Health
Knowledge and support improve menopausal health
More knowledge and individual support from primary care services can alleviate women's menopausal problems, a University of Gothenburg thesis shows.
Jul 21, 2021
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Pediatrics
Food allergy training, action plans suggested for schools, day care
(HealthDay)—Schools and day care centers should implement allergy training and action plans and have unassigned epinephrine autoinjectors for use, but site-wide food prohibitions are not suggested for allergy management, ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Vaccination
Vaccine willingness differs among Bay Area medical workers and general public
Medical workers may be more willing than the general public to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but racial-ethnic differences in vaccination intentions exist in both groups, a new survey from UC San Francisco has found.
Apr 2, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Black cancer patients better represented in publicly-funded clinical trials
Black patients are better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials testing new cancer treatments compared to trials run by pharmaceutical companies—although black patients are not fully represented in cancer clinical ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researcher finds positive implications from social support among breast cancer patients
A new study by a University of Arkansas communication researcher shows that breast cancer patients with strong social support are more likely to take an active role in treatment and experience positive outcomes. Mengfei Guan, ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Medications
This overdose-reversal medicine could reduce opioid deaths – so why don't more people carry it?
Forty-seven thousand Americans died of opioid-related overdoses in 2017—similar to the number of deaths from car accidents and gun violence.
Oct 18, 2019
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Health
How to avoid information overload
Being able to go online offers a wealth of knowledge, keeps you connected to loved ones and makes all sorts of transactions more convenient. But there's a downside.
Jul 3, 2019
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Health
Providing a critical roadmap to bridge the gap between medicine and public health
Academic medical centers across the country and around the world are rapidly creating and expanding population health departments to bridge the worlds of clinical practice and public health. However, few frameworks exist ...
May 30, 2019
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Health
Hospital closure hurts a town's ability to attract retirees
When a rural community loses its hospital, health care becomes harder to come by in an instant. But a hospital closure also shocks a small town's economy. It shuts down one of its largest employers. It scares off heavy industry ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Health
Population health: A rapidly evolving discipline in US academic medicine
Leaders from department-level initiatives across the U.S. weigh in on how academic medicine is embracing population health and the opportunities med schools have to make an impact, according to a new analysis published in ...
Apr 12, 2019
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