Health
New study: Average outpatient visit in US approaching $500
The average outpatient visit in the United States costs nearly $500, according to a new scientific study.
Dec 13, 2018
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Health
Study reveals sleep problems in young adult students
A study published in the Journal of Sleep Research indicates that sleep problems are both prevalent and increasing among students.
Dec 5, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
LGB students at higher risk of self-harm
University students who are Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) are at higher risk of self-harm and attempting suicide than their heterosexual counterparts, finds new research.
Nov 23, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Significant increase in mental health conditions among US students
University students in the US are showing increasingly higher rates of diagnosis for a range of mental health conditions, potentially putting their academic success at risk, suggests new research published in the Journal ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Health
Up to eight million deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries yearly due to poor-quality health care
Recent gains against the burden of illness, injury, and disability and commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) are insufficient to close the enormous gaps that remain between what is achievable in human health and where ...
Aug 28, 2018
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Health
Better care quality needed for universal health coverage
(HealthDay)—In order to achieve universal health coverage, stakeholders must focus on the quality of health services, including provision of effective, safe, timely, equitable, integrated, and efficient health services, ...
Jul 31, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cost-effective universal screening for hepatitis C in France
An estimated 75,000 people in France are unaware they are infected by hepatitis C virus. An ANRS-funded study by Sylvie Deuffic-Burban, Ph.D., a research associate at IAME (Infection, Antimicrobials, Modeling, Evolution) ...
Jul 4, 2018
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Health
Indonesia faces a 'double burden' of diseases, study says
Indonesia has made advances in health since 1990, increasing life expectancy by eight years and decreasing rates of health burden from communicable diseases like diarrheal disease and tuberculosis. But the country is facing ...
Jun 28, 2018
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Surgery
International anaesthesia standards updated with WHO in global effort to improve surgical care
This month the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) launched an update of the International Standards For A Safe Practice of Anaesthesia, co-published with World Health Organization (WHO) for the first ...
May 21, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Many Americans say infectious and emerging diseases in other countries will threaten the US
An overwhelming majority of Americans (95%) think infectious and emerging diseases facing other countries will pose a 'major' or 'minor' threat to the U.S. in the next few years, but more than half (61%) say they are confident ...
May 21, 2018
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