Topic: urban
Urban Institute/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Health Status Of New Medicaid Enrollees Under Health Reform - Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, authors of this paper found "strong eviden ... moreAs many as 5 million uninsured kids are eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to a report published Friday in the journal Health Affairs, Reuters reports. "An est ... more
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has raised added concern about a study released by The Urban Institute that shows more than one-half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers liv ... more
Drugmakers regularly complain that it is getting more difficult and more expensive to recruit people into clinical trials, hence the rush overseas (background here and here). So how should a drugmaker ... more
More than 50% of infants in poverty are raised by mothers with mild to severe depression, which could contribute to problems in parenting and child development, according to a study by the Washington, ... more
Topix.net - From virtual chicken-rescue on Facebook to designer chicken coops for urban hipsters, the concept of backyard chicken keeping has really taken off. http://www.topix.net/health/avian-flu/20 ... more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. #8212;It #8217;s unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests. This slower reactivity is associated with an age-r ... more
Researchers have been able to use a common chaperone protein, Hsp70, to reverse the loss of function in the nerves of mice with diabetes. Writing in ASN NEURO, Michael J. Urban and colleagues at the U ... more
Researchers have been able to use a common chaperone protein, Hsp70, to reverse the loss of function in the nerves of mice with diabetes. Writing in ASN NEURO, Michael J. Urban and colleagues at the U ... more
You can find this information on PubMed but this is a nice summary from UpToDate (only brief highlights are posted below, check the source link for full text):Sexually transmitted infections25% of urb ... more
Smaller, rural hospitals may be quicker and more efficient at implementing surgical safety initiatives than their larger, urban counterparts, and are capable of providing a standard of surgical care t ... more
The University of Colorado College of Nursing has been awarded a $753,817 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to prepare a ... more
Falls are the most common injury for both urban and rural elderly in China, responsible for more than two-thirds of all injuries in people 65 and older, according to a new study by researchers from Ch ... more
When the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) announced its latest awards for injury research, only five teams were on the list and two of them were headed by doctors at St. Michael's Hospit ... more
While Americans are much more likely to die on rural highways than urban freeways, a new survey released has found that they feel much more relaxed and prone to risk-taking on rural highways. "America ... more
Falls are the most common injury for both urban and rural elderly in China, responsible for more than two-thirds of all injuries in people 65 and older, according to a new study. ... more
A program pairing healthy young adults with urban middle school students helped the adolescents adopt healthy habits, active lifestyles and a healthy weight, according to a new study from the Universi ... more
A program pairing healthy young adults with urban middle schoolers helped the adolescents adopt healthy habits, active lifestyles and a healthy weight, according to researchers. The study found that l ... more
Cancer patients receiving care in geographically dispersed urban and rural oncology practices who participated in a program that included telephone-based care management and home-based automated sympt ... more
Cancer patients receiving care in geographically dispersed urban and rural oncology practices who participated in a program that included telephone-based care management and home-based automated sympt ... more
Several cases of dengue fever, a potentially fatal viral disease transmitted by the bite of urban dwelling Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, have recently been reported in the continental ... more
Smaller, rural hospitals may be quicker and more efficient at implementing surgical safety initiatives than their larger, urban counterparts, and are capable of providing a standard of surgical care t ... more
For two decades, a bitter controversy has taken place over a blood-clotting medicine that was blamed for infecting hemophiliacs with HIV in Asia and Latin America, while a newer, safer version was sol ... more
Infection rates climb as income falls, regardless of race/ethnicity, CDC says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: AIDS, Health Disparities ... more
Twin sisters Obamacare and Romneycare are not looking so great these days. Romneycare was introduced in Massachusetts in 2006 and barely 4 years later is on life support.Don't take my word for it. The ... more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a first-of-its-kind analysis showing that 2.1 percent of heterosexuals living in high-poverty urban areas in the United States are infected with ... more
Billings Gazette: "Come this fall, several of Montana's hospitals will start benefitting financially from an obscure provision in the federal health reform bill that ups Medicare payments in 'frontier ... more
Efforts to raise disease awareness in the Philippines have increased the number of cases and patient pool available for hepatitis C treatment. Screening and detection efforts by the Red Cross as well ... more
The University of Southern California (USC) has received a prestigious $56.8 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support and promote scient ... more
The University of Southern California (USC) has received a prestigious $56.8 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support and promote scient ... more
The University of Southern California (USC) has received a prestigious $56.8 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support and promote scient ... more
A national AMA survey of GPs has revealed an overwhelming rejection of the Government's proposed plan for care for patients with diabetes, with just four per cent of the respondents saying they would ... more
A national AMA survey of GPs has revealed an overwhelming rejection of the Government's proposed plan for care for patients with diabetes, with just four per cent of the respondents saying they would ... more
Study finds high stroke risk in a sub-Saharan African country, highlighting the need for preventive measures for stroke risk factors in the developing world. Medscape Medical News ... more
The city of Richmond represents one of the most diverse populations in Contra Costa County. It also has a high poverty rate: more than 13 percent of the residents live below the federal poverty level ... more
29 June 2010 -- A WHO network helps cities design urban settings that enables older people to remain active and continue to be healthy participants in society. ... more
City dwelling has gained advantage over country living since mid 80s, data shows Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Disparities, Health Statistics, Rural Health Concerns ... more
Deforestation may exacerbate impact of global warming, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Climate Change ... more
Deforestation may exacerbate impact of global warming, study finds ... more
by Cole Petrochko Medicaid expansion under new healthcare reform laws could add millions of participants to the program over the next nine years and greatly decrease the number of uni ... more
Roll Call reports: Last fall, Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved her district office into the new federal building in San Francisco. The move quadrupled the rent she pays, and her new $18,736 monthly bill is ... more
Younger, unmarried men around the world are least likely to be aware of hypertension (high blood pressure) and less likely to be receiving treatment. Whereas older women, are most aware of hypertensi ... more
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered a mechanism by which an enzyme regulates gene expression and growth in melanoma cells, a finding that could someday lead to more effective ... more
Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, explores how an online learning community works for a group of general practitioners and shows that clear rules facilitate continued web interaction. ... more
A recent study conducted by Northeastern University's Institute on Urban Health Research found a significant number of health disparities in Massachusetts between heterosexual adults and gay, lesbian ... more
Cutting physical education classes to focus on academics might be counterproductive, according to research presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 57th Annual Meeting in Baltimore. A ... more
Difficulties with shelter, transportation, insurance, and health care costs are linked with heavier emergency department usage by so-called "super-user" patients in urban areas, according to research ... more
An Indiana University study that examined the relationship between physical activity and a range of variables involving urban residents' homes and neighborhoods found that the inside of study subjects ... more
A study that examined the relationship between physical activity and a range of variables involving urban residents' homes and neighborhoods found that the inside of their homes had more to do with hi ... more
In a high-risk urban population, a significant proportion of patients were tested for HCV; the prevalence of HCV infection was high. Medscape Medical News ... more
Any of the commonly used antidepressants was associated with a 68 percent relative increase in the overall risk of a miscarriage, and there were significant associations with the use Pfizer #8217;s Ef ... more
A Montreal study finds heterotrophic bacteria counts, in more than 70 percent of bottled water samples, exceed the recommended limits specified by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). Researchers fro ... more
A pair of former hospital sales reps filed a whistleblower suit alleging Wyeth, which is now owned by Pfizer, illegally promoted its Rapamune kidney transplant drug for use with other organs and targe ... more
IRIN Reports On U.S. Legislation Aimed At Better Addressing Urban Development Worldwide "The Sustainable Urban Development Act of 2010 - introduced by Sens. Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland), Dick Dur ... more
People who live in urban areas where particulate air pollution is high tend to have higher blood pressure than those who live in less polluted areas, according to researchers from Germany. ... more
The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to experts and private studies, "[m]any urban hospitals lack sufficient medical staff, beds, equipment and 'surge' plans to provide optimal care for pot ... more
Zero tolerance policy in schools - which can mandate automatic punishment for weapons, drugs, profanity and various forms of disruptive behavior - is failing to make students feel safe, contends a new ... more
More than a dozen academic institutions and other partners, including the University of Maryland, are banding together to meet Maryland's growing need for health professionals in medically under-serve ... more
Greenwire/New York Times examines how water "binds urban sanitation with energy, tourism, agriculture and other sectors throughout sub-Saharan Africa," with a focus on Kenya's "water woes." Kenya's pr ... more
Greece has announced that it is slashing the prices of 1,551 medicines by an average of 30%, and the drug price commission is to take steps this week to adjust price lists and ensure the cuts reach co ... more
Greece has announced that it is slashing the prices of 1,551 medicines by an average of 30%, and the drug price commission is to take steps this week to adjust price lists and ensure the cuts reach co ... more
Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ... more
Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ... more
Migration from rural to urban areas is associated with increasing levels of obesity and is a factor driving the diabetes epidemic in India, according to a new study. ... more
Whether you live in Haiti or in Harlem, the impact of poverty is the same. Children suffer from poor nutrition, environmental degradation, violence and poor development in the U.S. just as they do in ... more
Contact: Kathleen McCann kmccann@aasmnet.org 708-492-0930 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Study analyzes general patterns of sleep quality and daily hours of sleep in the world #8217;s largest samp ... more
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 1, 2010 — How much #8220;green exercise #8221; produces the greatest improvement in mood and sen ... more
Men living in rural Australia are more likely to experience chronic health conditions than their urban counterparts, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ... more
Contact: Lynn Davis davisl@vt.edu 540-231-6157 Virginia Tech After studying the interactions of human and animal populations in Africa, Kathleen Alexander, associate professor of wildlife science in V ... more
We're always grateful for the interesting tidbits we receive from loyal readers and others; the challenge is that many of these items just don't merit their own post. Still, it would be selfish of us ... more
by Cecilia Arradaza, Communications Director, FasterCuresHealth reform legislation is a positive step toward providing more Americans with insurance, but there's a big omission: The law doesn't do eno ... more
Disadvantaged urban preschoolers aren't only at risk for failure in the classroom - they are likely to struggle on playgrounds and athletic fields as well, research suggests. A new study found that m ... more
by Cecilia Arradaza, Communications Director, FasterCuresHealth reform legislation is a positive step toward providing more Americans with insurance, but there's a big omission: The law doesn't do eno ... more
As Fox News contributor John Lott explains, President Obama's regulatory plan creates more problems than it fixes and ignores the role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in the financial meltdown - the ... more
A European study shows that prenatal exposure to pollutants can adversely affect children's cognitive development at age 5, confirming previous findings from New York City. Researchers report that chi ... more
Study found infection rates highest among black children in kindergarten, first grade Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: School Health, Tinea Infections ... more
If Barack Obama and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood have their way, giving up your car for a bicycle, trolley, or bus could very well be a fact of life. It's just another step toward Barack Oba ... more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced grants to 41 health programs operated by the Indian Health Service; tribes ... more
by Michael Smith Healthcare workers in a New York City emergency department had the highest rate of infection among employees of an urban hospital system during the first wave of the H1N1 pandemic flu ... more
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said addressing living conditions in the world's slums is important to improving urban health - the focus of World Health Day on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse repo ... more
Thousands of Americans with disabilities will have housing assistance specifically targeted to meet their needs, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Housing and Urban Devel ... more
Cities throughout the world are marking World Health Day today by promoting urban health, as part of the WHO's "1,000 cities, 1,000 lives" campaign, CNN reports (Shaikh, 4/7). "Poor health shreds ... more
7 April 2010 -- The rapid increase of people living in cities poses both a health threat and an opportunity. On World Health Day, April 7th, WHO is launching a campaign to highlight urban planning a ... more
As part of this year's World Health Day, the WHO on Wednesday will launch a program to encourage cities to become more healthy to help mitigate the health risks associated with rapid urbanization, Age ... more
As part of this year's World Health Day, the WHO on Wednesday will launch a program to encourage cities to become more healthy to help mitigate the health risks associated with rapid urbanization, Age ... more
SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, will present preliminary results of a diagnostic to detect neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) at the 239th National M ... more
The Louisville Courier-Journal on Monday examined a program that is providing gynecological cancer treatment in areas of rural Kentucky that otherwise would lack specialists. According to the Courier- ... more
Pegylated interferon and ribavirin appear to be less effective against hepatitis C virus (HCV) in urban minority patients than clinical trial results would suggest, according to a report in the April ... more
In a group of urban African-American youths, vitamin D deficiency was considerably more prevalent among those with asthma, a new study shows. Reuters Health Information ... more
A recent study confirms that the standard hepatitis C (HCV) therapy, pegylated interferon and ribavirin, is significantly less effective in urban minority patients treated in an ordinary clinical prac ... more
"Educationally relevant health disparities" are key drivers of the achievement gap, "but they are largely overlooked," said Charles Basch, the Richard March Hoe Professor of Health Education at Teache ... more
Exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos - which is banned for use in U.S. households but is still widely used throughout the agricultural industry - is associated with early childhood developmental del ... more
In the first study ever done on the local health effects of the domes of carbon dioxide that develop above cities, researchers found that the domes increase the local death rate. The result provides a ... more
In the healthy rat, prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) under conditions that mimic urban pollution leads to changes to cardiac morphology and function. Compensatory mechanisms develop in these ... more
Everyone knows that carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas driving climate change, is a global problem. Now a Stanford study has shown it is also a local problem, hurting city dwellers' health much m ... more
Expedited partner therapy for chlamydia and gonorrhea is not universally adopted or even legal in some settings in the United States, but it successfully reduced reinfections in an urban setting. Me ... more
Contact: Jordan Reese jreese@upenn.edu 215-573-6604 University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Millions of people in both the developing and developed world may benefit from new immune-system research ... more
Urban Institute: The Cost Of Uncompensated Care With And Without Health Reform - This report analyzes various health bills. "The cost of uncompensated care will fall from $62.1 billion in 2009 to $46. ... more
Women comprise more than half the population of the nation's cities, are three times as likely as their male counterparts to live alone after the age of 65, and are primary caregivers for their famili ... more
So, does lack of health insurance really increase the risk of premature death?In a word: Nope.As we've seen, there's no convincing evidence that lack of health insurance correlates to lack of effectiv ... more
The Obama Administration released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural com ... more
Violent injury, the second leading cause of death among US youth, appears to be the end result of a web of factors including alcohol, weapons, and dangerous urban environments. Researchers in Pennsylv ... more
by John Mandrola, MD Conflicted am I on reading of the strategy of a group of South Miami cardiologists who have written their patients complaining of the cuts to reimbursement, primarily cuts in imag ... more
More than half of low-income urban mothers met the criteria for a diagnosis of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months after giving birth, according to a study led by University of R ... more
Controlling Japanese B encephalitis might seem easy to an outsider. Since the brain-injuring virus needs mosquitoes and pigs to spread, government officials should ban standing water in cemetery ciste ... more
More than half of low-income urban mothers met the criteria for a diagnosis of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months after giving birth, according to a new study. ... more
A study describing prevalence of depression in this understudied population also shows good accuracy for 3 depression screening tools. Medscape Medical News ... more
Rural areas tend to fare worse than urban locales, comprehensive survey finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Health Disparities, Health Statistics, Rural Health Concern ... more
According to a recent editorial from Emergency Medicine News, emergency residency programs are doing a poor job preparing their emergency residents for the real world. The authors note that a typical, ... more
Originally published in MedPage Today by Kristina Fiore, MedPage Today Staff Writer Adhering to guidelines when treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) relieved symptoms ... more
A new database compares the health of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. "Looking at each state's best and worst further illuminates a well-known trend: The least healthy counties tend to be poo ... more
Rural areas tend to fare worse than urban locales, comprehensive survey finds ... more
The dwindling influence of vets in the public health arena threatens food safety in the UK, argues a rural social scientist in this week's Veterinary Record. Philip Lowe, from the Centre for Rural Ec ... more
The numbers are underwhelming, and interestingly, one study found that the highest mortality was not associated with being uninsured, but being on a government health care program. (emphasis added): [ ... more
by John Schumann, MD Like most people, I €™ve found the news and images coming from Haiti in the aftermath of the January #8217;s earthquake appalling and upsetting. The sheer amount of devastation an ... more
A new study analyzing the impact of hand-held cell phone legislation on driving safety concludes that usage-ban laws had more of an impact in densely populated urban areas with a higher number of lice ... more
Lawmakers may include a number of Medicare "fixes" in the jobs bill, now that the health overhaul bill has stalled, The Hill reports. They would include restoring Medicare provisions that expired Jan. ... more
Children from urban areas whose mothers suffer from depression during pregnancy are more likely than others to show antisocial behavior, including violent behavior, later in life. Furthermore, women w ... more
Emergency Medicine News: February 2010 #8211; Volume 32 #8211; Issue 2 #8211; p 5, 24, 25, 26 Residents training in large urban centers typically see more than 200 patients a day. They have access ... more
It's known that people who live or work in rural areas are more likely to suffer and die from serious injuries compared to those in more urban environments. But while time and distance play a role in ... more
It's known that people who live or work in rural areas are more likely to suffer and die from serious injuries compared to those in more urban environments. But while time and distance play a role in ... more
A post-licensure study of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine found a complete three-dose series was 85 percent to 89 percent effective against rotavirus disease requiring an emergency department visit or i ... more
The death rate from injuries in rural areas of China is higher than in urban areas, according to a new study. Rural males of all ages were 47 percent more likely to die from injuries than urban males, ... more
The death rate from injuries in rural areas of China is higher than in urban areas, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury ... more
Frequent testing and treatment of infection does not reduce the prevalence of chlamydia in urban teenage girls, according to a long term study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers publ ... more
Frequent testing and treatment of infection does not reduce the prevalence of chlamydia in urban teenage girls, according to a long term study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers publ ... more
Frequent testing and treatment of infection does not reduce the prevalence of chlamydia in urban teenage girls, according to a long term study. ... more
Congrats! FORT WORTH €” Some of the most seriously injured and ill patients will no longer have to be flown to Dallas or Lubbock for treatment now that John Peter Smith Hospital has been granted appr ... more
Contact: Terry Collins terrycollins@rogers.com 416-538-8712 Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy,McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Enforcing new Chinese rules for clinics may impact lu ... more
The Texas Tribune reports on politics surrounding rural health care in Texas in a three part series: "Politically speaking, it's no time to be an advocate for rural health care. In the last House Spea ... more
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on coronary artery disease care differences. The transcript is also available. Measures of quality of care for coronary artery disease in rural hospitals were sim ... more
It's impossible to know, unless you're Urban Meyer or one of his doctors, what exactly caused the two-time college football championship winner to see-saw decisions about his prestigious professional ... more
The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the incre ... more
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found a higher incidence of gynaecological cancers (uterine, ovarian and cervical cancer) in urban area ... more
It is impossible to win the war against HIV/AIDS without involving Community Health Workers (CHWs). Most HIV/AIDS programs in the third world currently target the urban populace at the expense of the ... more
By A. Onu*In September 2000, 189 Heads of State adopted the UN Millennium Declaration. It was a roadmap setting out goals (Millennium Development Goals) to be reached by 2015. There are eight goals, 1 ... more
The majority of substance abuse treatment facilities operated by a Tribal government (73 percent) or the Indian Health Service (63 percent) were located in rural areas, while the ma ... more
If you have asthma or COPD, which is worse:smoke from 4th of July fireworkssmog from automotive exhaust smoke from a nearby wildfireash from a volcanoliving with a smokerWhen a person with asthma or C ... more
"Harvesting Organs for Organ Transplant Without Permission" was the title of a topic which I set up on my now inactive "Bioethics Discussion Pages" back in 1996 but the issue is still as fresh today a ... more
Health Insurance is a branch of insurance business, a social device whereby financial loss is spread over so many members of the public thereby allowing healthcare delivery to be spread to the poor an ... more
"Harvesting Organs for Organ Transplant Without Permission" was the title of a topic which I set up on my now inactive "Bioethics Discussion Pages" back in 1996 but the issue is still as fresh today a ... more
New research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, published December 15 in the ... more
Sub-Saharan Africa is the least urbanized region in the world. Only 39.1% of the region's population lives in cities.1 However, the region's urban population is projected to more than double to 760 mi ... more
Half of urban teenage girls may acquire at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections within two years of becoming sexually active, according to a new study. ... more
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found a higher incidence of gynaecological cancers (uterine, ovarian and cervical cancer) in urban area ... more
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found a higher incidence of gynaecological cancers (uterine, ovarian and cervical cancer) in urban area ... more
Urban Institute/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: What Would Health Care Reform Mean for Small Employers and Their Workers? - "Small employers and their workers face a broad assortment of barriers to ob ... more
Half of urban teenage girls may acquire at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections (STI) within two years of becoming sexually active, according to an Indiana University School of Me ... more
Copenhagen held a global warming summit under record cold and snow, all Europe is shivering in record cold, and our nation's capital is experiencing record snowfall. Taken in the context of the news ... more
A smoking gun, indeed:This weekend, the Congressional Budget Office released "a very strange memo" titled, "Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Regulate Medical Loss Ratios." You wouldn't know it fro ... more
The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the incre ... more
The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the incre ... more
New research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, suggests that the practice of shantytown ... more
The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers claim that overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group. ... more
Originally published in MedPage Today by Michael Smith, MedPage Today North American Correspondent Bad boys grow up to be sick men, researchers say. In a long-running British study of juvenile delinqu ... more
Half of female urban teens ages 14 through 17 contracted chlamydia, gonorrhea or trichomoniasis within two years of having sex for the first time, according to a new study published in the Archives of ... more
People treated for heart problems at rural hospitals fare about as well as those getting care at urban medical centers, a study of U.S. hospitals suggests. Source: Reuters Health Relat ... more
The number of people developing tuberculosis (TB) continues to increase despite earlier signs of stabilising, according to a report released today by the Health Protection Agency. Last year in the UK ... more
Contact: Mary Jane Gore mary.gore@duke.edu 919-660-1309 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. Finding and treating a tumor without disturbing normal tissue presents challenges sometimes the mo ... more
Southern Illinois University researchers determined Medicare beneficiaries living in rural areas were 27% more likely than urban recipients to have total knee or hip replacement surgeries. Researchers ... more
Sewer overflows are a nasty business, posing dangers to human health and the environment. North Carolina State University is launching a new project with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection ... more
by Edwin Leap, MD I practice in the rural, northwest corner of South Carolina, also known as €œThe Upstate. € It is a place of expansive lakes, white-water rivers and the mist covered foothills of ... more
Previous research has demonstrated links between urban sprawl and many of our most pressing public health issues, including obesity and traffic injuries. New research from the University of Virginia H ... more
High-cost urban U.S. hospitals may face debt rating downgrades if large cuts to Medicare funding are implemented as part of U.S. health care reform, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday. Reuters ... more
UT Southwestern Medical Center is among 10 institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health to share $56 million over five years as part of the Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC). The IC ... more
Urban Institute: Progress Enrolling Children in Medicaid/CHIP: Who Is Left And What Are The Prospects For Covering More Children? - This policy brief examines the characteristics of the estimated 5 mi ... more
In one year at one urban teaching hospital, antibiotic-resistant infections in just 188 patients cost the hospital and society somewhere between In one year at one urban teaching hospital, antibiotic- ... more
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is threatening to halt federal funding for the Washington D.C.'s AIDS programs after a Washington Post investigation found many delivered faulty se ... more
Why has Massachusetts been so successful in increasing heath care coverage to uninsured residents? A new study provides the answer! The study, by Urban Institute researched Stan Dorn and colleagues, w ... more
Misconceptions, marketing are boosting rates to double the national average, researchers say ... more
People who live in rural areas may run a greater risk of having perforated appendix than those in suburban and urban areas, according to a new study out of Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH. ... more
With there being a concern that mastectomy is excessively used as a treatment for breast cancer, a survey of nearly 2,000 women indicates that breast-conserving surgery was attempted as the initial th ... more
The easy availability of low-nutrition snacks may contribute to childhood obesity in minority and low-income communities. In the study, "Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores," researc ... more
The easy availability of low-nutrition snacks may contribute to childhood obesity in minority and low-income communities. In the study, "Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores," researc ... more
Based on cotinine screening, 80% of patients in an urban public hospital were either active or second-hand smokers, according to a report in the October 1st American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters ... more
China is to cut the prices of more than 2,300 medicines by an average of 12% on October 22, the government has announced.These products account for about 45% of the country €™s essential drugs list. T ... more
China is to cut the prices of more than 2,300 medicines by an average of 12% on October 22, the government has announced.These products account for about 45% of the country €™s essential drugs list. T ... more
Originally posted in MedPage Today by Emily P. Walker, MedPage Today Washington Correspondent The Senate Finance Committee finished work on its healthcare reform bill in the wee hours of Friday mornin ... more
Michael F. Cannon and Ramesh Ponnuru have done the math on Obama's "misleads" to Congress. And they note that it's a good thing that other congressmen did not follow Rep. Joe Wilson's lead. If they ye ... more
Is health care reform about satisfying politician's ego's or making health care affordable as they claim? The Washington Post's op-ed columnist Robert Samuelson has his own perspective on Obamacare." ... more
As Politico reports, President Barack Obama used a dinner-time address to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to make an impassioned plea for health care reform, placing it in the tradition of t ... more
Urban Institute: Estimating the Cost of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - In this brief, researchers analyze the cost burden associated with excess rates of diseases such as diabetes, hyp ... more
Urban Malnutrition Increases In CAR "The global financial crisis has led to an alarming rate of urban malnutrition in the south of the Central African Republic, where diamond mines have ... more
Urban Institute: Estimating the Cost of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - In this brief, researchers analyze the cost burden associated with excess rates of diseases such as diabetes, hyp ... more
Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living i ... more
Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living i ... more
Given Barack Obama's somewhat cryptic and reluctant comment on ABC's "This Week" in an interview broadcast Sunday that what he saw on the video "was certainly inappropriate and deserves to be investig ... more
A team of researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has developed an intelligent surveillance system able to detect aberrant behaviour by drivers and people on foot crossing pedestr ... more
Today we honor the memory of 2,739 innocent Americans murdered by 19 Muslim terrorists. It should not be a day dedicated to left-wing activism, as proclaimed by Community Organizer-in-Chief Barack Oba ... more
Today was an edifying data dump day. As the Census released its 2008 findings of its survey of insurance coverage and poverty, the Urban Institute released further results of its fall 2008 Massachuset ... more
Living without a car in close proximity to fast food restaurants is associated with excess body mass index and weight gain, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published ... more
Living without a car in close proximity to fast food restaurants is associated with excess body mass index and weight gain, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published ... more
by Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today The number of people who check out of hospitals against medical advice has grown dramatically, according to the Agency for Healthcare Rese ... more
It's hard to believe that this actually came from the usually Obama-gushing CNN. The clear take-home message is that if we don't fix things and fix them pretty quickly, "all of our taxis could rise to ... more
Researchers used the warm days in August to map out the urban climate in the dutch cities of Rotterdam and Arnhem. During four time intervals on a 24 hours' day, mobile traverse measurements were carr ... more
A new study reports that a gene variant carried by about a third of the population plays a major role in this group #8217;s response to an anti-clotting medicine, clopidogrel (Plavix). People with the ... more
The Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) and the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) today announced that they have selected Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) to provide high-speed broadband ser ... more
According to Dr. Stephen Parente of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, the CBO used outdated models to determine short- and long-term costs of Barack Obama's health care reform package. Newer a ... more
A mother's exposure to urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can adversely affect a child's intelligence quotient or IQ, a study reports. PAHs are chemicals released in ... more
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced that it will provide several housing assistance grants to help low-income families living with HIV/AIDS, the ... more
Urban allotments, reading groups and computer training for the over 50s are just some of the good practice initiatives featured as part of a new approach to public mental health and well-being, announ ... more