All posts with subject: research-study
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Changing the way we manage disease through electronic health records
Is kidney disease just the beginning? A new, five-year project shows that the use of electronic health records by specialty and primary care doctors can lead to improved care and early intervention for those with serious health issues like kidney disease.
Read full storyfiled in: State of Health
subjects: communication-techniques, disease-prevention, research-study
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Study shows e-mail can improve your health
Can your e-mail make you healthier? A new study from Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research says yes.
In the study, more than 300 people received weekly e-mails at work urging them to make small health changes, such as eating fruit or walking for 10 minutes on their lunch [...]
Read full storyfiled in: State of Health
subjects: diet, health-technology, healthy-habits, nutrition, research-study
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Study shows that refusing to immunize your children can put others at risk
Not getting your child vaccinated may put other children in the community at risk, a new study says.
In the study, children whose parents declined to have them vaccinated for whooping cough were 23 times more likely to get the illness.
“It also shows that the decision to refuse immunizations [...]
Read full storyfiled in: State of Health
subjects: childrens-health, community-health, immunization, research-study
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Study finds that the extremely obese and those underweight face higher risk of death
Your weight may increase your risk of death more than previously thought. A new study finds that being extremely obese or extremely underweight increases your risk of dying.
Being only slightly overweight eliminated much of that risk, say researchers, but don’t take that as an excuse to add extra [...]
Read full storyfiled in: State of Health
subjects: bmi, cholesterol, community-health, diabetes, high-blood-pressure, obesity, research-study
