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Deaf patients break barriers by co-designing their own care with University of Utah Health

Navigating health care is hard enough when English is your first language - imagine the difficulty when American Sign is your first language.

25 Jan 2023

Missed nursing care linked to higher odds of adverse outcomes for very low birthweight infants

Sometimes hospital staff nurses cannot provide required care due to time constraints. This reality can contribute to potentially dire outcomes for very low birthweight (VLBW) infants, who weigh less than 3.3 lbs. at birth.

24 Jan 2023

Unfavorable healthcare experiences may increase the likelihood of caregivers to self-medicate

Caregivers need care, too. And now, researchers from Japan have found that their experience with healthcare professionals while caring for someone else affects their own healthcare choices.

24 Jan 2023

Minister emphasizes the importance of UK working with Africa to grow economies, boost food security

The UK Minister for Development and Africa will emphasize the importance of the UK working with African countries to grow economies and boost food security - on a two-day visit to Senegal, starting today (Tuesday 24 January).

24 Jan 2023

Brief exposure to diesel exhaust can affect human brain function

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours.

24 Jan 2023

Midriff bulge linked to heightened risk of physical frailty in older age

Carrying far too much weight, including a midriff bulge, from mid-life onwards, is linked to a heightened risk of physical frailty in older age, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

24 Jan 2023

Moderate and vigorous physical activity every day linked to mid-life cognitive performance

The amount of time spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity every day is linked to mid-life brain power, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

24 Jan 2023

Exercising with others offers greater benefits to older people

Exercise is beneficial in obvious ways like getting a leaner and stronger body, yet its benefits can also improve the brain, including in older adults.

24 Jan 2023

Study shows the effectiveness of web-based interventions for promoting weight loss

Being obese and overweight can cause serious chronic diseases, which include type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer.

24 Jan 2023

Watch: Fifty years after ‘Roe,’ abortion rights battle shifts to the states

Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, granting federal constitutional protection for the right to seek an abortion.

24 Jan 2023

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, California.

24 Jan 2023

As states seek to limit abortions, Montana wants to redefine what is medically necessary

Montana's conservative leaders, stymied by the courts from passing laws that impose significant statewide abortion restrictions, seek to tighten the state's Medicaid rules to make it more difficult for low-income women to receive abortions.

24 Jan 2023

Self-rooming preferred by primary care clinical staff and patients during COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinic staff have had to adjust the ways in which they see patients in person so that they remain safe.

23 Jan 2023

Patients' and primary care physicians' concerns about digital surveillance of infectious disease in China

To highlight ethical considerations for promoting patients' autonomy and health care rights, researchers from mainland China, Hong Kong and New Zealand present the results of interviews documenting patient and primary care physicians with digital surveillance of infectious disease (including COVID-19) in urban areas of northern and southern China.

23 Jan 2023

Holistic care approach provided by family medicine could help people with post-COVID symptoms

Many people are experiencing a variety of long COVID-19 symptoms and are relying on some of their own methods to allay those symptoms.

23 Jan 2023

Primary care’s challenges and promising solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Investigators have written a special report about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's learning community, which operated from December 2020-November 2021.

23 Jan 2023

High-quality primary care attributes associated with reduction in hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic

Japanese researchers examined the association between primary care practice characteristics and total hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Jan 2023

High adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guideline may reduce antibiotic use in hospitals

A study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases claims that high adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guidelines is necessary to reduce antibiotic use in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections.

23 Jan 2023

Canadian clinicians and administrators build a data bridge to improve community-based response to the pandemic

Clinicians and administrators in Alberta, Canada, built a data bridge between primary care and public health stakeholders to improve the province's community-based response to the pandemic.

23 Jan 2023

All-cause mortality risk higher among individuals with head injury

Adults who suffered any head injury during a 30-year study period had two times the rate of mortality than those who did not have any head injury, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published today in JAMA Neurology.

23 Jan 2023

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Deaf patients break barriers by co-designing their own care with University of Utah Health

Missed nursing care linked to higher odds of adverse outcomes for very low birthweight infants

Unfavorable healthcare experiences may increase the likelihood of caregivers to self-medicate

Minister emphasizes the importance of UK working with Africa to grow economies, boost food security

Brief exposure to diesel exhaust can affect human brain function

Midriff bulge linked to heightened risk of physical frailty in older age

Moderate and vigorous physical activity every day linked to mid-life cognitive performance

Exercising with others offers greater benefits to older people

Study shows the effectiveness of web-based interventions for promoting weight loss

Watch: Fifty years after ‘Roe,’ abortion rights battle shifts to the states

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

As states seek to limit abortions, Montana wants to redefine what is medically necessary

Self-rooming preferred by primary care clinical staff and patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Patients' and primary care physicians' concerns about digital surveillance of infectious disease in China

Holistic care approach provided by family medicine could help people with post-COVID symptoms

Primary care’s challenges and promising solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

High-quality primary care attributes associated with reduction in hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic

High adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guideline may reduce antibiotic use in hospitals

Canadian clinicians and administrators build a data bridge to improve community-based response to the pandemic

All-cause mortality risk higher among individuals with head injury

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