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Teachers eating lunch with school children offers opportunity of nutrition education

Much attention has focused on school meals, both in the United States and across the globe. Researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, evaluated teachers eating lunch with the school children.

8 Aug 2013

'Mental Health Pathway' for paramedics to provide appropriate care for mentally ill patients

Ruth Elliot, Senior Lecturer in the department of Mental Health and Learning Disability at the University of Huddersfield, has published an article discussing the need for a national 'Mental Health Pathway' to enable paramedics to provide the appropriate care for people who present mental health issues.

1 Aug 2013

EU-funded project examines dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition

Until now, we have had very little understanding of the extent of malnutrition in Europe, especially in populations at risk of poverty. Now, an EU-funded project calledCHANCE, aims to address the dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition.

20 Jul 2013

People who exercise less likely to experience stroke, new study finds

A new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is one of the first to study the relationship between exercise and stroke in a large biracial cohort of men and women in the United States. The findings are published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.

19 Jul 2013

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital among nation's best hospitals

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has been named to U.S. News & World Report's most exclusive and influential list: Best Hospitals 2013-14 Honor Roll. Jefferson's first-ever honor roll ranking at number 17, places it among an elite group of the nation's top hospitals, chosen for the breadth and depth of clinical excellence.

17 Jul 2013

Community wide interventions hold promise as effective approach to reduce childhood obesity rates

Community wide interventions hold promise as an effective approach to reducing childhood obesity rates according to new research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Tufts University School of Medicine.

27 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Don't change course on Medicare reforms on medical equipment prices; Liberals' agenda depends on cutting entitlements; Making hospital prices public

Marilyn Tavenner has been administrator of Medicare and Medicaid officially for only about a month, but already she faces a policy challenge from Congress. A majority of the House, 145 Republicans and 82 Democrats, wrote to Ms. Tavenner on Wednesday, asking her to delay implementation of a Medicare cost-reduction initiative, scheduled to take full effect July 1, for six months.

18 Jun 2013

Neuromodulators provide guidelines for implantation of "digital drugs" to manage chronic pain

Neuromodulators have joined together in the Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) to provide the first coordinated set of recommendations about patient selection and appropriateness for implantation of "digital drugs" to manage chronic pain.

12 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Selling Obamacare in Arizona; 'Hassle-free' marketplace; Seeking the 'grand bargain'

You may not admit it, but you are a fan of Obamacare and Gov. Jan Brewer knows it. The Republicans who run the Arizona legislature don't like Obamacare. And the Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives don't like it. But you do. You may deny it. You may not even know it. But you do. And that will help the governor get her Medicaid expansion plan through the legislature (EJ Montini, 6/6).

11 Jun 2013

Sustained engagement, partnership needed to implement new treatments for neglected diseases

Days after two landmark resolutions were adopted at the World Health Assembly - on neglected tropical diseases and on research and development, financing and coordination for the health needs of developing countries - over 400 scientists, representatives and ministers of health, ambassadors, national control programme representatives, African regulators, health workers, public health experts, and activists from 21 African countries and 10 others from around the world gather in Nairobi to take stock of health innovation for neglected diseases in Africa over the past decade.

6 Jun 2013

Research project analyses practice of mediation in two public hospitals in Valencian Community

The research project from the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (Spain) analyses the practice of mediation in two public hospitals in the Valencian Community through cases that involved a team of mediators over two years.

23 May 2013

WVU ICRH director named 2013 Rural Health Practitioner of the Year

Larry Rhodes, M.D., interim chair of the West Virginia University Department of Pediatrics and director of the WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health, has been named the 2013 Rural Health Practitioner of the Year by the National Rural Health Association.

13 May 2013

Clinical psychologist to receive Rockefeller University's 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science

Clinical psychologist and author Kay Redfield Jamison will be presented with Rockefeller University's 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science at a ceremony on June 5, 2013. The award recognizes Jamison's 1993 book Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, which examines the relationship between artistic creativity and mood disorders.

8 May 2013

ApolloMed net revenues climbed 52.2% to $7.8 million during fiscal 2013

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., an integrated physician-driven healthcare delivery company that puts 'Patients First,' today announced its fiscal year-end results for the three and twelve months ended January 31, 2013.

5 May 2013

Schizophrenia patients misinterpret anger

A study shows that patients with schizophrenia struggle to recognize angry facial expressions, often mistaking them for fear.

25 Apr 2013

Personalized PSA testing using genetic variants reduces unnecessary prostate biopsies

With the help of genetics, prostate specific antigen screenings may become more accurate and reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine.

25 Apr 2013

Study: Primary care density correlated with lung cancer mortality in white population

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the United States, several groups identified by race, sex, and socioeconomic status have been linked to increased cancer mortality, suggesting a disparity because of these characteristics.

23 Apr 2013

William Meehan wins AMSSM Foundation-ACSM Foundation Clinical Research Grant to study brain injury

William Meehan, MD, is the first recipient of the AMSSM Foundation-ACSM Foundation Clinical Research Grant for his research titled "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Transcranial Light Emitting Diode Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Concussive Brain Injury."

23 Apr 2013

GAPPD presents opportunity to meld global, local agendas

"Beyond integration across the two diseases, the [Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) released by the WHO and UNICEF last week] is an opportunity to meld global and local agendas, giving national governments a comprehensive tool to determine the specific plans, investments, and partners needed to address the unique needs of their countries and achieve the greatest health impact for their citizens," PATH CEO Steve Davis writes in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog.

18 Apr 2013

Research demonstrates complex interaction between aging and cancer

Cancer is clearly an age-related disease. Recent research in both aging and cancer has demonstrated the complex interaction between the two phenomena.

15 Apr 2013

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Teachers eating lunch with school children offers opportunity of nutrition education

'Mental Health Pathway' for paramedics to provide appropriate care for mentally ill patients

EU-funded project examines dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition

People who exercise less likely to experience stroke, new study finds

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital among nation's best hospitals

Community wide interventions hold promise as effective approach to reduce childhood obesity rates

Viewpoints: Don't change course on Medicare reforms on medical equipment prices; Liberals' agenda depends on cutting entitlements; Making hospital prices public

Neuromodulators provide guidelines for implantation of "digital drugs" to manage chronic pain

Viewpoints: Selling Obamacare in Arizona; 'Hassle-free' marketplace; Seeking the 'grand bargain'

Sustained engagement, partnership needed to implement new treatments for neglected diseases

Research project analyses practice of mediation in two public hospitals in Valencian Community

WVU ICRH director named 2013 Rural Health Practitioner of the Year

Clinical psychologist to receive Rockefeller University's 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science

ApolloMed net revenues climbed 52.2% to $7.8 million during fiscal 2013

Schizophrenia patients misinterpret anger

Personalized PSA testing using genetic variants reduces unnecessary prostate biopsies

Study: Primary care density correlated with lung cancer mortality in white population

William Meehan wins AMSSM Foundation-ACSM Foundation Clinical Research Grant to study brain injury

GAPPD presents opportunity to meld global, local agendas

Research demonstrates complex interaction between aging and cancer

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