New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has explored the health experiences of people with Down Syndrome in an effort to better understand how the specific ...
Apr 28, 2023
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In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers at the University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust found a substantially higher rate of fractures in people with intellectual disability compared with ...
Sep 30, 2022
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New research reveals private equity firms that acquire physician-owned medical practices appear to be imposing measures to squeeze out more profits.
Sep 2, 2022
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Muscle strength is a powerful predictor of mortality that can quickly and inexpensively be assessed by measuring handgrip strength. In a new study, researchers developed cut-off points that apply to the general population, ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Psychiatrists are most likely to be fined for extreme speeding, while cardiologists are most likely to drive luxury cars, according to a US study of physician driving behaviors in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 18, 2019
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The nation's HIV epidemic remains stubbornly persistent, with almost 40,000 new infections annually in the United States. That's despite the fact that physicians have a proven tool to prevent the spread of the virus among ...
May 8, 2019
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(Medical Xpress)—A new weight-loss programme available on the NHS for severely-obese individuals offers a safer, more cost-effective remedy than gastric surgery, according to a new study.
Jan 30, 2013
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Roles of health professionals are still unfortunately often stuck in the past. That is, before the shift of education of nurses and other health professionals into universities in the 1980s. So many are still not working ...
Apr 23, 2024
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A simple, safe and accurate test that identifies women with womb cancer from a sample taken from the vagina has been developed by clinician scientists from The University of Manchester.
Mar 21, 2024
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Health initiatives in rural areas need to be geographically tailored, culturally anchored, and locally driven, academics argue.
Mar 4, 2024
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