Mothers with children taken into out-of-home care at risk of poor prenatal care in next pregnancies
Mothers whose first child was taken into care were found to have inadequate or no prenatal care during subsequent pregnancies, ...
Tag: Health Care Systems/Services
Potential of strategic partnerships to form a Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA)
HENA published in scholarly literature released todayCredit: UCLA Health Recognizing the persistence of health inequities in the Americas, an emerging ...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Experts warn of a surge in vector-borne diseases as humanitarian crisis in Venezuela worsens
Worsening epidemics could spread beyond Venezuelan borders, potentially causing a public health emergency of 'hemispheric concern' Worsening epidemics could spread ...
$1 million award lets UVA open new portal to submicroscopic world
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a ...
Grant funds opioid addiction treatment in two county jails
UMass Amherst researcher helps oversee innovative program in Western MassachusettsCredit: UMass Amherst In what could serve as a model for ...
Study looks at seasonal and geographic trends in syphilis
Much of the public health impact of syphilis revolves around its impact on fetuses and neonates through the mother-to-child transmission ...
Height gap with parents, not genetics, determines onset of puberty — Ben-Gurion U. study
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 21, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that the age puberty hits is ...
10 percent of Chinese adults have high heart disease risk, aren’t treated for it
New Haven, Conn. - Researchers at Yale and at the National Center for Cardiovascular Disease in China just quantified a ...
Smoking cessation may reduce risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Analysis of data demonstrates first time that behavior change can delay or prevent most severe form of rheumatoid arthritis Boston, ...
How to treat depression in prison — and why it matters
First randomized study of its kind reveals effective treatment for prisoners suffering from mental illnessCredit: Royalty free image via Pexels ...
Study links unhealthy diet to mental illness in California adults
Loma Linda University researchers find junk food is associated with both moderate and severe psychological distressCredit: Loma Linda University Health ...
IDRI partners with Afrigen Biologics and Biovac to produce tuberculosis vaccine
Transferring technology to South Africa for on-site vaccine production In an effort to produce vaccines where they are needed most, ...
Unnecessary testing for UTIs cut by nearly half
Over-testing drives up health-care costs, promotes overuse of antibiotics Tests to detect urinary tract infections (UTI) often are performed routinely ...
ICHE Roundup: Unnecessary urine tests, surgical infections, nurses’ role in stewardship
Simple change to standard orders reduces urine testing in asymptomatic patients SIMPLE CHANGE TO STANDARD ORDERS REDUCES URINE TESTING IN ...
American drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations, USC study finds
The study is the first to show the drug overdose epidemic is contributing to the widening gap in life expectancy ...
Health-related Google searches doubled in week before ER visits
Health-related internet searches doubled during the week before patients visited an emergency department, according to a new study from researchers ...
Yale New Haven becomes first in Connecticut to perform pediatric heart transplants
New Haven, Conn. - Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (YNHCH) today announced that it has become the first hospital in ...
How gaming technologies can help cancer patients communicate better
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University is sharing in a €4m project to use gaming technology to improve the care of ...
Introduction of flat-rate payments accompanied by an increase in readmission rates
Credit: (Bild: Unsplash | CC0) Seven years after the introduction of flat-rate payments at Swiss hospitals, a major study has ...
CVIA special issue on stable ischemic heart disease
Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications Journal (Volume 3 Issue 3)Credit: Compuscript 2019 The journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just ...
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