Primary school teachers across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have officially suspended their over three-month strike, following the the partial ...

Introduction Previous interactive education interventions for child injury prevention are suboptimal for implementation in rural areas. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a standardised ...

Parent nudges and clinician feedback/audits boosted HPV vaccination uptake and completion. Adolescents with the most economic ...

Aging is the primary risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, estimated in 2020 to be 545 maternal deaths per 100 000 livebirths, more than 136 times higher than that of the lowest region.1 ...

The USPSTF concluded that primary care behavioral counseling interventions to support breastfeeding have a moderate net benefit, with moderate certainty. HealthDay News — The US Preventive ...

TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends primary care behavioral counseling interventions to support breastfeeding, according to a ...

Notably, suicide attempts within 90 days of a primary care visit fell from 6.0 to 4.5 per 10,000 patient visits, which was also significant for the intervention compared with usual care.

Paper cited: Arbour, M. et al. “Primary Care-Based Housing Program Reduced Outpatient Visits; Patients Reported Mental and Physical Health Benefits.” Health Affairs, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023. ...

The primary measured outcome was a reduction in peer-reported bullying, while the secondary objectives of the study were to evaluate how effective the intervention was on other measures of ...