http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Britain's National Health Service faces a "financial crisis" in the next few years unless the government presses ahead with its under-fire reform plans, the health minister warned Thursday. http://phys.org/news226230149.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:42:42 EST news226230149 Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?" http://phys.org/news226228991.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:23:37 EST news226228991 A new report shows that older people who receive Guided Care, a new form of primary care, use fewer expensive health services compared to older people who receive regular primary care. Research published in the March 2011 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine found that after 20 months of a randomized controlled trial, Guided Care patients experienced, on average, 30 percent fewer home health care episodes, 21 percent fewer hospital readmissions, 16 percent fewer skilled nursing facility days, and 8 percent fewer skilled nursing facility admissions. Only the reduction in home health care episodes was statistically significant. http://phys.org/news219340604.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:57:11 EST news219340604 The coalition government's Health and Social Care Bill is a missed opportunity to deliver the improvements in children's health services in England that are urgently needed, warn experts in a paper published in the British Medical Journal today. http://phys.org/news218863727.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:28:59 EST news218863727 When a disaster's physical evidence is gone -- debris removed, shooter arrested, ashes cold -- the psychological effects of the disaster on emergency responders and civilians involved still may burn. http://phys.org/news218217648.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:01:16 EST news218217648 Adolescence can herald the onset of major depression and the associated short- and long-term consequences including developmental and social impairment. Research that focuses on access to treatment for adolescents with depression can shine a bright light on the persistent disparities based on race and ethnicity. Unfortunately such research reinforces the fact that equitable mental health care across all individuals and communities has yet to be achieved. http://phys.org/news217607334.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:40:06 EST news217607334 Despite the intent of recent mental health "parity" legislation, including the Affordable Care Act, even steep reductions in co-pays for outpatient mental health care will not motivate more seniors in managed care plans to seek that care, according to a new study by Brown University researchers. http://phys.org/news216384769.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:53:04 EST news216384769 The major challenge for public health in the era of genomics is to generate the base of evidence necessary to demonstrate when use of genomic information in public health can improve health outcomes in a safe, effective and cost-effective manner, participants at an international meeting have concluded. http://phys.org/news210344958.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:10:01 EST news210344958 Binge-drinking teenagers may be putting themselves at higher risk in adulthood for mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, Loyola University Health System researchers report. http://phys.org/news209059018.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:10:01 EST news209059018 Roughly 100,000 juvenile offenders are released each year from U.S. correctional facilities and reenter the community, but little research has been done on the types of neighborhoods they end up in, including the risks they face and the types of resources available to them. http://phys.org/news207302123.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:55:45 EST news207302123 (PhysOrg.com) -- Recent news headlines across the United States have shed light on mental health concerns among teens and young adults in distress -- whether questioning their sexual orientation or dealing with an unhealthy relationship -- where others resorted to bullying, harassment and other violence against them. The most visible recent incidents involved four male teens who committed suicide in September, in separate incidents, after enduring homophobic bullying or harassment from peers. http://phys.org/news206200904.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:01:58 EST news206200904 Many young people with mental health problems are at risk of falling through a huge gap in provision when they move from adolescent to adult care services, according to new research from the University of Warwick. http://phys.org/news206005571.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:46:35 EST news206005571 For suicidal adolescents, the emergency department (ED) is most often the chosen portal to mental health services. New research, presented Friday, Oct. 1, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco, looks at what happens to the 30 percent of suicidal adolescents who are discharged from the ED and whether they go on to access additional mental health services. http://phys.org/news205131541.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:59:22 EST news205131541 Families from rural Mexico who receive health care from centralized clinics run by the federal government pay up to 30 percent less in out-of-pocket expenses and utilize preventive services more often than those families who access decentralized clinics run by states, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health. http://phys.org/news203666182.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:56:51 EST news203666182 Interactive online mental health resources combined with traditional counselling help improve the mental wellbeing of teenagers, according to new research by the University of Sydney published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services. http://phys.org/news203067140.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:32:51 EST news203067140 (PhysOrg.com) -- Each back-to-school season comes with nervousness for both parents and students. However, parents whose children suffer from food allergies are often more anxious than others; they cannot be at school tio protect their children from potentially life-threatening foods. http://phys.org/news201274485.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:50:01 EST news201274485 Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the ten most disabling diseases in the developed world and is set to become more of a financial burden on health services as average life expectancy increases. http://phys.org/news183382937.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:01 EST news183382937 Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study—the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs and preventative healthcare compliance—to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://phys.org/news169147681.html Other Sciences Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:28:35 EST news169147681 (Toronto: May 14, 2009) A study looking at Canadian-educated registered nurses working in the USA found that opportunities for ongoing education, including formal support for graduate education and ease of licensure, in addition to full-time employment, were key factors that contribute to the migration of Canadian nurses to the USA, particularly baccalaureate-educated nurses. http://phys.org/news161529190.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 14:13:54 EST news161529190 The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived in Boston suffering from symptoms of traumatic stress, interfering with their meditative practice. The monks were diagnosed by their traditional healers as having srog-rLung, a life-wind imbalance. Recognizing that barriers exist between western and eastern medicine, the BCRHHR researched and implemented its own complementary therapy options to heal them. These findings appear online in the March issue of Mental Health, Religion and Culture. http://phys.org/news156155738.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:36:07 EST news156155738 (AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest one-story brick building on a hillside, has never been busier. People who recently lost their jobs and health insurance fill the waiting rooms, and their cars jam into the clinic's 50-space parking lot - with much of the overflow ending up at the nightclub next door. http://phys.org/news156087127.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:32:33 EST news156087127 Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. http://phys.org/news149344384.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:33:04 EST news149344384 More people who need mental health services will seek follow-up care if the price is right, Brown University researchers have found. http://phys.org/news149271928.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:25:28 EST news149271928 Patients enter hospitals every day for a variety of reasons but usually without the thought of developing a new health problem. Yet every year thousands of hospitalized Americans acquire infections during hospital stays, causing risk of complications, prolonged stays and an increased burden on the health-care system. http://phys.org/news134129181.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:06:21 EST news134129181