Premature deaths down in 60 percent of US counties
(HealthDay)—Premature death rates have fallen in 60 percent of the counties in the United States in the past decade, a new report shows.
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Liberia says first Ebola patient in a month is isolated case (Update)
A Liberian woman who last week became the country's first Ebola patient in more than one month has not passed on the infection to anyone else, a senior official said Wednesday.
Mar 25, 2015
Hospitals and physicians should improve communication for better patient care
Coordinating patient care between hospital clinicians and primary-care physicians is a significant challenge due to poor communication and gaps in information-sharing strategies, according to a study led by physicians at ...
Mar 25, 2015
Autistic children more likely to have GI issues in early life
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health report that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were two-and-a-half times more likely to have persistent gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms as infants ...
Mar 25, 2015
Use of minimally invasive surgery could lower health care costs by hundreds of millions a year
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce post-operative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Mar 25, 2015
Variety of DBT interventions with therapists effective at reducing suicide attempts
A variety of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) interventions helped to reduce suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury acts in a randomized clinical trial of women with borderline personality disorder who were highly ...
Mar 25, 2015
