Findings of a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine show that a computerized mail and phone reminder program can significantly increase the percentage of patients receiving preventive health services and improve the value of health care.
Teaching doctors in Africa a low-tech operation to cut the cartilage of the symphysis pubis could save the lives of women in obstructed labor and their babies, according to an Essay in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.
While cosmetic minimally-invasive procedures continue to see an increase among all age groups, baby boomers are adding skin and body lift procedures in increasing numbers, according to statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and California’s Department of Health Services (CDHS) released a joint report on an extensive investigation into the causes of an E.coli O157:H7 outbreak last fall that was associated with contaminated Dole brand Baby Spinach and resulted in 205 confirmed illnesses and three deaths.
The Alzheimer’s Association reports that in 2007 there are now more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease. Someone develops Alzheimer?s every 72 seconds, according to new Alzheimer?s Association report.
Women who develop preeclampsia during pregnancy are more likely to develop certain dangerous autoantibodies than women with normal pregnancies, and these autoantibodies are still present two years after childbirth in about 20 percent of women who had the disorder, scientists from the University of Pittsburgh report in the March issue of Hypertension, the journal of the American Heart Association.
Medically treating post-partum depression may not be enough to improve a mother?s relationship with her baby, and is only part of the equation, according to a new study done in part by the University of Alberta.
More than a quarter of U.S. businesses have failed to plan for the effects of the aging American workforce, according to the results of a new national survey by researchers at Boston College.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft final guidance advising processors of fresh-cut produce how to minimize microbial food safety hazards common to the processing of most fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, which are often sold to consumers in a ready-to-eat form.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) announced today that John A. Martignetti, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Department of Genetics And Genomic Sciences, is a recipient of one of the 2006 Competitive Awards Program grants. Sixty-three research investigators from four countries received a total of $6.1 million in awards.