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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Health Behavior News Service
Peer passengers bad news for teen drivers
Key factors that influence how teens drive: their perception of driving risks, whether their parents set rules, and whether there are peer passengers.
Signs can get us to use stairs instead of the elevator
Signs that read, “Burn Calories, Not Electricity” posted in lobbies of New York City buildings, motivated more people to take the stairs and continue to use them even months later.
Small steps to big health change
Want to lose weight? Quit smoking? Get fit? It can be done, but you’re more likely to reach your goals if you take a slow, step-by-step approach, experts say.
Reducing your risk of being injured by a medical error
Errors are often the result of poor coordination within the health care system and poor communication on the part of physicians, nurses and patients. What can you to protect yourself and loved ones?
Group programs effective in preventing childhood depression
Group-based prevention strategies may offer a means of reaching more individuals than most treatment approaches.
Using Physician Rating Websites
More and more patients looking for a doctor are going to physician-rating websites. But experts say that these sites are still not as useful as they could be and, in some cases, are misleading potential patients with incorrect or out-of-date information.
Making up your ‘medical’ mind – Book Review
Your Medical Mind offers a well-sourced, approachable account of the challenges we and our clinicians face when we are truly engaged in making medical decisions together.
Getting the right help for acute pain
Acute pain can be harrowing — and receiving prompt and helpful treatment can make all the difference in the world.
Reminder packaging helps patients take medications as directed
Pre-filled pill boxes, foil-backed blister packaging and other reminder packaging can help patients take their medications according to doctors’ instructions.
Removing mold helps reduce asthma and respiratory infections — study
Ridding homes and offices of mold can help reduce respiratory infections and symptoms of asthma, but the best way to eliminate the mold remains unclear.
Patient navigators may improve cancer care for minorities
Patient navigator help with barriers to equal care such as financial and insurance issues, cultural and language differences and communication.
Excess weight in young adulthood predicts shorter lifespan
Being heavy in young adulthood can lead to earlier death, even if a person loses weight later.
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