A web-based programme to encourage more frequent handwashing reduces the risk of catching and passing on respiratory tract infections to other household members, a randomised trial of more than 16000 UK households published ...
Aug 7, 2015
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A group of 118 of the nation's leading cancer experts have drafted a prescription for reducing the high cost of cancer drugs and voiced support for a patient-based grassroots movement demanding action on the issue. Their ...
Jul 23, 2015
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Wealthy people may be likely to oppose redistribution of wealth because they have biased information about how wealthy most people actually are, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the ...
Jul 22, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—When influenza vaccinations are unavailable, public health policy favors nonpharmaceutical household interventions. So households also present perfect settings for researchers to study infection dynamics ...
Promotion of handwashing with soap and weekly nail clipping are both successful strategies to decrease intestinal parasite re-infection rates in school aged Ethiopian children, according to a study published by Mahmud Abdulkader ...
Jun 9, 2015
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Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) is linked to lower death rates in a low-income population in southeastern US.
May 26, 2015
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The Government is aiming for all adults to have online access to their health and social care records by 2020, but researchers from the Institute of Child Health, QMUL and the University of Bristol are concerned about the ...
May 26, 2015
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Having to pay for dental health care can put a considerable strain on household finances in many countries, according to an international study led by King's College London.
Apr 29, 2015
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With poor sanitation estimated to cause 280,000 deaths per year worldwide, improving sanitation is a key policy goal in many developing countries. Yet governments and major development institutions disagree over how to address ...
Apr 16, 2015
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Diabetes and previous joint pain, along with a patient's overall physical health status, may predicts arthritis pain with nearly 100 percent accuracy, in new research presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American ...
Mar 24, 2015
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