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Mental Health Cuts In The UK May Endanger Patients Lives
By Jenn Loro | Nov 12, 2015 12:00 PM ESTMental health patients may face serious consequences now that the UK government has implemented budget cuts for mental health programs.
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Acne Sufferers are Taking Antibiotics for too Long, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 30, 2015 03:13 PM EDTPeople suffering with severe acne often remain on antibiotics for too long, a new study concluded.
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Therapy Effective For Older And African-American Lung Cancer Patients
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 26, 2014 10:03 AM ESTFood and Drug Administration-approved therapy could be effective in treating both older and African American patients suffering from advanced lung cancer who may not be candidates for chemotherapy, according to a new study.
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Coordinated Emergency Response Effort Beneficial for Patients
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 25, 2014 09:40 AM ESTCoordinated emergency response effort modeled after a program that began at Duke Medicine to speed up heart attack appears to have saved lives, according to a new study.
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Education and Support Program Helps Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 19, 2014 10:36 AM ESTIn a new study, researchers found that a support and education group had a positive effect on newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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Electronic Monitoring Device May Help Lower Salt Intake
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 17, 2014 10:37 AM ESTUsing an electronic monitoring device may help heart failure patients and their families stick to a low-salt diet, according to a new research.
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Mortality Rates Lower For Patients Cared For By Nurses With Bachelor's Degree, Study Finds
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 11, 2014 10:03 AM ESTPatients who receive most of their nursing care from nurses with bachelor science degrees had better care, fewer readmissions and shorter stays, a new study has found.
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Drugs for Arthritis, Pain can lead to Stroke Death
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 05, 2014 04:31 PM ESTAccording to a new study, certain pain relievers and drugs prescribed for arthritis can contribute to stroke death.
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Study Finds Higher Mortality Risk In Normal-Weight Diabetes Patients
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 30, 2014 10:15 AM EDTIn older adults with type 2 diabetes, muscle size may mediate the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality, according to a new study.
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Brain Abnormalities Found In Chronic Fatigue Patients
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 29, 2014 10:34 AM EDTResearchers have found distinct differences between the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and those of healthy people, according to a new study.
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Nearly 1 in 3 UK Lung Cancer Patients Dies Within 3 Months Of Diagnosis: Report
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 14, 2014 09:14 AM EDTFamily doctors may not be picking up the signs of lung cancer and investigating them as appropriately as they might, suggest the findings of a new study.
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Study Reports Hospital Patients do not Wash their Hands Enough
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 07, 2014 02:36 PM EDTAccording to a new study, even though hospital visitors, staff members and medical professionals are sanitizing their hands, hospital patients are not doing it enough.
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Exercise Improves Physical And Mental Health Among Dialysis Patients
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 03, 2014 09:09 AM EDTAerobic physical activity is strongly associated with better health-related quality of life, fewer depressive symptoms and prolonged life in kidney failure patients on dialysis, according to a new study.
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India’s Free HIV/AIDS Program will Run Out of Critical Drug
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 01, 2014 10:09 AM EDTAccording to officials, the HIV/AIDS program in India is set to run out of critical drugs.
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Treating Vitamin D Deficient ICU Patients with Supplements was not Beneficial
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 30, 2014 01:31 PM EDTA new study found that administering high-dose Vitamin D3 to ICU patients did not improve their outcomes.
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