The quality of outpatient medical care received by people with chronic health problems has a direct impact on the quality of their daily lives, according to a study by researchers from the RAND Corporation and UCLA that is among the first to link better outpatient care to improved health outcomes among non-elderly patients.
Instead of dismissing grumblings about being tired or exhausted, people should take these complaints seriously before they lead to a worsened health state or even death, says a University of Alberta researcher investigating fatigue.
The months-long outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Kenya appears to be in decline after more than 500 suspected cases, 169 of them fatal, there and in Somalia, the United Nations health agency reported today.
The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of Canada (GOC) applauds the recommendation by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) that all Canadian girls and women aged 9 to 26 should be routinely vaccinated with GARDASIL to protect them against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
A new study examined direct medical costs of children with JIA and found that the economic impact was substantial.
A new study examined the effects of physical activity over a long period in older adults, many of whom were overweight, and found that exercise neither protects against nor increases the risk of knee OA.
Nutrition 21, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXXI) reported today that a peer reviewed analysis on chromium picolinate was published in the current edition of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.
An NHS trust – Primary Care Trust (PCT) – which refused to fund a drug for a former Halifax MP who is losing her sight has announced it will review its decision.
Australian scientists have developed a drug that may stop people from dying of septic shock after surgery preventing kidney failure brought on by post-operative complications.
In 49 young people who died suddenly and inexplicably at an average age of 14, conventional autopsies found no cause of death.