Pediatrics
Truth or fib? When kids say they're too sick for school
(HealthDay)—It's only a matter of time after school begins before parents have to deal with a child who doesn't feel well enough to go.
Aug 22, 2016
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Vitamin D helps reduce childhood allergy rate
Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and infancy may help to reduce New Zealand's high childhood allergy rate.
Apr 15, 2016
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UI researchers find benefits to using telehealth with ASD families
Telemedicine - connecting health care providers and patients via computer or smart phone for diagnosis and treatment—has been making it easier, and more cost-effective, to "see" the doctor. Using a camera-enabled computer ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Many doctors don't urge HPV shots for preteens, study says
Many pediatricians and family doctors are not strongly recommending the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine to preteens and their parents, contributing to low vaccination rates, a survey of nearly 600 doctors suggests.
Jan 4, 2016
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Retail clinics, apps change doctor-patient relationship
Tom Coote suspected the stabbing pain in his abdomen was serious, but the harried doctor at the urgent care center suggested it was merely indigestion.
Sep 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Many UK patients with gonorrhea prescribed outdated antibiotics
Many UK patients with gonorrhoea are being prescribed antibiotics that are no longer recommended for treating the infection by their family doctor (GP), reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
May 28, 2015
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59 percent of California physicians support Affordable Care Act, study shows
UCLA researchers have found that 77 percent of California primary care and specialty physicians understand the basics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 59 percent support it. The survey, conducted by doctors ...
Apr 15, 2015
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Medications
Study: US parents increasingly ask doctors to delay vaccines
U.S. parents have increasingly pressured doctors to delay vaccines for young children, making their kids and others vulnerable to preventable diseases, a study suggests.
Mar 2, 2015
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Health
One in three Dutch doctors would consider assisted suicide for dementia or being 'tired of living'
Around one in three Dutch doctors would be prepared to help someone with early dementia, mental illness, or who is 'tired of living' to die, reveals a small survey published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Feb 17, 2015
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Booking a trip to the ER on your smartphone? It's a breeze
It's like OpenTable for medical appointments. No waiting weeks to see a dermatologist. No sitting for hours in the emergency room. No frantic calls to find a family doctor with openings.
Jan 15, 2015
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