There are more than 78,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Worse, the gap between the number of patients waiting and the number of kidney transplants performed has grown by 110% in the last decade.
Cutting the lengthy wait for a kidney will take more than innovative changes in medical practice, according to the National Kidney Foundation. As part of a new initiative unveiled in late January, Read the rest of this entry »

Money, time, opportunity, a lack of information — these are some of the reasons women give for not taking care of themselves.
Even if money isn’t tight and insurance isn’t an issue, it’s still easier to overlook your own health because going to the doctor, clinic or ER takes time, or requires finding a baby sitter or maneuvering through an increasingly complex health-care system.
Tennessee ranks 46th in the nation in women’s health, according Read the rest of this entry »

They will be presenting their findings in Calgary next week.
Mansfield says the inspiration for the study came from her PhD project.
“We wanted to find out the attitudes, activities and behaviours of low economic status women,” she says. “We talked to mothers about what they would need to live a more physically active lifestyle.”
During their discussions with moms ranging in age from 20 to 35, they measured mother-specific activity levels, leisure Read the rest of this entry »

TIBCO’s technology digitized Wall Street in the ’80s with its
event-driven “Information Bus” software, which helped make real-time
business a strategic differentiator in the ’90s. Today, TIBCO’s
infrastructure software gives customers the ability to constantly
innovate by connecting applications and data in a service-oriented
architecture, streamlining activities through business process
management, and giving people the information and intelligence Read the rest of this entry »

PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) – Mother and daughter Spanish instructors Melissa DeAngelo and Dolores Keenum say there are certain Spanish phrases every doctor should know. They say when it comes to healthcare, you just can't afford to get lost in translation.
“In the medical profession, it's imperative [to cross language barriers] because it's so fast paced and such an adrenaline rush in certain circumstances, that both languages need to Read the rest of this entry »

Working out is a lot of things, but have you ever thought of it as an exercise in problem-solving? That is, however, how many women see and experience it.
In a study conducted by Dr. Ross C. Brownson of St. Louis University, women — more frequently than men — reported that personal barriers prevented them from exercising.
That means that before many women can approach fitness dilemmas such as what’s my ideal target heart rate, or how Read the rest of this entry »

Pregnant African American Women Face Barriers To Health Care, Oklahoma State Department Of Health Report
A study by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) shows although rates of prenatal care are generally the same for African American and white women in Oklahoma, one in five African American women face significant barriers beginning prenatal care. These include transportation problems, Read the rest of this entry »

Access to appropriate care, patient adherence, distrust of the medical profession, delayed asthma diagnosis, culture, lifestyle choices and genetic discrepancies, are some of the barriers in managing asthma, according to experts.Allergists detailed factors that act as barriers in asthma care at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Seattle.
“Lack of access to high quality care contributes to disparities Read the rest of this entry »

External, Internal Barriers Hurt On-Site Fitness Results
Nov 22, 2008
Although on-site corporate fitness centers are fairly common, utilization rates are low. Four authors of a study published in the latest issue of the
, an
journal, wondered what role perceived barriers play in workers’ decision to use or not use the centers.
No standardized measures exist to assess these perceived barriers, co-authors Heather M. Schwetschenau, William Read the rest of this entry »