Category Archives: global health
Smartphone Apps Bolster Patient Engagement
Smartphone Apps Bolster Patient Engagement. I hope “focus on patient interest” doesn’t take away from the realistic image of a patient’s actual weight loss.
Are non-smokers smarter than smokers?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cigarette smokers have lower IQs than non-smokers, and the more a person smokes, the lower their IQ, a study in over 20,000 Israeli military recruits suggests.
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Can Doctors Tell Patients No? It’s Not Easy
Why? It’s hard for doctors to say no. A big reason is that they don’t want patients to be dissatisfied. Think parents who want antibiotics for their screaming kids’ ear infections, even though the evidence says that’s usually not the … Continue reading
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In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty
What if medical care came with a 90-day warranty? Slideshow
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Hospitals Could Stop Infections by Tackling Bacteria Patients Bring In, Studies Find
“Hundreds of thousands of patients each year suffer from infections after surgery, and experts say more than half of those infections stem from bacteria the patients themselves are carrying in their nose or on their skin. Otherwise harmless bacteria can … Continue reading
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Mapping the Human ‘Diseasome’
Researchers created a map linking different diseases, represented by circles, to the genes they have in common, represented by squares.
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The Doctor Will See You Now…On Video
New technologies allow doctors and patients to interact at far-flung locales.In today’s Doctor and Patient column, Dr. Pauline Chen writes about the promise and the disappointment of telemedicine, which is the use of video conferencing, the Internet and other technology … Continue reading
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Global Health Expert Laurie Garrett Discusses Pandemic Prevention and H1N1 with NPR
The first International Swine Flu Conference is underway in Washington, D.C. Medical industry leaders, public health officials, scientists, first responders and others will discuss the virus, known within the medical community as H1N1 — particularly issues of pandemic prevention, preparedness, … Continue reading
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Global Health Council
* Group: Global Health Council * Subject: Global Health Council at the G8 David Olson, the Global Health Council’s Director of Policy Communications, will be blogging all this week and sending updates via Twitter from the 2009 G8 Summit in … Continue reading
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Japan offers emergency grant assistance to IDPs
RAWALPINDI: Japan pledged on Tuesday a total of 10 million dollars in emergency grant aid as assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in FATA and the NWFP.
