Less than one per cent of healthy urban children surveyed in Toronto had received dental care by the recommended age of 12 months and less than two per cent had seen a dentist by the age of 24 months, according to a recent study by researchers at St Michael’s Hospital. The study findings have importance for the United States because, like the U.S., patients must generally pay privately for dental insurance.
About 25 percent of parents who have children aged two to five say their children get three or more hours of entertainment screen time a day, well beyond recommended limits, according to a new poll of over 500 parents of kids age 1 to 5 by researchers from the University of Michigan.
A review of more than 25,000 hospital admissions in Rhode Island finds that patients with a documented diagnosis of dementia are nearly 20 percent more likely to be readmitted within 30 days than those without dementia.
Almost half of all homeless men whose case histories were reviewed by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada, had suffered at least one traumatic brain injury (TBI) in their life, and 87 per cent of those injuries occurred before the men lost their homes.
One in 12 American older people regularly go hungry, according to a new study. Researchers at University of Illinois and the University of Kentucky used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The report also shows that seniors who go hungry also face negative health and nutrition consequences.
Evidence-based interventions at the local and national levels provide promising strategies for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities related to several conditions, including HIV infection rates, immunization coverage and motor vehicle injuries and deaths, according to a new report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Minority Health and Health Equity.
Fussy babies and toddlers are more likely to be exposed to media, according to a new study. The researchers looked at data from 7,450 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of children born in 2001, including information reported by parents at 9 months and 2 years of age.
A new study on Alzheimer’s disease by researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health finds that a culture change is desperately needed for to help improve the quality of life for Alzheimer’s patients in nursing homes. Facilities also need help to prepare for the millions of patients expected to be diagnosed with the disease in the next few decades.
A new study by researchers at Northwestern University finds that new dads should be screened for depression, not just new mothers.
A new review of studies on breast cancer and elderly women by researchers at UCSF and the Harvard School of Medicine suggests that doctors should focus on how long a patient is likely to live when deciding whether to order mammograms for their oldest female patients rather than order them routinely. The researchers say their study shows that the harms of screening likely outweigh the benefits unless women are expected to live at least another decade.