Irrational health beliefs linked to skipping cardiac rehab sessions
Heart patients with beliefs about health that aren't based on medical evidence are more likely to skip sessions of cardiac rehabilitation, new research suggests.
View ArticleVaccine skeptics aren't swayed by emotional scare tactics
On the heels of a nationwide measles outbreak comes a report that campaigns aimed at scaring people about the consequences of non-vaccination might not be as effective as many think. An upcoming...
View Article10 test positive for SARS-like virus in Italy
Around 10 people in Italy have tested positive for a SARS-like virus but have presented no symptoms and have not been quarantined, an infectious diseases specialist told the ANSA news agency on Monday.
View ArticleGoing to synagogue is good for health and happiness, researcher finds
Two new Baylor University studies show that Israeli Jewish adults who attend synagogue regularly, pray often, and consider themselves religious are significantly healthier and happier than their...
View ArticleCorrelates of care seeking ID'd for those with low back pain
(HealthDay)—Not all patients with low back pain (LBP) seek medical care, with female sex, LBP frequency, limitations in activities of daily living, and fear-avoidance beliefs contributing to increased...
View ArticleFinal rules issued for individual shared responsibility mandate
(HealthDay)—Starting 2014, the individual shared responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, which calls for each individual to have basic health insurance coverage, will be implemented,...
View ArticleResearch attributes high rates of smoking among mentally ill to addiction...
People with mental illness smoke at much higher rates than the overall population. But the popular belief that they are self-medicating is most likely wrong, according to researchers at the Indiana...
View ArticleClinicians influence patients' attitudes to back pain
(Medical Xpress)—Although people with low back pain consult with the Internet, family and friends for information and understanding of their symptoms, new research shows health care professionals...
View ArticleSupreme Court will take up new health law dispute (Update)
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's trouble-plagued health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to...
View ArticleReligious beliefs of American Muslims influence attitudes toward organ donation
American Muslims who interpret negative events in life as punishment from God are less likely to believe that donating organs after death is ethical than those with a more positive outlook, according...
View ArticleHealth law birth control coverage before justices
The Obama administration and its opponents are renewing the Supreme Court battle over President Barack Obama's health care law in a case that pits the religious rights of employers against the rights...
View ArticleSupreme court: Some companies don't have to cover birth control
(HealthDay)—Family-owned companies don't have to comply with a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires them to offer insurance coverage for contraception if that requirement violates their...
View ArticleObama administration offers new rules for religious objections to health care...
(HealthDay News) — Responding to a Supreme Court ruling handed down late in June, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise path that it said would allow women to obtain contraceptives...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions
California lawmakers proposed legislation Wednesday that would require parents to vaccinate all school children unless a child's health is in danger, joining only two other states with such stringent...
View ArticleMississippi, West Virginia toughest on school immunizations
With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health crises. Yet when it comes to getting children vaccinated, these states don't mess around.
View ArticleUp in smoke: Belief that shisha pipe 'filters out' heavy metals
Contrary to popular belief, only a minimal amount of heavy metals are removed in the 'filtration' process when smoking shisha, also known as hookah, according to research published in the open access...
View ArticleColorado nuns appeal birth control ruling to Supreme Court
A group of Colorado nuns said Thursday they will go to the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal a ruling that allows their employees to receive birth control from a third party under the Affordable Care Act,...
View ArticleHow spiritual beliefs relate to cancer patients' physical, mental, and social...
Research reveals that most individuals with cancer have religious and spiritual beliefs, or derive comfort from religious and spiritual experiences. But what impact does this have on patients' health?...
View ArticleReligion, physicians and surrogate decision-makers in the intensive care unit
Religious or spiritual considerations were discussed in 16 percent of family meetings in intensive care units and health care professionals only rarely explored the patient's or family's religious or...
View ArticleThinking people are born fat or born thin is bad for your health
Though the belief that DNA determines weight is highly debated, it appears to be shaping people's lives. A new study finds that those who believe that weight is outside of their control have less...
View ArticleNegative spiritual beliefs associated with more pain and worse physical,...
Individuals who blame karma for their poor health have more pain and worse physical and mental health, according to a new study from University of Missouri researchers. Targeted interventions to...
View ArticleStudy finds Americans do not have better teeth than the English
Contrary to popular belief, the oral health of US citizens is not better than the English, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
View ArticleNational study casts doubt on higher weekend death rate and proposals for...
A University of Manchester analysis of all patients across England receiving emergency hospital care has shown that, contrary to popular belief, fewer patients die after being admitted to hospital at...
View ArticleDemystifying menstrual synchrony—women's subjective beliefs about bleeding in...
Demystifying Menstrual Synchrony: Women's Subjective Beliefs About Bleeding in Tandem With Other Women, an article recently published in Women's Reproductive Health, addresses the overlooked issue of...
View ArticleRepublicans less likely to be critical about Obamacare when thinking of their...
US Republican voters are less likely to be critical about the performance of the controversial "Obamacare" health reforms when they are reminded about their own medical needs, new research shows.
View ArticleAfrican circumcision rates rise when clergy endorse procedure
Educating religious leaders in sub-Saharan Africa about male circumcision increases the likelihood that men will undergo the procedure, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found in a new trial. The...
View ArticlePharmacophobia—what is it and how can be overcome
There is little current interest in research into patients' attitudes toward medications. In the 1960s, psychiatric researchers including Uhlenhuth, Rickels and Covi focused on this area, but this...
View ArticleStudy examines individuals' perceptions of childbirth's effects on sexuality
Media reports have depicted vaginal birth as harmful and cesarean delivery as protective of sexuality, but research does not support these depictions. In a recent survey published in Birth, 16%-48% of...
View ArticleOversimplifying beliefs about causes of mental illness may hinder social...
Belief that mental illness is biological has increased among both health experts and the public in recent years. But campaigns to treat it as a disease and remove stigma may be lacking because other...
View ArticlePositive attitudes about aging reduce risk of dementia in older adults
Research has shown that older persons who have acquired positive beliefs about old age from their surrounding culture are less likely to develop dementia. This protective effect was found for all...
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