News tagged with care providers
Survey: Men may not be adequately involved in decisions about prostate cancer screening
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Men largely make decisions about prostate cancer screening based on conversations with their clinicians, but these discussions often do not include information about the risks of testing in addition to the benefits, according ...
Researchers believe hormone therapy should not be stopped prior to mammograms
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are recommending that menopausal women on hormone therapy (HT) continue their treatment prior to having their annual mammogram screenings. These ...
New Web site promotes interoperable newborn screening data
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created ...
Too many ways to say 'it hurts'
Jul 29, 2009 |
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There are at least 100 ways to say, "It hurts!" And that is the problem.
Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As childhood obesity continues its thirty-year advance from occasional curiosity to cultural epidemic, health care providers are struggling to find out why--and the reasons are many. Increasingly ...
Incorporating education in exercise programs increases benefits for arthritis patients
Oct 08, 2008 |
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Arthritis is the nation's most common cause of disability. The number of adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis is projected to increase to 67 million by 2030, and a large proportion of U.S. adults will limit their activity ...
Don't ask, don't tell doesn't work in prenatal care
Sep 30, 2008 |
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While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as well on abuse of other substances that can harm a woman's unborn baby. A new study appearing in ...
Making patients move requires the right exercise advice
Jul 23, 2008 |
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It is common knowledge that regular exercise supports physical and mental well-being. Despite this and recommendations from health care providers, the majority of patients with chronic illnesses remain inactive. In a new ...
