Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that a Medicaid policy that fast-tracks applications of pregnant women contributed to a nearly 8 percent reduction in smoking during pregnancy. However, the smoking reduction did not significantly improve preterm birth rates or low birth weights.
The percentage of people reporting angina (chest pain) dropped in the last two decades among Americans 65 and older and whites 40 and older, but not among blacks, according to a study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 47,000 people were killed while walking in the U.S. between 2003 and 2012, at a rate that has been rising in the last few years, according to a report by the National Complete Streets Coalition, a program of advocacy group Smart Growth America.
Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between Jan. 1 and May 23, 2014, the largest number of measles cases in the United States reported in the first five months of a year since 1996.
A carefully structured, moderate physical activity program can help reduce the risk in older people of losing the ability to walk without assistance, according a recent study in JAMA. That is critical, say the study authors, because walking unaided is perhaps the single most important factor for maintaining independence in older age.
The increasing rate of obesity in the United States require obstetrician/gynecologists to be prepared to care for patients who are obese in an ethical, nonjudgmental manner. At the same time, they must remain cognizant of the medical and social effects of obesity, according to new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley has found that flame-retardants are prevalent in preschools. Flame-retardants may expose young children to chemicals that are known to be hazardous.
Surgery patients covered by Medicaid generally enter the hospital for their surgeries in worse health, do worse afterward, stay in the hospital longer and find themselves back in the hospital more often than surgical patients covered by private insurance, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Medicine.
Working age adults with disabilities who don’t get any aerobic physical activity are 50 percent more likely than active adults with disabilities to have a chronic disease such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, or heart disease, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new study that looks at U.S. Department of Transportation data finds that drunk driving remains a significant cause of child deaths for children under 15 in the United States. The researchers looked at National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data over ten years from 2001 to 2010 during which over 2300 children were killed.