Medications
ER visits tied to ambien on the rise
(HealthDay)—There has been a dramatic increase in the number of emergency-room visits related to sleep medications such as Ambien, according to a new U.S. study.
May 1, 2013
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Neuroscience
Hypnosis study unlocks secrets of unexplained paralysis
(Medical Xpress)—Hypnosis has begun to attract renewed interest from neuroscientists interested in using hypnotic suggestion to test predictions about normal cognitive functioning.
Feb 21, 2013
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Health
Madrid health center directors quit en masse
(AP)—More than 300 directors of some 140 health centers in Madrid resigned from their posts Tuesday to protest plans to partly privatize the region's public health service.
Jan 8, 2013
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Health
Large Spanish protest against health privatization
(AP)—Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service.
Jan 7, 2013
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Health
Thousands in Spain protest health privatization
(AP)—Several thousand Spanish public health workers and other people marched from four main hospitals in Madrid to converge on a main square in the capital Sunday, protesting the regional government's plans to restructure ...
Dec 17, 2012
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Health
Young indigenous females at highest risk of assault-related injuries
A new study has placed young indigenous females at the highest risk of sustaining assault-related injuries in Queensland.
Oct 4, 2012
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Health
Survival of safety-net hospitals at risk
Many public safety-net hospitals are likely to face increasing financial and competitive pressures stemming in part from the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, according to researchers at Penn State ...
Sep 20, 2012
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Neuroscience
Study suggests poorer outcomes for patients with stroke hospitalized on weekends
A study of patients with stroke admitted to English National Health Service public hospitals suggests that patients who were hospitalized on weekends were less likely to receive urgent treatments and had worse outcomes, according ...
Jul 9, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
US mammograms decline after task force recommendation, study finds
Preventive mammography rates in women in their 40s have dropped nearly 6 percent nationwide since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammograms for women in this age group, a Mayo ...
Jun 26, 2012
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Health
U.S. spends too little on public health initiatives: report
(HealthDay) -- The United States needs to spend more on its chronically underfunded public health system and use that money more efficiently, according to an Institute of Medicine report released Tuesday.
Apr 10, 2012
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