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Minimum alcohol price would save UK lives, cut healthcare costs
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Feb 11 14
Setting a minimum alcohol price of 45 pence ($0.73) a unit in Britain would cut deaths and hospital time among heavy drinkers yet have…
Tests to show water safety after coal ash spill in North Carolina
• Public Health • Feb 07 14
As many as 82,000 tons of ash have spilled into a river after a pipe break at a retired coal plant in North Carolina,…
Columbia study finds hospitals don’t follow infection prevention rules
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 06 14
While most hospitals have polices in place to prevent health care-associated infections, clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based guidelines established to prevent these infections,…
Intervention in first 1,000 days vital to fulfilling childhood potential
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Feb 06 14
Safeguarding the healthy development of the next generation is vital for the long term success of the United Nation’s Millennium Development goals. New research…
Rural primary care physicians offer insight into rural women’s health care
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Feb 05 14
Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access…
Most Practice Guideline Recommendations Based on Less-Than-Ideal Quality of Evidence
• Public Health • Jan 15 14
A study published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that most clinical practice guidelines for interventional procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, angioplasty) are…
How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?
• Childbirth • • Public Health • Jan 15 14
Women giving birth in California can face a huge cost difference in their hospital bills, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
Does taking multiple medicines increase your risk of being admitted to hospital?
• Public Health • Jan 15 14
Patients with a single illness who take many drugs have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital, but for patients with multiple conditions,…
Parental leave policies best promote gender equity and well-being in women’s health
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jan 15 14
Government policies that allow both parents to take time off after a child is born provide positive benefits for the physical and mental health…
Prevalence of hepatitis C infection found to vary widely among Hispanics
• Infections • • Public Health • Jan 13 14
The first study of hepatitis C infection among different Hispanic groups in the U.S. has found that infection with the virus varies widely, with…
White parents more likely to use age-appropriate car seats than non-whites
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jan 13 14
White parents reported higher use of age-appropriate car seats for one- to seven-year-old children than non-white parents, according to a new University of Michigan…
China reports one more H7N9 bird flu death
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 10 14
China reported one more death from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in eastern Fujian province, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
Seasonal flu widespread in the United States: CDC
• Flu • • Public Health • Jan 03 14
Nearly half of the United States is reporting widespread influenza activity, most of it attributed to the H1N1 virus that caused a worldwide pandemic…
New quality, payment initiative positively impacts pediatric care
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Dec 24 13
Within two years of implementation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) had a small but significant positive effect on the…
Infectious diarrhea germs stick to healthcare worker hands
• Infections • • Public Health • Dec 24 13
A new study finds nearly one in four healthcare workers’ hands were contaminated with Clostridium difficile spores after routine care of patients infected…
Role of Chronic Medical Conditions in Readmissions
• Public Health • Dec 24 13
Researchers cite identification and monitoring of known underlying chronic medical conditions as opportunities to reduce readmission rates and improve patient safety.
Obamacare signup deadline pushed back to Tuesday
• Public Health • Dec 24 13
As Americans scrambled to beat a deadline to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the White House gave most consumers…
Settlement reached over deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Dec 24 13
Owners and insurers of a now-bankrupt Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak have agreed to pay more than $100 million to compensate…
Youth-drug can ‘reverse’ ageing in animal studies
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Dec 21 13
US scientists have performed a dramatic reversal of the ageing process in animal studies.
They used a chemical to rejuvenate muscle in mice and…
New York City Council votes to add e-cigarettes to smoking ban
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 19 13
The New York City Council voted to add electronic cigarettes to the city’s strict smoking ban on Thursday, in what could be the latest…
New evidence that computers change the way we learn
• Public Health • Dec 19 13
People who use computers regularly are constantly mapping the movements of their hand and computer mouse to the cursor on the screen. Now, researchers…
Marijuana consumption in Washington state is higher than previously estimated, study finds
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 18 13
Marijuana consumption in Washington state is about twice as large as previously estimated, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Total smoking bans work best
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 18 13
Completely banning tobacco use inside the home - or more broadly in the whole city - measurably boosts the odds of smokers either cutting…
TV ads nutritionally unhealthy for kids, study finds
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Dec 17 13
The nutritional value of food and drinks advertised on children’s television programs is worse than food shown in ads during general air time, according…
Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty
• Brain • • Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 17 13
For people in poverty, remembering better times - such as past success - improves brain functioning by several IQ points and increases their willingness…