Community Health Digest

11/30/09 - Low-income women 4 times more likely to report fair or poor health

11/30/09 Low-income women 4 times more likely to report fair or poor health

EurekAlert (press release) 

And mid-life, low-income women have higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease — three of four chronic health conditions examined in ...

11/30/09 - Can Exposure to Low Oxygen Levels Benefit Heart Failure Patients?

11/30/09 Can Exposure to Low Oxygen Levels Benefit Heart Failure Patients?

FOXBusiness

Montefiore is a national leader in the research and treatment of diabetes, headaches, obesity, cough and sleep disorders, geriatrics and geriatric ...

11/30/09 - Asthma: When Inhalers Fail

11/30/09 Asthma: When Inhalers Fail

AddPR.com (press release)

treatment with the increasing costs of both medical care and Doctors are witnessing a disturbing trend in the use of inhaled medications for asthma...

11/30/09 CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread flu activity

11/30/09 CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread flu activity

Two-thirds of the pediatric deaths linked to H1N1 have occurred in children with underlying illnesses such as asthma and neurological disorders, ...

11/30/2009 Collaborative working empowers staff to cut the number of cardiac arrests

11/30/2009 Collaborative working empowers staff to cut the number of cardiac arrests

Nursing Times 

Emma Donaldson, mbchb, MA, is quality improvement research fellow, Salford Royal Foundation Trust; Peter Murphy,MA, RGN, is assistant director of nursing ...

11/30/09 Autism Treatment Works in Kids as Young as 18 Mos.

11/30/09 Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 mos.

The Associated Press - Lindsey Tanner

Early autism treatment has been getting more attention, but it remains controversial because there's scant rigorous evidence showing it really works. ...

11/30/09 NC State Research Shows Need for National HIV Strategy

11/30/09 NC State Research Shows Need For National HIV Strategy

dBusinessNews Minneapolis (press release)

The paper, “Beyond the IT Magic Bullet: HIV Prevention Education and Public Policy,” is published in the November issue of the Journal of Health Disparities ...

11/30/09 US Records Increase in Kids with Down Syndrome

11/30/09 US Records Increase in Kids With Down Syndrome

MSN Health & Fitness

The US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has more on Down syndrome. SOURCES: Adolfo Correo, MD, Ph.D., supervisory medical officer, ...

11/24/09 IBM Takes Unusual Step on Worker Healthcare Coverage

11/25/09 IBM Takes Unusual Step on Worker Healthcare Coverage

Safety.BLR.com

At a time when companies are trimming back their involvement in employee health care, IBM is taking a different approach. The company announced that ...

11/25/09 Team-based Care Involving a Pharmacist Improves Blood Pressure Control

11/25/09 Team-based care involving a pharmacist improves blood pressure control

EurekAlert (press release)

... to keep them in their own homes longer, the medical home is a promising innovation that can fuel advancements in team-based chronic disease management. ...

11/25/09 Study Links MS with Childhood Obesity

11/25/09 Study links MS with childhood obesity

Mother Nature Network

But according to a new study published in the journal Neurology, health experts might also have to add childhood obesity to that list. ...

11/24/09 - Medicaid and CHIP outreach effort launched by groups throughout U.S.

11/24/09 - Medicaid and CHIP outreach effort launched by groups throughout U.S.

American Medical News, amednews.com

The Dept. of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly half of the grants in its largest-ever effort to sign up children who are eligible for federal health programs but not enrolled in them ....

11/24/09 20 Advances to Be Thankful For

11/24/09 20 Advances to Be Thankful For Wall Street Journal- News about health often focuses on the negative: scary new flu viruses, incurable diseases, dashed hopes for miracle drugs. Maybe that's because we have such high expectations that doctors and scientists can fix anything. 

11/24/09 Children Who Lack Continuity with a Regular Health Care Provider Miss Needed...

11/24/09 Children who lack continuity with a regular health care provider miss needed ...

Genetic Engineering News (press release) - Tamara Hargens-Bradley

OHSU is the source of more than 200 community outreach programs that bring health and education services to every county in the state.

11/24/09 Maternal Depression Can Stress Child's Health

11/24/09  Maternal Depression Can Stress Child's Health

PsychCentral.com - Rick Nauert

By Rick Nauert phd Senior News Editor Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center analyzed data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American ...

11/24/09 Achieving Asthma Control in Preschoolers

11/24/09 Achieving asthma control in preschoolers

EurekAlert (press release)

Asthma is the commonest chronic disease in children and a major reason for admissions to hospital, yet inadequate asthma control is present in 26% to 45% of ...

11/23/2009 Burned Out, Depressed Surgeons More Likely to Commit More Major Medical Errors

11/23/2009 Burned Out, Depressed Surgeons More Likely to Commit More Major Medical Errors  Science Daily  The new findings suggest that the mental well-being of the surgeon is associated with a higher rate of self-reported medical errors, something that may ...

11/23/09 - Survey: Americans Unaware Or Ignoring Diabetes Risks

11/23/09 Survey: Americans Unaware Or Ignoring Diabetes Risks

Ozarks First 

(Alexandria, VA) -- A new survey by the American Diabetes Association finds many people are unaware of the health risks caused by diabetes. ...

11/23/09 - New Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination Based On Genetics

11/23/09 New Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination Based On Genetics

AHN - David Goodhue

The law also makes it illegal for health insurers to require genetic tests to determine coverage or set premiums. It affects companies with 15 or more ...

11/23/09 - Dust mites can trigger asthma

11/23/09 Dust mites can trigger asthma

Times Daily

Q: My grandchildren have asthma. What's the best way to clean carpets of dust mites: steam cleaners or dry chemicals? A: In most homes, ...