Tag: Health Policy
When physicians integrate with hospitals, costs go up
Waist size is a forgotten factor in defining obesity: Waist size is just as important as BMI in defining obesity-related health risks
Investigators incorporate randomized trial within dialysis care delivery: Trial examines potential benefit of longer dialysis sessions
Low hand hygiene compliance in ICUs
Higher lead in topsoil boosts probability of cognitive difficulties in 5-year-old boys
Mandatory pre-season guidelines reduce heat illness among high school football players
Nurse work environments linked to outcomes
Exposure to chemical in Roundup increases risk for cancer, study finds
Push-up capacity linked with lower incidence of cardiovascular disease events among men
Turning desalination waste into a useful resource: Process could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient
‘Bug bombs’ are ineffective killing roaches indoors: Also leave behind toxic residue
Removing sweets from checkouts linked to dramatic fall in unhealthy snack purchases
Average outpatient visit in US approaching $500
Villagers follow the geology to safer water in Bangladesh
Does the US discard too many transplantable kidneys?
Protecting against vaccine administration injury
Securing access to optimal cancer care through innovation, integration and sustainability
People who commute through natural environments daily report better mental health: This association is even stronger among active commuters
Globally, greater attention needed for seemingly ‘minor’ kidney damage
Study of 21 retired NFL and NHL players doesn’t find evidence of early onset dementia: UB researchers compared retired Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres players to non-contact sport athletes
Vaping draws strong support — from bots: A team’s study of Twitter posts found both robots and real human underplay the health risks associated with e-cigarettes.
Medicaid expansion boosts employment: Individuals with disabilities saw greater working rates in expansion states
Low-cost formulas in the manufacturing of non-stick food molds
Lifetime sentence: Incarcerated parents impact youth behavior: Unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, sex and alcohol abuse
It’s official — spending time outside is good for you
More than 8 million babies born from IVF since the world’s first in 1978: European IVF pregnancy rates now steady at around 36 percent, according to ESHRE monitoring
By 2035 over 4 million adults will be morbidly obese across England, Wales, and Scotland
Each hour of delay in detecting abnormal lactates in patients with sepsis increases the odds of in-hospital death: Earlier lactate measurements correlate with quicker treatment with antibiotics and better outcomes