Archive: 04/02/2014
Study finds dramatic rise in skin cancer among middle-aged adults
A new Mayo Clinic study found that among middle-aged men and women, 40 to 60 years old, the overall incidence of skin cancer increased nearly eightfold between 1970 and 2009, according to a study published in the January ...
Feb 4, 2014
How states can encourage web-based health care in hospitals
In the first national look at how broadly web-based technologies are being used to provide health care, a University of Michigan researcher has found that 42 percent of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach.
Feb 4, 2014
The case for tele-emergency services
New research from the University of Iowa supports the claim that tele-emergency services can successfully extend emergency care in rural hospitals. A summary of the research was published in the new February edition of Health ...
Feb 4, 2014
Swine flu kills 24 across Egypt (Update)
Egypt's Health Ministry says swine flu has killed 24 people across the country over the past two months.
Feb 4, 2014
Two out of three adults in England overweight or obese
More than 60 percent of adults in England are overweight or obese, according to new figures by the national public health agency.
Feb 4, 2014
Thousands of unvaccinated adults die each year from preventable diseases
While adults make up 95 percent of those who die annually from vaccine preventable diseases, a new study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine shows their vaccination rates remain stubbornly low, representing ...
Feb 4, 2014