UK healthcare workers are less likely to receive an honour than sportspeople, politicians, and those working in the arts, media or business, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 18, 2019
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For many of us, a visit to the doctor's office can be wrought with anxiety. A persistent cough that won't go away or an ailment we hope is nothing serious can make GP visits emotionally difficult. Now imagine that you can't ...
Nov 29, 2019
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The leading cause of irreversible blindness and severely impaired eyesight—age related macular degeneration, or AMD for short—is expected to affect 77 million Europeans by 2050, reveal the latest calculations, published ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Girls in Wales who have self harmed are significantly more likely than boys to be admitted to hospital, after turning up for emergency care, finds the first study of its kind, published online in the Archives of Disease in ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Increasing access to mental health services improves HIV outcomes among vulnerable patients, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. Based on their findings, the researchers are urging HIV ...
May 21, 2019
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People with asthma have the lowest overall health literacy according to a first-of-its-kind national health survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The survey uses a survey tool developed by Swinburne's ...
May 8, 2019
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Health care facility characteristics such as the type of clinical setting, the travel distance from the patient's home, the support services offered, and physician experience have been shown to influence health outcomes among ...
Apr 3, 2019
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Health services throughout the world strive to maintain population care often through the prescription of medications. To reduce drug-associated patient morbidity and mortality, there is a need for a therapeutics management ...
Dec 11, 2018
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A study published in Family Practice indicates that healthcare providers outside of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department are uncertain how to address veterans' needs. The study says that this is due to limited knowledge of ...
Oct 3, 2018
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People often say that money can't buy happiness; however a new collection of scientific studies published this week (Friday 27 April 2018) highlights how living in poverty can significantly harm people's mental health.
Apr 27, 2018
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