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Study aims to understand socio-cultural values around menstrual hygiene management

Attention to menstruation and its relationship to girls' schooling is gaining ground, yet many challenges remain.

11 Sep 2019

Study shows increasing number of adolescents diagnosed with depression

The proportion of young people in Finland diagnosed with depression in specialized services is increasing, showed a study based on an extensive set of national data.

11 Sep 2019

Survey: Many doctors are unprepared to help their patients prevent diabetes

In a report on their findings in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the researchers say their survey of 1,000 randomly selected PCPs revealed significant gaps in the group’s overall knowledge of risk factors, diagnostic criteria and recommended management/prevention practices for prediabetes.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 11 Sep 2019

Investors’ deep-pocket push to defend surprise medical bills

As proposals to ban surprise medical bills move through Congress and state legislatures with rare bipartisan support, physician groups have emerged as the loudest opponents.

11 Sep 2019

California hospitals and nursing homes brace for wildfire blackouts

California has seen a relatively slow start to this year's wildfire season, but Wanda Chaney still frets every time it's hot and windy in Chico, a college town about two hours north of Sacramento. She's far less worried about an actual wildfire than the power company shutting off her electricity to prevent one.

11 Sep 2019

HUD-VASH voucher program effectively combats veteran homelessness, research shows

Homelessness is a persistent and significant public policy and public health challenge, disproportionately affecting veterans.

11 Sep 2019

Community healthcare intervention reduces child mortality and closes poverty gap in Ghana

Giving people access to nurses in their own communities is reducing the child mortality rate in Ghana, offsetting the health disadvantage amongst poor and uneducated mothers, according to a study in SSM - Population Health.

11 Sep 2019

New cardiovascular home-monitoring program to detect concerning trends in postpartum women

America has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, and it's getting worse. Since cardiovascular disease is the primary cause, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Magee-Womens Research Institute created a blood pressure home-monitoring program to rapidly detect concerning trends in postpartum women before their situation becomes critical.

11 Sep 2019

Developing next generation treatment to counteract opioid addiction

There are many moments in the human experience when tragedy elicits not only compassion, but inspiration. When Mike Zhang heard the story of a mother whose son died of an opioid overdose just one month after the teenager's introduction to the drug at a party, the Virginia Tech researcher wanted to help.

11 Sep 2019

UMass Lowell expert aims to improve sleep of night-shift workers

A UMass Lowell expert on sleep is examining strategies to help night-shift workers get more restful shuteye, critical to preventing ill health effects.

11 Sep 2019

Brown and Hebrew SeniorLife receive federal grant to enable expansion of Alzheimer's research

The National Institute on Aging has awarded a five-year grant expected to total $53.4 million to Brown University and Boston-based Hebrew SeniorLife to lead a nationwide effort to improve health care and quality of life for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, as well as their caregivers.

10 Sep 2019

Scientists unveil key brain cells that suppress drug cravings

Illicit drug use has been linked to disability, death, and the risk for many diseases. But more, it is associated with risks to the person’s family, friends, and the community.

10 Sep 2019

KU Cancer Center awarded grant to expand reach of clinical trials to Kansas’ rural communities

The University of Kansas Cancer Center and Midwest Cancer Alliance have been awarded a grant to expand the reach of cancer clinical trials to Kansas' rural communities.

10 Sep 2019

Number of Americans without insurance rises in 2018

For the first time in a decade, the number of Americans without health insurance has risen — by about 2 million people in 2018 — according to the annual U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday.

10 Sep 2019

Japanese-Americans have twice the odds of diabetes

A new study found that Japanese-American adults who are not obese have a much higher prevalence of diabetes than non-obese non-Hispanic white Americans (8.0% vs. 4.5%). The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Victoria, University of Toronto, and University at Albany, SUNY.

10 Sep 2019

Hospital giant Sutter Health faces legal reckoning over medical pricing

Economists and researchers long have blamed the high cost of health care in Northern California on the giant medical systems that have gobbled up hospitals and physician practices — most notably Sutter Health, a nonprofit chain with 24 hospitals, 34 surgery centers and 5,000 physicians across the region.

10 Sep 2019

Intergenerational relationships impact health and well‐being of older immigrants

Filial piety - the traditional value of caring for one's elders - is central to the Chinese concept of family and has long shaped intergenerational relationships, daily life, and well-being, for older Chinese adults.

10 Sep 2019

Primary care physicians’ perceptions of barriers to chronic kidney disease management

On July 10, the Department of Health and Human Services announced they were aiming to reduce the number of Americans developing end-stage renal disease by 25% by 2030.

10 Sep 2019

Study finds upward trend in number of pregnant women with high blood pressure

The number of women with high blood pressure when they become pregnant or who have it diagnosed during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy has spiked in the United States over the last four decades, especially among black women, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

9 Sep 2019

Hemophilia much more prevalent than previously thought

More than 1,125,000 men around the world have the inherited bleeding disorder of hemophilia, and 418,000 of those have a severe version of the mostly undiagnosed disease, says a new study led by McMaster University researchers.

9 Sep 2019

Health Care News and Research

Study aims to understand socio-cultural values around menstrual hygiene management

Study shows increasing number of adolescents diagnosed with depression

Survey: Many doctors are unprepared to help their patients prevent diabetes

Investors’ deep-pocket push to defend surprise medical bills

California hospitals and nursing homes brace for wildfire blackouts

HUD-VASH voucher program effectively combats veteran homelessness, research shows

Community healthcare intervention reduces child mortality and closes poverty gap in Ghana

New cardiovascular home-monitoring program to detect concerning trends in postpartum women

Developing next generation treatment to counteract opioid addiction

UMass Lowell expert aims to improve sleep of night-shift workers

Brown and Hebrew SeniorLife receive federal grant to enable expansion of Alzheimer's research

Scientists unveil key brain cells that suppress drug cravings

KU Cancer Center awarded grant to expand reach of clinical trials to Kansas’ rural communities

Number of Americans without insurance rises in 2018

Japanese-Americans have twice the odds of diabetes

Hospital giant Sutter Health faces legal reckoning over medical pricing

Intergenerational relationships impact health and well‐being of older immigrants

Primary care physicians’ perceptions of barriers to chronic kidney disease management

Study finds upward trend in number of pregnant women with high blood pressure

Hemophilia much more prevalent than previously thought

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