News tagged with health services
Men's masculinity beliefs are a barrier to preventative health care
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study—the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs ...
Yes, the grass IS greener: Why Canadian nurses go -- and stay -- in the USA
May 14, 2009 |
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(Toronto: May 14, 2009) A study looking at Canadian-educated registered nurses working in the USA found that opportunities for ongoing education, including formal support for graduate education and ease of licensure, in addition ...
Researchers discover ways of integrating treatment of traumatized Tibetan refugee monks
Mar 13, 2009 |
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The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived ...
Safety net health centers struggle to meet demand
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest ...
Gay and bisexual African-American men have the lowest use of prostate testing
Dec 24, 2008 |
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Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles ...
With mental health insurance, price matters
Dec 23, 2008 |
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More people who need mental health services will seek follow-up care if the price is right, Brown University researchers have found.
Taking action against hospital acquired infection
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Patients enter hospitals every day for a variety of reasons but usually without the thought of developing a new health problem. Yet every year thousands of hospitalized Americans acquire infections during hospital stays, ...
