Americans tend to overestimate the problems in poorer nations.
The Challenge of Managing Other People’s Pain
Why does one child cry inconsolably after a needle stick while another watches with curiosity as the shot is administered?
Obesity Tied to Higher Cancer Rates in Younger People
For six of the 12 obesity-related cancers (multiple myeloma, colorectal, uterine, gallbladder, kidney and pancreatic) the risk for disease increased…
Obesity Tied to Higher Cancer Rates in Younger People
For six of the 12 obesity-related cancers (multiple myeloma, colorectal, uterine, gallbladder, kidney and pancreatic) the risk for disease increased…
The potential impact and cost-effectiveness of tobacco reduction strategies for tuberculosis prevention in Canadian Inuit communities
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem in Canadian Inuit communities. In 2016, Canadian Inuit had an incidence rate…
Greece, 10 Years Into Economic Crisis, Counts the Cost to Mental Health
Depression and suicide rates rose alarmingly during the debt crisis as the country cut wages and health services and increased…
Body Mass Index, Intensive Blood Pressure Management, and Cardiovascular Events in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
It is unclear whether intensive blood pressure management is well-tolerated and affects risk uniformly across the body mass index (BMI)…
The State of Ambulatory Undergraduate Internal Medicine Medical Education: Results of the 2016 Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine Annual Survey
Ambulatory care is qualitatively different and valuable to the health system. Given the shifts in health care that prioritize ambulatory…
Protecting those on the frontline from Ebola
Online training has increased the knowledge of health care workers about effective prevention of Ebola up to 19 percent and…
Walking for health benefits just got easier to track
In an ongoing study exploring walking for health across the adult lifespan, researchers found that walking cadence is a reliable…