News tagged with social medicine
Strong social networks mean less stress for parents
A U of A professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy has found that those conversations with fellow parents around the barbeque or at the playground can be important to maintaining a happy family.
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Scientists create vaccine against heroin high
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a highly successful vaccine against a heroin high and have proven its therapeutic potential in animal models.
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Quantifying fragmentation of medical information
It's widely recognized that fragmentation of medical information is a problem in health care, but the extent of the problem and how many patients may be at risk haven't been well quantified. In a new retrospective study, ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Social tools prove powerful for online health programs
In an era when social networking sites and blogs are visited by three quarters of online users, it's only natural that the medical profession would also tap into the power of social media tools.
Dec 07, 2010 |
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New survey on sex in US, biggest since 1994
(AP) -- The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers.
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Scientists pave way for improved teamwork on collaborative research efforts
Tackling today's complex scientific questions often requires work from interdisciplinary collaborative research teams - and working in those teams can create its own problems. Now a group of researchers from around the country, ...
Sep 15, 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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China syphilis infections up 30 percent each year: report
Rampant prostitution which has accompanied China's rapid economic growth is fuelling a 30 percent increase in syphilis infections each year, state media reported on Saturday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 12, 2010 |
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Seeking Health Info? Print Media Readers Make Healthier Choices
Even with the widespread use of the Internet to get our daily dose of information, people who rely on the print media for their health information - along with those who turn to community organizations - tend to do better ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Stealthy leads to healthy in effort to improve diet, study shows
How do you get college students to eat better? A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a "stealth" strategy of raising the students' awareness of environmental and social issues related to ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Regular analgesic use increases hearing loss in men
In a study published in the March 2010 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers determined that regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the risk of hea ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Friendship may help stem rise of obesity in children, study finds
Parents are acutely aware of the influence of friends on their children's behavior -- how they dress, how they wear their hair, whether they drink or smoke.
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Make your pets a part of your New Year's resolutions
(PhysOrg.com) -- When drawing up a list of New Year's resolutions, be sure to include your pets, says Lorraine Corriveau, a wellness veterinarian at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Human guinea pigs link pay and risk levels
Human guinea pigs do their homework before volunteering for high-paying clinical trials. New research shows that people equate large payments for participation in medical research with increased levels of risk. And when they ...
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Job insecurity leads to health problems in U.S. workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Persistent job insecurity poses a major threat to worker health, according to a new study published in the September issue of the peer-reviewed journal Social Science and Medicine.
Aug 27, 2009 |
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