Nonphysician practitioners absorbing more new patient requests post Affordable Care Act
Primary care appointments for Medicaid beneficiaries with advanced practitioners The advent of the Affordable Care Act has led to millions ...
Tag: Demography
Study highlights need for tailored skin cancer prevention programs
More comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs could reach a more diverse population, with the goal of reducing new skin cancers ...
CPAP provides relief from depression
Additional benefit for sleep apnea sufferers Researchers have found that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment of obstructive sleep apnea ...
Health checks from age 40 avoid ‘black hole’
Study finds five health problems per person Seeing a health professional for a full health screening - even when you ...
Many grandparents’ medicines not secure enough around grandchildren, poll suggests
Keeping medications in easy-to-reach places and easy-to-open containers can raise the risk of accidental poisoning or intentional misuseCredit: University of ...
LGBTQ Asian-Americans seen as more ‘American’
The fastest-growing racial group in the United States -- Asian Americans -- is also one that is consistently perceived as ...
Study questions success of health intervention currently used in developing countries
In the early 20th century, researchers in Massachusetts studied the first community-based health intervention in the world, the Framingham Health ...
Environmental destruction linked to African population raises questions about family sizes
Credit: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project Africa is projected to be home to nearly 3 billion people by 2100, but rapid ...
The Gerontological Society of America selects 2019 fellows
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
More women in US receive 3D mammography but disparities remain
New Haven, Conn. -- Use of 3-D mammography, an advanced form of breast cancer screening, has risen rapidly in recent ...
Suicide, accidents, and hepatitis: The leading causes of death for Veterans in their first year of PTSD treatment
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine identifies and stratifies the mortality risks by age group, providing ...
One third of Cambodians infected with threadworm, study finds
Credit: CDC, US Federal Government public domain Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted threadworm that is endemic in many tropical and ...
The dynamics of workplace sexual harassment in the US
A new Gender, Work & Organization analysis of U.S. data from 1997-2016 provides new insights into workplace sexual harassment. The ...
Gender bias continues in recognition of physicians and nurses
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 17, 2019--A new study has shown that patients ...
Lumping all Hispanic Americans together masks the differences in cancer outcomes
Credit: San Diego State University A San Diego State University study is among the first to describe trends in cancer ...
American football: The first quarter is crucial
Can the month you are born in increase your chances of playing American pro football? Apparently so. Researchers from Dartmouth ...
Triple-negative breast cancer among black women in the US varies by birthplace
Study suggests the notion of higher triple-negative breast cancer incidence among black women is not generalizable A new study finds ...
The Wikipedia gender gap
Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract and retain editors who ...
How nurses bring clarity to the nature of social change
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 11, 2019) - History provides an enhanced understanding of the factors that inform social policy. ...
New grant to support spanish language suicide and HIV/AIDs prevention training
A grant from the National Library of Medicine will support bilingual training on suicide and HIV/AIDs prevention.Credit: Burrell College of ...