News tagged with health outcomes
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Study of biomarker development in mice provides a roadmap for a similar approach in humans
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated in mice that the performance of a novel biomarker-development pipeline using targeted mass spectrometry is robust enough to support the use of an analogous ...
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Pay-for-performance does not improve patient health: study
As news outlets throughout Europe and the U.S. report on the plummeting health of Western adults and children, there is no shortage of culprits. One villain often bandied about is the "fee for service" system of incentives ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Researcher finds proximity to freeway associated with autism
Living near a freeway may be associated with increased risk of autism, according to a study published by a team of researchers from Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the Keck School of Medicine of the University ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Relationships improve your odds of survival by 50 percent
A new Brigham Young University study adds our social relationships to the "short list" of factors that predict a person's odds of living or dying.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Health choices predict cancer survival
Head and neck cancer patients who smoked, drank, didn't exercise or didn't eat enough fruit when they were diagnosed had worse survival outcomes than those with better health habits, according to a new study from the University ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Study suggests flexible workplaces promote better health behavior and well-being
A flexible workplace initiative improved employees' health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management, according to a new study by University of Minnesota sociology ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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New study identifies gaps in NIH funding success rates for black researchers
Black scientists were significantly less likely than their white counterparts to receive research funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to an analysis of data from 2000 to 2006.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Babies born earlier in areas near busy road junctions
Babies are born earlier when their mothers live near a concentration of freeways and main roads, a study of 970 mothers and their newborn babies in Logan City, south of Brisbane, has found.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Children of working moms face more health problems
Children of working mothers are significantly more likely to experience health problems, including asthma and accidents, than children of mothers who don't work, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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High-spending hospitals may save more lives
Studies have shown that regions spending more on medical care, such as Miami, do not have better health outcomes than regions that spend relatively less, such as Minneapolis. However, less is known about how medical spending ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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New study finds reminders for immunizations challenging for pediatric practices
A new study led by researchers at the Children's Outcomes Research (COR) Program at The Children's Hospital and Colorado Health Outcomes Program (COHO) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine explores the barriers, ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Sex, race, and geography influence health outcomes following primary HIV infection
Women, nonwhites, and people in the southern United States who were newly infected with HIV and followed for an average of four years experienced greater HIV/AIDS-related morbidity compared to men and people of other races ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 18, 2011 |
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National study: Abortion does not cause depression or low self-esteem in adolescents
A new study has determined that teenagers who have abortions are no more likely to become depressed or have low self-esteem than their peers whose pregnancies do not end in abortion.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Losing your religion deemed unhealthy
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who leave strict religious groups are more likely to say their health is worse than members who remain in the group, according to a Penn State researcher.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Higher education predicts better cardiovascular health outcomes in high-income countries
In one of the first international studies to compare the link between formal education and heart disease and stroke, the incidence of these diseases and certain risk factors decreased as educational levels increased in high-income ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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