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The survey also found that the proportion of young adults ages 19–25 who were uninsured during the year fell from 48 percent to 41 percent between 2010 and 2012, reversing a nearly decade-long trend of rising uninsured rates in that age group. This reversal...

25 April 2013 Last updated at 21:03 ET By Neil Bowdler Health and science reporter, BBC News A disused NHS ward in Bradford was used in the study to model air flows Keeping the windows open on traditional NHS wards can… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/c...

Ever experience a moment of emotional connection with a loved one? Like the sweet fragrance of lemon blossoms, it can be a profoundly enjoyable experience, perhaps too heavenly for words. To make this a regular experience, it takes a conscious plan, one...

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the author of “Eating the Moment” (New Harbinger, 2008), “Present Perfect” (NH, 2010), “The Lotus Effect” (NH, 2010), “Smoke Free Smoke Break” (2011), and “Reinventing the Meal” (2012). … http://healt...

Hemophilia Ontario April 8, 2013 Minister Matthews, As you know, Health Canada, Canada’s public health sentinel, is deciding whether to allow a private donor blood clinic to open in Toronto, adjacent to a homeless shelter. As one of Ontario’s key blood-related...

Almost 1,000 of Ottawa’s high school students have been suspended for improperly-kept immunization records. About 900 students have been sent home for 20 days for not having the records, not necessarily for not having their shots. Ottawa Public Health...

There’s evidence the new H7N9 bird flu virus is transmitted from chickens at poultry markets in China to humans, a small study suggests. In Thursday’s online issue of the medical journal The Lancet, researchers gave some of the first detailed information...

25 April 2013 Last updated at 05:03 ET Patients will able to tune into the sound of waves, birds, rain and snoring through bedside radios A hospital radio station in Stirlingshire is to play recordings of birdsong and snoring to patients to help them...

The overall incidence of cancer in Latin America is estimated to be 163 cases per 100 000 people, a substantially lower rate than in the USA or Europe. However, the proportion of people who die from cancer in Latin America is almost twice that in the...

Use of the technique is increasing in Europe and worldwide and several national societies have published guidance on which patients with hypertension should receive treatment. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Percutaneous...