News tagged with ill person
Hospitals, doctors deal with swine flu jitters
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Concerns about a possible pandemic have sent people streaming into crowded emergency rooms and walk-in clinics - not with swine flu, but the swine flu jitters.
Americans show little tolerance for mental illness despite growing belief in genetic cause
Aug 29, 2008 |
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A new study by University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Jason Schnittker shows that, while more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was ...
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Children seriously affected when a parent suffers from depression
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services ...
His and hers: Study examines the role of gender in the stigma of mental illness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The mentally ill don't get a fair shake in this country. Many employers don't want to hire them, and health insurers don't want to treat their illnesses. Even within their own communities and families, the mentally ill are ...
New swine flu deaths in Wis., Calif., Ill., Utah
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials in Wisconsin, California, Illinois and Utah reported deaths from swine flu on Thursday, and said all four patients had had other health problems.
Good hygiene goes a long way toward keeping pets, people healthy
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People may not be the only ones susceptible to the H1N1 virus this year - family pets also can fall victim to the influenza.
Chicago man diagnosed with West Nile virus
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Officials at the Chicago Department of Public Health are trying to find out how a 47-year-old man contracted West Nile encephalitis.
CDC advice for those with flulike symptoms
May 01, 2009 |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering advice to people wondering what to do if a family member takes ill with flulike symptoms. Some of the more important points:
Shigella bacteria found in baby carrots
Aug 24, 2007 |
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A California company is recalling bags of baby carrots because they may be contaminated with the bacteria Shigella.
Study: hospital staff joke about patients
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A new study finds hospital staff routinely crack jokes at the patient's expense while medical students learning about professionalism get mixed messages.
Siblings of mentally disabled face own lifelong challenges, according to researchers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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People who have a sibling with a mental illness are more likely to suffer episodes of depression at some point in their lives, say researchers who analyzed four decades of data.
Analysis of the personality of psychopaths by means of their drawings
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 14, 2009 |
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The ‘Analysis of the structure of language and dynamic of personality' research group of the University of Granada, Spain, has developed a method to analyse the personality of people with psychopathologic disorders by means ...
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