Articles Tagged ‘access’
BioPsychoSocial Health | By November 25, 2008 | By Jennifer Gibson, PharmD | 1 Comment
Going Green for Health Inequality
There is little argument that physical activity promotes good health, and that outdoor “green space” such as parks, forests, and recreation fields, promotes physical activity. Many studies have concluded that access to such space has an independent benefit on health and health-related behaviors. Now, however, there is evidence that access to green space many actually reduce the disparities in health care inequality related to socioeconomic status.
A new study published in The Lancet postulates that exposure to quality outdoor recreational space mitigates factors that lead to disease for populations in a lower socioeconomic position. Read more →
- Where Accessibility is a Dream - Disability Worldwide
- The Ethics of Selling Prescription Data
- Charity Begins at Home - U.S. Physicians Volunteer
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was officiated so that people with disabilities may continue to work, play and participate in day-to-day tasks and activities. It states that no employer may discriminate amongst or terminate employees based on a physical or mental impairment when they... Read more →
The compilation and selling of physician prescribing habits has been a common practice since the 1990’s. Many physicians were unaware that the issue was occurring. Pharmaceutical companies argue that the mining of prescribing data has beneficial uses, such as providing information about drug interactions... Read more →
One of the biggest crises facing the United States today is healthcare. There are approximately 47 million people in the United States who have no medical insurance. Millions more have inadequate insurance coverage, cannot afford their premiums or deductibles, and have no access to dental care. In the... Read more →
In June of 2007, the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethics and Judicial Affairs stated, “RFID tags may promote the timely identification of patients and expedite access to their medical information. As a result, these devices can improve the continuity and coordination of care... Read more →
Friday, December 5, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Bipolar Trend
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Is War A Psychosis?
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Health Care and Politics II - The Democrats
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Conditioned Response - An Alternative to Antidepressant Drugs?
- New Options for Treating Low Libido in Post-Menopausal Women
- Pulling Your Hair Out - Complexities of Trichotillomania
- Giving Thanks All Year Long
- How Much Social Capital Do You Have?
- Should Doctors Engage in Racial Profiling?
- Going Green for Health Inequality
- Are Boys Really More Hard-Wired for Math than Girls?
- The Need for Post-Marketing Surveillance of Drugs
- Musical Medicine - Recovery After a MCA Stroke
- Are We Worshipping Celebrities or Heroes?
- Alcohol 101 - the Best Class on Campus
- School Bullies - Is the Amygdala to Blame?
- Reversing the Irreversible - Neuromotor Prostheses for Spinal Cord Injury
- How Much is a Pound of Prevention Worth?
- Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Hand Motor Skills
- New Drug Approval - Lacosamide for Epilepsy
- Why Infidelity May Not Be Cheating Anymore
- Alzheimer’s Drug to Treat Binge Eating Disorder
- Brain Blogging, Forty-First Edition
- I'm leery of any drug that promises to fix an illness that has been around for c...
- I agree with anon before sailor50 too....
- Not A Contest!
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- May the guidance of God (Allah) be upon you Mr Macher,
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- JJ: This is very true - here in the US the fear campaign has worked wonders in m...
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- And lastly this: A sixteenth-century Swiss chemist named Paracelsus gave us th...
- the number of cases of measles and reported deaths from measles for the years 19...
- From the NY Time Aug 24 2008:
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- Typhoid - In 1911 immunisation of US army troops with typhoid vaccine became com...
- I'm still waiting for the name of the acceptable English translation of the Kor...
- And I will leave you with this one Shivers - From a study of more than 17,000 Ca...
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- In light of the Muslim attacks in India, I find my brain telling me that religio...
- Please substitute sports for celebrity, and tell me if there is any difference....


