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The future's bright, the future's talking Zimmers and robo-petsWALKING frames that remind their users where they are going and coffee tables that act as home medicine dispensaries are just some of the technologies that could help cut down
Scotsman Tuesday, October 20, 2009Health chiefs are warned 'overworked midwives burning out'CONCERNS that midwives are "burning out" because they look after too many mothers and their
babies were raised with health officials yesterday.
Scotsman Tuesday, October 20, 2009Kidney unit hit by faults delayCAMPAIGNERS have voiced concern that the opening of a kidney facility at a new Glasgow hospital has been delayed because of a design fault.
Scotsman Tuesday, October 20, 2009Healthier U.S. school meals boost costs: studyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Improving nutritional value of U.S. school food programs by increasing servings of fruits, vegetables and whole grains could increase the cost of breakfast by as much as 25 percent and lunch by 9 percent, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Reuters Tuesday, October 20, 2009July 4 swine flu outbreak shows pattern of virusWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 new cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy got infected with swine flu at July 4 barbecue and fireworks display but quick isolation measures got it under control within two weeks, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Reuters Tuesday, October 20, 2009Major swine flu outbreak at US Air Force Academy, unique opportunity to study virus behavior(Elsevier Health Sciences) Investigators from the US Air Force Academy and US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Consult Service capitalized on a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights about the natural behavior of the nH1N1 virus, including shedding patterns, during a recent large-scale outbreak at the US Air Force Academy. Results are reported in an article published online on Oct. 20, 2009, by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. It is the first published study of its kind.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, October 20, 2009Illness often undiscovered and undertreated among the uninsured: Harvard study(Physicians for a National Health Program) A new study shows uninsured American adults with chronic illnesses like diabetes, high cholesterol or hypertension often go undiagnosed and undertreated, leading to an increased risk of costly, disabling and even lethal complications of their disease. The researchers, based at Harvard Medical School and the affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance, analyzed data on 15,976 US non-elderly adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2006.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, October 20, 2009Psychiatric disorders and sexual trauma are associated with lower urinary tract symptoms(Elsevier Health Sciences) Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. In a study published online in the Journal of Urology, researchers from the Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, explored the possible association of LUTS with those factors.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, October 20, 2009Life-Saving H1N1 Drug Unavailable To MostThe H1N1 virus can make healthy people suddenly very ill, and once people are ill the vaccine for the virus won't help cure them. Some doctors say they'd use an experimental drug to help rescue patients on the brink - if only they were allowed, CBS News reports.
cbs2chicago.com Tuesday, October 20, 2009Pot Advocates: Looser Guidelines Leave QuestionsLoosening of federal guidelines on medical marijuana does not dispel decades of mistrust
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