A new study shows that more than half of low-income U.S. fathers have no health insurance, and even those with jobs do not always have access to affordable coverage.
Putting food on the table, struggling with unemployment and meeting the relentless needs of young children all contribute to household stress. Now, a new study finds that these pressures also increase the possibility that a mother will be obese. However, although mothers' weight increases along with household instability, their young children's weight does not.
Faced with a shortage of beds and costly patient care, some hospitals are turning to programs that provide acute care for patients at home. However, there is not yet enough information to know whether these "hospital at home" programs improve health and reduce costs for patients discharged early from the hospital, according to a new research review.
Did your daughter work up a sweat playing basketball in gym class today or did she spend half the class hanging out on the bleachers? Most likely, physical education is not even part of her daily schedule.
There's no "master" file where all of your personal health information comes together and travels with you"”unless you create that file yourself.
For drinkers concerned that their alcohol use might be spiraling out of control, a personalized self-help program can curb dangerous drinking habits in just a single session, a new review finds.
A new review finds no definitive connection between diet and rheumatoid arthritis, a disease in which the body's immune system attacks the lining of the joints.
Addressing the psychological, social and behavioral aspects of fatigue during active cancer treatment is "a promising type of intervention," according to a new systematic review.
After a stroke causes weakness on one side of the body, ankle splints help restore mobility while wrist splints don't make that much difference, according to a new review of studies.
Migraine headaches can precede the onset of mental disorders, according to a growing body of knowledge that includes a new study in the January-February 2009 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry.
People suffering from body dysmorphic disorder obsess over exaggerated or imaginary physical defects, to the point where it affects their ability to work, attend school or have ordinary social contacts. Now, a new review finds that drug therapy and psychotherapy can effectively treat the condition.
A new Cochrane review finds that following a low glycemic index diet helps people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to improve their blood glucose (blood sugar) control significantly. The GI food-ranking approach, which originated in Canada, is popular in Australia and gaining ground in Europe and the United States.
A new review confirms that the addition of radiation therapy to lumpectomy in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a noninvasive early form of breast cancer, substantially decreases the risk of recurrence of either DCIS or invasive breast cancer in the affected breast.
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to keep the White House a "smoke-free zone" when he takes office, despite his admitted struggles with tobacco relapse. But kicking the habit can prove incredibly difficult, and here is a new blow for abstainers: a large review of studies concludes that programs designed to help former smokers often fail to improve long-term quit rates.
A new review of studies spread over five continents finds that overweight or obese children and teens can lose weight with lifestyle changes "” sometimes coupled with medication. Parental involvement is an important feature of behavioral programs, particularly in pre-adolescent children.
Serious automobile accidents have prompted questions about the eyesight of elderly drivers, but reviewers say a lack of strong evidence leaves them unable to determine whether vision tests lead to fewer fatal crashes.
Confirming suspicions that studies with low-key results often get neglected, a new Cochrane review finds that research is more likely to end up in print if it has a certain "˜wow' factor.
Two new systematic reviews have found that acupuncture therapy can provide patients who suffer from tension and migraine headache an alternative treatment for their pain.
Workplace programs that encourage employees to set exercise goals pay off, finds a new study that looked at physical activity levels of Home Depot employees. The proportion of employees who regularly participated in either moderate or vigorous physical activity rose from about 30 percent at the start of the study to about 50 percent by study's end.
Socially disadvantaged mothers who receive home visits from trained community visitors are less likely to deliver low birth weight babies than other mothers in similar circumstances, a new study finds. The earlier that visits occur in a women's pregnancy, the greater the reduction.
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