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Dianne Rees

Internet Skills Performance Tests: Are People Read... [J Med Internet Res. 2011] - PubM... - 0 views

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    "Despite the amount of online health information, there are several barriers that limit the Internet's adoption as a source of health information. One of these barriers is highlighted in conceptualizations of the digital divide which include the differential possession of Internet skills, or "eHealth literacy". Most measures of Internet skills among populations at large use self-assessments. The research discussed here applies a multifaceted definition of Internet skills and uses actual performance tests."
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Cancer A Leading Chronic Disease And Prevention | Your Health Our Priority - 0 views

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    A cancer registry is the cancer cases which are registered in a population or specific country. In whole world mortality rate due to cancer is 20%. In USA cancer is the second largest disease of causing death after heart disease. Recently in 2016 estimated that 595,690 people die from this disease according to cancer statistics of National Cancer Institute USA.
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How To Relieve Constipation Fast | Health Blog - 0 views

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    How To Relieve Constipation Fast? About twelve percent of the population worldwide report constipation each year. It is characterized by undue effort and time to expel the stool. Here we discuss some useful home remedies to treat constipation. Sometimes it can be really stubborn and won't go away.
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    An average human being visits the toilet six times a day and stays there for about two minutes. However, attending the call of nature is not always this easy. Sometimes, a common gastrointestinal condition called constipation occurs. It becomes difficult to expel the feces. A desire to visit the washroom is not enough to physically eliminate the feces.
Tom Fields

Multifaceted Program Helps Pediatricians Screen for Maternal Depression and A... - 0 views

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    As part of the intervention, pediatricians ask parents about crying, bonding/attachment, toilet training, and discipline and provide educational materials related to abuse and neglect prevention to patients and prominently in waiting and examination rooms.
Dianne Rees

AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange - 0 views

  • Community care coordination aims to improve the quality, efficiency, and coordination of health care and social services for at-risk populations.
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How To Prevent Diabetes Type 2 | Your Health Our Priority - 0 views

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    How To Prevent Diabetes Type 2? You have just discovered that you are prediabetic. You can take meaningful steps to reduce your risk of diabetes. You can actually prevent diabetes simply by changing what you eat and how you invest in your physical health. The ball, my friend, is still in your court.
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    Around 8.3 percent population in the US has diabetes. Type II is the most prevalent form of diabetes. It is common among the young and the obese. Diabetes Mellitus or simply diabetes is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by an increase in your blood sugar. This results from an inadequate amount of insulin in the body or the cells' inability to respond to insulin.
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Psoriasis: Causes, Symptoms, Types & Treatment - Health Blog - 0 views

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    Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition that accelerates the rate at which your skin cells grow. An effective method to treat psoriasis is phototherapy or light therapy.
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    Psoriasis is an auto-immune illness that affects almost three percent of the world's population. People who suffer from psoriasis experience a great deal of skin irritation and discomfort.
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