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The Culture Of Medicine.
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 1 day ago
With plans for the new administration to focus on changing the health care environment an article from ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2009) on the current culture in the nation's medical schools is valuable. Everybody is familiar with the stereotypes of medi...
Late Preterm Births Present Serious Risks To Newborns.
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 3 weeks ago
ScienceDaily (Dec. 16, 2008) More than half a million babies are born preterm in the United States each year, and preterm births are on the rise. Late preterm births, or births that occur between 34 and 36 weeks (approximately 4 to 6 weeks before...
Fear of nuts creating hysteria of epidemic proportions
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 3 weeks ago
A peanut on the floor of a school bus leading to evacuation and decontamination for fear that it might be eaten by the 10 year old passengers, and schools declaring themselves nut free by banning nuts, peanut butter, homebaked goods and any foo...
Where Have All the Doctors Gone?
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 3 weeks ago
In an article in the NYT yesterday Dr. Paula Chin Continues to raise concern about the increasing lack of access to primary care doctors. The AMA continues to stick its head in the sand only saying that more scholarships are needed. There will be ...
Poor Children's Brain Activity Resembles That Of Stroke Victims...
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 4 weeks ago
Scientists at UC Berkeley's Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and the School of Public Health report that normal 9- and 10-year-olds differing only in socioeconomic status have detectable differences in the response of their prefrontal cortex, the p...
Childhood vaccines cause financial burden
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 5 weeks ago
The costs that health care providers are charged and reimbursed for childhood vaccines vary widely, and the high cost of some immunizations is leading to significant financial strain for some physicians, according to a pair of new studies from the Un...
Test for up to 5,000 different allergens from just one drop of ...
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 5 weeks ago
The new basophil-microarray based allergy assay is the brainchild of researchers in The University of Nottingham's Schools of Pharmacy and Biosciences. The new technology developed at Nottingham is a lab-based, in-vitro test to mimic human allergic r...
Children born in fall may have increased risk of developing ast...
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 6 weeks ago
According to a study in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine children born in fall have increased risk of developing asthma. The risk for childhood asthma was higher for babies who suffered from a respiratory tract infection ea...
Study indicates that direct, indirect costs of diabetes were $2...
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 6 weeks ago
The AP reports that a study, conducted by the Lewin Group consultants, puts the total financial costs for diabetes at $218 billion last year -- the first comprehensive estimate of the financial toll diabetes takes. The Lewin Group figure include...
Vaccinating Family Members Offers Important Flu Protection to N...
In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 10 weeks ago
Vaccinating new mothers and other family members against influenza before their newborns leave the hospital creates a cocooning effect that may shelter unprotected children from the flu, a virus that can be life-threatening to infants, according to...
