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Hospital management practices may put women at risk for C-sections, complications during childbirth

The FINANCIAL -- The way certain hospital labor and delivery units are managed may put healthy women at greater risk for cesarean deliveries and hemorrhage, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers and ...

Community-wide effort to fight childhood obesity shows promise

The FINANCIAL -- A large-scale effort to reduce childhood obesity in two low-income Massachusetts communities resulted in some modest improvements among schoolchildren over a relatively short period ...

Major funding to advance world’s first river blindness vaccine

The FINANCIAL -- The University of Liverpool is part of a new $3.6 million international project to put into action a strategic plan to create a preventative vaccine for River Blindness, with the ...

India’s innovative approach to mental healthcare explored

The FINANCIAL -- A new University of Liverpool study has identified innovative mental healthcare models being used in India, which have the potential to create profound positive change if implemented ...

Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival

The FINANCIAL -- There is strong evidence that expanding health insurance increases access to care, improves health in a variety of ways, and reduces mortality, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School ...

Liverpool programme leads the way in lung cancer treatment

The FINANCIAL -- An independent study on the impact of Liverpool’s Healthy Lung Programme, conducted by the University of Liverpool and Queen Mary University London, has found that it’s improving ...

Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected

The FINANCIAL -- Around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse, a figure higher than previously estimated and predicted to rise as populations age ...

Tablet 'overload' may be causing harm and putting lives at risk

The FINANCIAL -- Uncertainty and confusion over medicine use is affecting thousands of patients and their carers and, potentially, putting lives at risk, warn ...

AOA’s eye health-first stance lays bare convenience messaging

The FINANCIAL -- Rich in firebrands, online vision tests can't match the high bar that AOA adamantly upholds for Americans' comprehensive eye health and vision care, putting these companies under ...

Nearly One in Four New and Expectant Parents Have Never Heard of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

The FINANCIAL -- Pfizer Inc., in partnership with Parents magazine, announced on June 13 the results of a national survey of more than 2,000 new and expectant parents assessing their knowledge of ...

How to identify signs of abuse

The FINANCIAL -- According to the AOA Standards of Professional Conduct, "Optometrists have the responsibility to identify signs of abuse and neglect in children, dependent adults and elders and to ...

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation

The FINANCIAL -- Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new ...

Let patients know that dietary changes can positively and negatively affect eye health

The FINANCIAL -- With an alphabet soup of dietary crazes and concerns, from gluten-free to paleo to vegan, it's not always easy for doctors of optometry to advise patients on how what they eat can ...

Balancing patient health, safety with technological progress

The FINANCIAL -- Optometry has long embraced the newest technologies that enhance and promote quality patient care, and continues to do so to this day. However, some of today's advances aren't ...

Largest genome-wide study of lung cancer susceptibility conducted

The FINANCIAL -- A new study conducted by an international team of lung cancer researchers, including Professor John Field from the University’s Institute of Translational Medicine, have identified ...

Survey finds Medicaid enrollees satisfied with coverage, physician access

The FINANCIAL -- Enrollees in Medicaid reported in a nationwide survey that they’re largely satisfied with the health care they receive under the program, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. ...

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed

The FINANCIAL -- Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – much harder, and sometimes impossible, to ...

Childhood obesity major link to hip diseases

The FINANCIAL -- New research from the University, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood journal, shows a strong link between childhood obesity and hip diseases in ...

Misapplication of sunscreen leaves people vulnerable to skin cancer

The FINANCIAL -- When applying sunscreen people miss on average 10 per cent of their face, the most common site for skin cancer, according to University of Liverpool research presented at the British ...

1.2m people predicted to have dementia by 2040

The FINANCIAL -- A new study conducted by an international team of researchers, based at the University of Liverpool and University College London, has revealed that by 2040 there will be over 1.2 ...

Diabetes increasing at alarming rates in sub-Saharan Africa

The FINANCIAL -- Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic that could have devastating health and economic consequences for the region unless quick and decisive ...

Philips and Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine Holdings sign agreement to open first-of-its-kind oncology center in Singapore

The FINANCIAL -- Royal Philips and the Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine Holdings (SAM) on July 6 announced a collaboration with Varian Medical Systems and IBA Worldwide to build the new ...

Occupational therapy eases depression in patients with age-related macular degeneration

The FINANCIAL -- With any type of medical condition, a loss of independence can lead to growing feelings of depression. People living with age-related macular degeneration experience a gradual ...

Are people ‘rolling the dice’ when it comes to food safety?

The FINANCIAL -- A new study, conducted by a team of UK based researchers involving the University of Liverpool, Bangor University and the University of Manchester, known as the ENIGMA Project, has ...

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Hospital management practices may put women at risk for C-sections, complications during childbirth

Community-wide effort to fight childhood obesity shows promise

Major funding to advance world’s first river blindness vaccine

India’s innovative approach to mental healthcare explored

Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival

Liverpool programme leads the way in lung cancer treatment

Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected

Tablet 'overload' may be causing harm and putting lives at risk

AOA’s eye health-first stance lays bare convenience messaging

Nearly One in Four New and Expectant Parents Have Never Heard of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

How to identify signs of abuse

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation

Let patients know that dietary changes can positively and negatively affect eye health

Balancing patient health, safety with technological progress

Largest genome-wide study of lung cancer susceptibility conducted

Survey finds Medicaid enrollees satisfied with coverage, physician access

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed

Childhood obesity major link to hip diseases

Misapplication of sunscreen leaves people vulnerable to skin cancer

1.2m people predicted to have dementia by 2040

Diabetes increasing at alarming rates in sub-Saharan Africa

Philips and Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine Holdings sign agreement to open first-of-its-kind oncology center in Singapore

Occupational therapy eases depression in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Are people ‘rolling the dice’ when it comes to food safety?

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