a deterioration in his condition, hospital officials said.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 12, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Advance directives manage end of life care issues and reduce end of life medical costs

A new article available online in the American Journal of Public Health by two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty makes a compelling case that end-of-life care issues need to become an integral part o ...

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

Proposed 'Medicare Essential' plan estimated to save $180 billion over 10 years

Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with commonly purchased private supplemental coverage into one health plan could produce national savings of $180 billion over a decade while improving ...

Health created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

White House threatens veto on GOP health bill

(AP)—The White House is threatening to veto a Republican bill that would shore up one part of President Barack Obama's health care law by siphoning funds from another part.

Health created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study explores parents' struggle with child-care options

(Medical Xpress)—Arizona parents tend to rely on a "patchwork" of child-care arrangements while many are looking for new options at any given time. In addition, many parents struggle to pay for child care ...

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

Vermont's health care reform has lessons for other states

Vermont's aggressive health care reform initiatives can serve as a roadmap for other states, according to a Master of Public Health candidate at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The paper, ...

Health created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Primary care extension program should be funded, study says

(HealthDay)—The Primary Care Extension Program (PCEP) has the potential to transform primary care and needs to be funded, according to a study published in the March/April issue of the Annals of Family Me ...

Health created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rubella in pregnancy rare in US, but can be devastating for baby

(HealthDay)—Although rare in the United States, three babies with birth defects caused by rubella (or "German measles") were reported in 2012 and doctors need to be on the lookout for such cases, a new ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exploring the link between traumatic brain injury and people who are homeless

Homeless people and their health care providers need to know more about traumatic brain injuries to help prevent and treat such injuries, a new study has found.

Health created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnet ingestion by young children serious and growing problem

Physicians and parents must be aware of the growing danger of magnet ingestion by children because magnets can adhere to each other and cause life-threatening problems such as bowel perforations, a new case study illustrates ...

Pediatrics created Mar 11, 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

Improve prison health care in Canada, CMAJ editorial says

Canada needs to reform its patchwork system of prison health care that does not adequately care for prisoners' complex health care needs, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Health created Mar 04, 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

African-ancestry babies get less prenatal care in Brazil

Low birth weights are more prevalent among Brazilians with African ancestry and may be attributed to less use of prenatal care facilities and where those ethnic groups live, according to a new study.

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