Archive: 16/06/2015

Spotting mothers at risk for postnatal depression

Jane Davidson realised she had a problem when the ocean started to look like the welcoming embrace of death.

Jun 16, 2015

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Adoptive immunotherapy may help treat more types of cancer if new approaches are explored

In a special issue of Immunotherapy, leading experts provide in-depth review of innovative strategies that may further the success of adoptive cell immunotherapy as a cancer treatment. Adoptive cell immunotherapy (ACT) has ...

Jun 16, 2015

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Reexamining the impact of Medicare Part D on health and savings

For years, the Medicare prescription drug benefit Part D has been credited with positively impacting national trends in health outcomes and medical services. But a recent study led by Northeastern associate professor Becky ...

Jun 16, 2015

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Health care cost-sharing prompts consumers to slash medical spending

Is that surgery really worth it? Do I really value that cancer screening? Is that extra imaging service necessary?

Jun 16, 2015

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Paying people incentives to make healthy choices

Monetary incentives to encourage people to live healthier lifestyles only work in the longer term when they are designed to stop negative behaviour, rather than promote positive choices, suggests new research from the London ...

Jun 16, 2015

HIV testing to become routine in innovative Coventry GP pilot

HIV testing in Coventry (UK) is to become a routine part of registering with a GP at ten surgeries across the city, which has the highest prevalence of the condition in the West Midlands.

Jun 16, 2015

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Breakthrough points to cure for debilitating heart and lung disease

A protein that targets the effects of a faulty gene could offer the first treatment targeting the major genetic cause of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation ...

Jun 16, 2015

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Study highlights at-risk group leaving hospital without contraception

Women with near-fatal illnesses during pregnancy have been leaving New Zealand hospitals without the contraception that could prevent future serious harm to their health, a study by University of Otago, Wellington, has found.

Jun 16, 2015