http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Despite recent government efforts, the medical needs of about six million children in the United States are not being met, according to data from as recent as 2006. Even more troubling, researchers say, is the substantial growth in those numbers, from approximately 4.5 million children in 1998. http://www.physorg.com/news152205867.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:21 EST news152205867 A new study has found that in spite of their universal health care system which facilitates access to free dementia care, older adults in the United Kingdom are less willing to undergo dementia screening than their counterparts in the U.S. because the Britons perceive greater societal stigma from diagnosis of the disease than do Americans. http://www.physorg.com/news151240539.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:15:39 EST news151240539 A new study published in Value in Health estimates the extent of hospital admissions for individuals with diabetes and its economic burden in the U.S. The results show that, during 2005, Americans with diabetes had 3.5 times more hospital admissions than those without diabetes. Though only 7 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes, in a study of data from 2005, nearly 22 percent ($171 billion dollars) of hospital charges resulted from treating individuals with the condition. http://www.physorg.com/news151077389.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:56:29 EST news151077389 The drive toward containing health care costs could have the unintended consequence of reducing physician productivity, impairing quality and perhaps even increasing costs, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians suggest in a New England Journal of Medicine "Perspective." http://www.physorg.com/news150571662.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:27:42 EST news150571662 Helping adolescents with arthritis develop the skills and secure resources to assure that their health care needs are met as they transition to adulthood is an important issue in the U.S. In general, the frequency of which young people with special health care needs receive transition services is low and, to date, no studies have examined this frequency. http://www.physorg.com/news150560329.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:18:49 EST news150560329 Many older adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Seniors want to age in their own homes and avoid moving to institutions or nursing homes. University of Missouri researchers are using sensors, computers and communication systems, along with supportive health care services to monitor the health of older adults who are living at home. According to the researchers, motion sensor networks installed in seniors' homes can detect changes in behavior and physical activity, including walking and sleeping patterns. Early identification of these changes can prompt health care interventions that can delay or prevent serious health events. http://www.physorg.com/news150485444.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:44 EST news150485444 Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, knew there had to be a better way. He and Group Health colleagues set out 15 years ago to explore how best to engage patients with chronic diseases in effective care. With Robert Wood Johnson Foundation support, they developed the Chronic Care Model. More than 1,500 U.S. and international medical practices have adopted the Model. Now the largest roundup of evidence on how the Model performs in practice confirms that it works. This review is in the January/February 2009 issue of Health Affairs, focused on a key part of reforming health care: caring for chronic diseases in a "fragmented" health care system. http://www.physorg.com/news150448410.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:13:30 EST news150448410 Removing user fees for primary health care changed health utilization behaviour but did not improve health outcomes among households with children under the age of five in Ghana, says a new study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news150447459.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:57:39 EST news150447459 Two years ago, Holly Calvillo signed up for a new type of health insurance that was just starting to get popular. It had a nice low premium but a high deductible. Calvillo and her husband were young and healthy. She figured that with her employer's contributions to a health savings account, they would save money. http://www.physorg.com/news149842011.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:46:51 EST news149842011 More people who need mental health services will seek follow-up care if the price is right, Brown University researchers have found. http://www.physorg.com/news149271928.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:25:28 EST news149271928 Clinical pharmacy services can significantly reduce the cost of prescription drugs and save money elsewhere in the health care system, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. http://www.physorg.com/news149270450.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:00:50 EST news149270450 Chocolate, excitement and the stress of Christmas: these are not just a headache for parents. They are also responsible for triggering migraines in many young people. Learning how to manage stress and avoid triggers are just as important as getting the right medication. However the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) today stressed that parents and young people need to be warned about the risks of using migraine medications that have only been approved for adults. The Institute has analysed the latest research on migraines and published information for children and young people on informedhealthonline.org. http://www.physorg.com/news148734366.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:06:06 EST news148734366 Pregnant women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) before, during or after pregnancy often suffer adverse health effects, including depression, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and chronic mental illness. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that women who experience intimate partner violence are more likely to seek health care for their infants than non-abused women. Awareness of mothers with frequent infant health concerns can help health care providers identify and provide aid to women in abusive relationships. http://www.physorg.com/news148653406.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:36:46 EST news148653406 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has revealed the most commonly prescribed medication for Australian women is antidepressants. The study, by researchers from Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). http://www.physorg.com/news148641253.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:14:13 EST news148641253 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada. Although it is an incurable chronic disease, effective treatments exist to relieve symptoms and improve the course of the illness. http://www.physorg.com/news148585052.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:37:32 EST news148585052 The United States can learn from the Dutch Health Insurance System model, according to an article by Pauline V. Rosenau, Ph.D., in the December issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. http://www.physorg.com/news147795367.html Medicine & Health Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:16:07 EST news147795367 To heal our ailing health care system, we need to stop thinking like Americans. That's the message of two articles by UCLA's Dr. Marc Nuwer, a leading expert on national health care reform, published this week in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news147623687.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:34:47 EST news147623687 Children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news147372196.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:16 EST news147372196 A quarter of drug trials submitted in support of new drug applications to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) remain unpublished five years after the fact, says new research published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news146812337.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:12:17 EST news146812337 A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease (SCD) are receiving inadequate healthcare, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study, published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer, finds that the patients, mostly African Americans, often lack insurance or access to specialized sickle cell centers for treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news146769463.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:17:43 EST news146769463 A new study involving health care systems in 21 countries -- and the prospects for change in response to such common pressures as rising costs and aging populations -- casts doubt on the possibility of major overhauls of any of these systems because of the history and traditions that created them. http://www.physorg.com/news146747398.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:09:58 EST news146747398 A white paper, How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and Cost of Medical Care?, released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP) documents the value of primary care by reviewing 20 years of research. An annotated bibliography based on a literature review of more than 100 studies documents the evidence to support the critical importance of primary care in providing patients with better outcomes at lower cost, and the urgency of the need to prevent shortages of primary care physicians. http://www.physorg.com/news146320780.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:39:40 EST news146320780 It appears that for the first time human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), an emerging tick-borne infectious disease found in the U.S. and Europe, has been identified in China and apparently was transmitted from person to person, according to a study in the November 19 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news146248283.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:31:23 EST news146248283 Training physicians and caregivers to improve cultural sensitivity and communication with economically disadvantaged African-American patients could influence these women to get mammograms that could save their lives, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news145720989.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:03:09 EST news145720989 Leaders in health care and health care policy feel strongly that the way we pay for health care in the U.S. must be fundamentally reformed. The latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey reports that more than two-thirds (69%) of respondents expressed strong dissatisfaction with the current system, which is generally based on "fee-for-service" payment, saying the current system is not effective in encouraging high quality and efficient care. http://www.physorg.com/news144946516.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:55:16 EST news144946516 With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine, find that seven in ten registered voters say major changes are needed in the U.S. health care system. http://www.physorg.com/news144604183.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:49:43 EST news144604183 An estimated 2 million women in the United States are at risk of developing lymphedema, a condition that involves the chronic and abnormal swelling of the arm, chest, neck and/or back, as a complication of breast cancer treatment. While physicians will recommend proven techniques to manage the swelling, a University of Missouri researcher has found that patients often won't follow the recommendations, or they will use alternative treatments and not discuss them with their doctors. http://www.physorg.com/news144505033.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:17:13 EST news144505033 As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive conducted a new survey focused on whether voters believe the results of this presidential election will make "a great deal of difference" in the state of the nation's health care and other key policy areas. Although much has been made of voter cynicism in recent times, a majority of registered voters believe the outcome of this election will make a great deal of difference on key issues including the war in Iraq (63%), the economy (52%), the war in Afghanistan (50%), and national security (50%). This survey was conducted between October 16-19, 2008, by telephone among a national cross section of 957 registered voters in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news144417232.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:53:52 EST news144417232 As this year's flu season gets underway in the northern hemisphere, new research finds that when it comes to flu vaccination, more appears to be better. http://www.physorg.com/news144393292.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:14:52 EST news144393292 Approximately 4 percent of U.S. children and adolescents have a gap in health insurance coverage at some point during the year, even though they have at least one parent who is insured, according to a study in the October 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation. http://www.physorg.com/news143803814.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:30:14 EST news143803814