Health
Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities
Obesity is increasing more rapidly in the world's rural areas than in cities, according to a new study of global trends in body-mass index (BMI).
May 8, 2019
0
69
Page 36 - News tagged with urban area
Psychology & Psychiatry
Another victim of violence: Trust in those who mean no harm
Exposure to violence does not change the ability to learn who is likely to do harm, but it does damage the ability to place trust in "good people," psychologists at Yale and University of Oxford report April 26 in the journal ...
Apr 26, 2019
0
178
Psychology & Psychiatry
Major study finds one in five children have mental health problems
One in five Ontario children and youth suffer from a mental disorder, but less than one-third have had contact with a mental health care provider, says the Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS).
Apr 17, 2019
0
6
Health
Telehealth video visits risk fragmenting care
(HealthDay)—Although telehealth video visits offer users greater convenience, they risk fragmenting care without greater coordination with usual care providers, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...
Apr 15, 2019
0
0
Health
Study finds Medicare Advantage networks are broad and getting broader
Share of Medicare Advantage plans with broad networks increased from 80.1 percent in 2011 to 82.5 percent in 2015, and enrollment in broad-network plans grew from 54.1 percent to 64.9 percent.
Apr 1, 2019
0
1
Pediatrics
'Virtual focus groups' uncover clues to rural and urban HPV vaccination disparities
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and Dartmouth College have harnessed the power of social media to understand differences in attitudes and behaviors about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination ...
Mar 13, 2019
0
0
Immunology
Academic performance of urban children with asthma worse than peers without asthma
Living in an urban area can negatively affect asthma outcomes—particularly for children. A new study in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology ...
Mar 11, 2019
0
3
Medications
Widespread and possibly risky use of herbal medicines among pregnant women in Ethiopia
A study of Ethiopian women's use of traditional medicinal plants during pregnancy has come up with several surprises. The most worrisome is that most women don't tell their doctors about the practice.
Mar 8, 2019
0
17
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Forecasting mosquitoes' global spread
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses like yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya are rising around the world. Climate change has created conditions favorable to mosquitoes' spread, but so have human travel and migration ...
Mar 4, 2019
0
53
Cardiology
Don't ignore heart attack symptoms, especially while traveling
Don't ignore heart attack symptoms while travelling, keep emergency numbers at hand. That's the main message of a study presented today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2019 a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress. Cardiovascular ...
Mar 2, 2019
0
4
