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Soap-sniffing Technology Encourages Hand Washing To Reduce Hospital-acquired Infections, Save Money
Using sensors capable of
detecting drugs in breath,
new technology monitors
health-care workers' hand
hygiene by detecting
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Personalized Nutritional Information Sent Through Mail Helps Improve Diets
Researchers have found that
sending customized
nutritional materials
through the mail helped
low-income ethnically
... > full story
Swine Flu: Public Health Emergency Declared, Investigation Continues
As new human cases of swine
influenza A (H1N1) virus
infection are identified in
the United States and
internationally, health
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Give Children Iron Supplements: They Don't Increase Malaria Risk, Study Suggests
July 9, 2009 — Iron supplements do not increase the likelihood of contracting malaria and should not be withheld from children at risk of the disease, despite World Health Organization guidelines to the contrary, a ... > full story -
Plain Language For Health Care Professionals To Improve Communication With Patients
July 9, 2009 — The doctor speaks "medicalese," and the patient's eyes glaze over. Researchers noticed this familiar failure to communicate when health care researchers asked people to take part in studies. So they ... > full story -
Health Clinic Conditions May Be To Blame For Decrease In Primary Care Physicians
July 9, 2009 — Adverse work conditions may be to blame for the decline in the number of primary care physicians nationwide, according to a new ... > full story -
Job Programs Protect Public Health During Periods Of Recession
July 8, 2009 — Market crashes could lead to rises in homicides and suicides, unless governments invest in labor market protections, according to a new ... > full story -
Influenza Monitoring By The US Military
July 7, 2009 — The recent global swine flu outbreak has underscored the critical need for good surveillance and rapid access to epidemiological data. The US military, starting with early monitoring efforts in the ... > full story -
Electronic Tracking System Can Help Diabetes Patient Care
July 6, 2009 — An electronic system with personalized patient information shared by diabetes patients and their primary care providers improved diabetes care and clinical ... > full story -
Intimate Abuse Study Finds Clear Links With Poor Health And Calls For Holistic Primary Care Approach
July 6, 2009 — Nearly a quarter of married and cohabiting women who took part in a survey said that they had been sexually, psychologically or physically abused by their partner. Researchers who studied the 2,746 ... > full story -
Few People Changed Their Behavior In Early Stages Of Swine Flu Outbreak
July 3, 2009 — Few people changed their behavior in the early stages of the swine flu ... > full story -
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Experts Call For New U.S. Research Effort To Identify Which Health Care Services Work Best
July 2, 2009 — A new report from the Institute of Medicine recommends 100 health topics that should get priority attention and funding from a new national research effort to identify which health-care services work ... > full story -
Bioethicists Call For Public Debates On Future Uses Of Stem Cells
July 2, 2009 — More than 40 scientists, bioethicists, lawyers and science journal editors are calling on their colleagues, policy makers and the public to begin developing guidelines for the research and ... > full story
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