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An underused strategy for surge in STDs: Treat patients’ partners without a doctor visit

If patients return to Dr. Crystal Bowe soon after taking medication for a sexually transmitted infection, she usually knows the reason: Their partners have re-infected them.

13 Nov 2018

Preventing falls with new sensor technology

More than one third of all over-65s in Germany are at acute risk of falling. The consequences affect themselves and their personal environment but also the health care system.

13 Nov 2018

With hospitalization losing favor, judges order outpatient mental health treatment

When mental illness hijacks Margaret Rodgers' mind, she acts out. Rodgers, 35, lives with depression and bipolar disorder. When left unchecked, the conditions drive the Alabama woman to excessive spending, crying and mania.

13 Nov 2018

Study aims to find which outreach method is more effective at improving cancer screening rates

Phone calls are more effective reminders for patients to book cancer screening appointments than mailed letters but are also more costly, suggests a new study from St. Michael's Hospital.

13 Nov 2018

Survey: Majority of Americans are concerned about health threat posed by antibiotic resistance

Nearly two thirds of Americans (65%) say antibiotic resistance is a public health problem and a strong majority (81%) say they are concerned that antibiotic resistance will make more infections difficult or impossible to treat and even deadly, according to a national public opinion survey commissioned by Research!America in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Society of America.

13 Nov 2018

Suicidal patients with prescribed access to psychotropic drugs should be closely monitored

As prescriptions for psychotropic drugs increase, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that prescribed access to anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medications may make it easier for some patients to use the drugs in attempted suicides.

13 Nov 2018

Study finds lack of safety data for using flowers in cooking

A study of 23 flowers used in cooking shows a lack of chemical and toxicological data, which makes it impossible to set a limit for safe consumption, according to the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.

12 Nov 2018

Pulmonary rehabilitation rarely received by hospitalized COPD patients despite health benefits

Only a tiny fraction of patients hospitalized for COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, participate in a pulmonary rehabilitation program following hospitalization, even though such programs are recommended and Medicare covers their cost, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

12 Nov 2018

Study reveals link between tobacco availability and smoking during pregnancy

Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a study shows.

12 Nov 2018

Hands-Only CPR training kiosks can teach life-saving skills in just minutes

Prompt action from a bystander can impact the likelihood a person survives cardiac arrest that occurs outside of a hospital. One common and proven intervention that anyone can learn is Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

12 Nov 2018

Study finds huge shortfall in use of home-based medical care by frail seniors

There is a tremendous disparity between the need for home-based medical care and the number of frail seniors actually receiving it, a new study finds. In many rural areas, the problem is so great that the researchers label it "remarkable."

12 Nov 2018

Medical experts discuss future challenges of healthcare at HSMA’s inaugural conference

Last week The Howard de Walden Estate gathered medical experts from across the industry for a one day conference to discuss the future challenges of healthcare in the UK and globally.

12 Nov 2018

Exercise routines affect mental health in Japanese expatriates

A study of Japanese people living in Malaysia found that their exercise routines affected time spent sitting down and quality of life, including their mental health.

12 Nov 2018

FDA conducts mass seizure of food and medical products held under insanitary conditions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that, on behalf of the agency, the U.S. Marshals Service has conducted a mass seizure of FDA-regulated products that were being held under insanitary conditions in which they were exposed to widespread rodent, insect and live animal infestation.

12 Nov 2018

Experts develop a list of competencies in antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship

Experts from across Europe have developed a set of competencies in antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship, using a structured consensus procedure.

12 Nov 2018

New project seeks to address alarming injury rate in youth footballers

To address the alarming injury rate in youth footballers in Sweden, the project Injury-Free Children and Adolescents: Towards Better Practice in Swedish Football (FIT project) seeks to fill in the knowledge gaps by bringing biomedical and social science together.

12 Nov 2018

Yelp reviews help understand strengths, weaknesses of emergency departments and urgent care centers

Yelp reviews reveal that emergency departments are viewed as being higher quality but lacking in service as compared to urgent care centers, which patients rate the opposite, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

12 Nov 2018

Fish oil and vitamin D pills no guard against cancer or serious heart trouble

A widely anticipated study has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent cancer or serious heart-related problems in healthy older people, according to research presented Saturday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Researchers defined serious heart problems as the combined rate of heart attacks, stroke and heart-related deaths.

12 Nov 2018

Listen: Teen vaping sparks FDA crackdown

Federal regulators want to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes at retail locations like gas stations and convenience stores.

9 Nov 2018

People are getting larger and will need more food than they once did

"It will be harder to feed 9 billion people in 2050 than it would be today," says Gibran Vita, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology 's Industrial Ecology Program.

9 Nov 2018

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An underused strategy for surge in STDs: Treat patients’ partners without a doctor visit

Preventing falls with new sensor technology

With hospitalization losing favor, judges order outpatient mental health treatment

Study aims to find which outreach method is more effective at improving cancer screening rates

Survey: Majority of Americans are concerned about health threat posed by antibiotic resistance

Suicidal patients with prescribed access to psychotropic drugs should be closely monitored

Study finds lack of safety data for using flowers in cooking

Pulmonary rehabilitation rarely received by hospitalized COPD patients despite health benefits

Study reveals link between tobacco availability and smoking during pregnancy

Hands-Only CPR training kiosks can teach life-saving skills in just minutes

Study finds huge shortfall in use of home-based medical care by frail seniors

Medical experts discuss future challenges of healthcare at HSMA’s inaugural conference

Exercise routines affect mental health in Japanese expatriates

FDA conducts mass seizure of food and medical products held under insanitary conditions

Experts develop a list of competencies in antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship

New project seeks to address alarming injury rate in youth footballers

Yelp reviews help understand strengths, weaknesses of emergency departments and urgent care centers

Fish oil and vitamin D pills no guard against cancer or serious heart trouble

Listen: Teen vaping sparks FDA crackdown

People are getting larger and will need more food than they once did

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