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TV news on organ donation says little about need, how to become a donor
Mar 31, 2009 |
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More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant, and an average of 17 die waiting each day, according to University of Illinois communication professor Brian Quick.
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Highlighting racial disparities increases coverage and effectiveness of health news
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Effective communication of health news is needed to raise awareness and encourage behavior changes in populations who experience health disparities, or inequalities in health status, according to the U.S. Department of Health ...
Physician Communication Skills Essential for Patient Adherence
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UC Riverside and Texas State University find that patients are more likely to follow treatment regimens when doctors are better communicators.
Study finds improved communication encourages patients to seek colorectal cancer screening
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Improved communication among patients and primary care physicians increases the chances those due for colorectal cancer screening will follow their doctors' advice and complete the procedure, a University at Buffalo study ...
Peer Behavior, Not Communication Overload, Determines Mobile Device Use in Meetings, Study Shows
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Organizational norms and social cues, not communication overload, are the strongest predictors of whether individuals use their laptops or smart phones to electronically multitask during a meeting, according ...
New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?
May 19, 2009 |
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With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.
Negative, localized online news garners more attention, study finds
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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According to the "hardwired for news" theory, people devote more attention to information that is deviant or threatening. To test the theory, University of Missouri researchers examined the physiological effects of reading ...
Walk, don't drive! Community promotion of physical activity has 2-fold benefit
Aug 03, 2009 |
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About half of the car trips in the U.S. are less than five miles—a distance easily navigated by walking or cycling. Reducing short-distance car trips has many benefits—it decreases car accidents, has positive benefits for ...
Patient-doctor communication is worse for blacks than for whites, study finds
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Black patients with high blood pressure experience poorer communication with their doctors than white patients do, a study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has found.
Health information not communicated well to minority populations, researcher finds
Oct 30, 2009 |
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According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans suffer from low health literacy¬, a mismatch between patients' abilities to understand healthcare information and providers' abilities ...
Pets bring health, happiness and healing
May 27, 2009 |
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Doctors may soon be prescribing their patients a script to adopt a cat or dog, given a recent study found an estimated $3.86 billion was saved on health spending in Australia, due to the benefits of pet ownership.
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