News articles tagged with 'care' (Page 2)
Acupuncture for pain no better than placebo and not without harm
— 28 Mar 2011 17:57 | HealthAlthough acupuncture is commonly used for pain control, doubts about its effectiveness and safety remain. Investigators from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth (Exeter, UK) and…
Europe-wide survey reveals priorities for end-of-life care
— 28 Mar 2011 16:47 | HealthA survey of over 9,000 people in seven different countries across Europe has shown that the majority would want to improve the quality of life in the time they had left, rather than…
Regions with higher rate of diagnoses have lower fatality rate for chronic conditions
— 16 Mar 2011 13:22 | HealthAn examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for chronic…
Nursing home boom in China has little government involvement
— 15 Mar 2011 19:35 | HealthA nursing home industry is booming in China as a rapid increase in the proportion of its elderly population forces a nationwide shift from traditional family care to institutional care,…
Collaborative care program reduces depression, anxiety in heart disease patients
— 9 Mar 2011 20:29 | HealthParticipants in the first hospital-initiated, low-intensity collaborative care program to treat depression in heart patients showed significant improvements in their depression, anxiety…
Health Bill unlikely to improve children's health services, warn child health experts
— 9 Mar 2011 20:02 | HealthThe coalition government's Health and Social Care Bill is a missed opportunity to deliver the improvements in children's health services in England that are urgently needed, warn experts…
Chronic disease care poorer in nursing and residential homes under GP target scheme
— 9 Mar 2011 19:59 | HealthThe quality of chronic disease care under the GP pay for performance system is poorer for residents of care homes than those living in the community, according to a study published…
New perspective diminishes racial bias in pain treatment
— 8 Mar 2011 14:26 | HealthYears of research show black patients getting less treatment in the American health care system than their white counterparts, but a new study suggests that a quick dose of empathy…
The sorry state of health of US medicine
— 8 Mar 2011 14:05 | HealthAs the debate about healthcare in the United States rages, four insightful articles in the March 2011 issue of The American Journal of Medicine strive to add reasoned arguments and…
Young adults with chronic illnesses have poorer educational, vocational and financial outcomes
— 8 Mar 2011 13:17 | HealthMost young adults who grow up with chronic illness graduate high school and have employment, but those with cancer, diabetes, or epilepsy are significantly less likely than their healthy…