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GPs have difficulty spotting depression among their patients, a review of research suggests.The overview of studies involving more than 50,000 patients found substantial numbers were missed or wrongly...

found 39 percent of U.S. workers say they have not received a raise this year or that their compensation has decreased. Among the other findings: 20 percent reported there is more conflict/stress...

Adherence to modifiable lifestyle and dietary factors including maintaining normal weight, daily vigorous exercise, eating a diet high in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products and low in sodium and taking a folic acid supplement was associated with a significantly lower incidence of self-reported hypertension among women, according to a study ...

finds that 39 percent of U.S. workers say they have not received a raise this year or that their compensation has decreased. Among the other findings: Twenty percent reported there is more confli...

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The following are stories from this week's 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention meeting in Cape Town, South Africa: SciDev.

Two leaflets from Britain's National Health Service have provoked controversy over government messages on sexuality among teenagers and the elderly, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, the leaflet for teens, titled 'Pleasure,' says that daily sex 'keeps the doctor away.

(American cancer Society) Men with early stages of prostate cancer who delay radical treatment in favor of an approach of 'expectant management' do not have high levels of anxiety and distress.

Background: The incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has risen dramatically in the U.S., particularly among children. Although Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization has been inversely associated with S. aureus colonization in unvaccinated children, this and other risk factors for S. aureus carriage have not been assessed following widespread use of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). Our objectives were to (1) determine the prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA colonization in young children in the context of widespread use of PCV7; and (2) examine risk factors for S. aureus colonization in the post-PCV7 era, including the absence of vaccine-type S. pneumoniae colonization. Methods: Swabs of the anterior nares (S. aureus) were obtained from children enrolled in an ongoing study of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization of healthy children in 8 Massachusetts communities. Children 3 months to <7 years of age seen for well ch

Abortion opponent Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and abortion-rights supporter Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) held a press conference on Thursday to announce a bill that aims to reduce the need for abortion by preventing unintended pregnancies, among other proposals, the new york Times' 'The Caucus' reports.