Archive: 21/06/2013
Innovative intervention program improves life for rural women in India living with HIV/AIDS
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from UCLA and India has found that a new type of intervention program, in which lay women in the rural Indian province of Andra Pradesh were trained as social health activists to assist ...
Jun 21, 2013
Americans' vitamin D levels are highest in August, lowest in February, study shows
UC Irvine and Mayo Clinic researchers have found that vitamin D levels in the U.S. population peak in August and bottom out in February. The essential vitamin – necessary for healthy bones – is produced in the skin upon ...
Jun 21, 2013
US doctors urge reversal of gay blood ban
A leading US doctors' group this week urged the reversal of a decades-old ban on donations of blood from gay men, saying the law is discriminatory and outdated.
Jun 21, 2013
Assessing performance of colonoscopy procedures improves quality
A new study reports that the use of a quarterly report card is associated with improved colonoscopy quality indicators. Endoscopists at the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis, Ind., who participated ...
Jun 21, 2013
Mastectomy debate: Much-needed information or fueling hysteria?
There was a time when breast cancer was discussed in whispers. Mastectomies, hardly at all. Not anymore.
Jun 21, 2013
Expert discusses sleep disorders, healthy rest
With the arrival of Friday's summer solstice, there's now little night for sleepers who crave darkness. But lack of light is only one impediment to getting a good night's sleep.
Jun 21, 2013