by Research Team | Dec 31, 2014 | Health News
Some hospitals are turning away visitors who have fevers, coughs and other symptoms this flu season, and one northeast Ohio facility is using greeters as gatekeepers to help keep out the germs. The greeters at the entrances of Akron Children’s Hospital ask...
by Research Team | Dec 31, 2014 | Health News
One in six breast cancer patients are still struggling with the aftermath of the disease and its treatment more than two years after their diagnosis, according to Breast Cancer Care’s Helpline. At a time when regular check-ups in the NHS commonly stop after two...
by Research Team | Dec 31, 2014 | Health News
Two West Texas hospitals will have funding withheld after being penalized by federal inspectors for having patients who developed health problems while hospitalized. The penalties against University Medical Center of El Paso and El Paso Specialty Hospital amount to a...
by Research Team | Dec 31, 2014 | Health News
Fifteen children have died from flu complications, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to formally declare the latest rise in the virus as an epidemic. Of all deaths reported in a survey of 122 cities this flu season, 6.8 percent were linked to...
by Research Team | Dec 30, 2014 | Health News
Was 2014 a great year for you, or one you’re glad to say good bye to? As the new year draws closer, 2015 brings with it a chance to make some changes. Dunwoody residents, do you have New Year’s resolutions that you’re adamant about putting into...
by Research Team | Dec 30, 2014 | Health News
The research has showed that insomnia symptoms mediate the relationship between alcohol use and suicide risk, and that this mediation was moderated by gender. The study suggested that the targeted assessment and treatment of specific sleep problems might reduce the...
