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• Text messaging boosts flu vaccine rates in pregnant women
• Social media helps users embrace differences, provide support to one another, study finds
• Two behavioral interventions help cancer patients struggling with sleep issues
• Are you listening? Kids' ear infections cost US health care system nearly $3 billion a year
• Glimpse into health of most-extreme runners
• Women continue to outlive men; numbers of centenarians rising
• Cosmetic outcomes after breast-conserving therapy may vary by race
• Company policy may contribute to health impact on bottom line
• EU comparison: Austrians go more often to the doctor but are not healthier
• Family allowances increase earnings inequality between households

Text messaging boosts flu vaccine rates in pregnant women Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:30 PM PST A study evaluated the impact of text messaging reminders for influenza vaccine in a low-income obstetric population. The findings showed that sending text messages to this population of women resulted in an increase in influenza vaccination, especially for those who received the messages early in their third trimester.

Social media helps users embrace differences, provide support to one another, study finds Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:30 PM PST According to recent statistics, more than 175 million tweets are sent daily, and 11 accounts are created every second on Twitter. One celebrity who boasts the highest amount of global subscribers is singer Lady Gaga who enjoys more than 40 million Twitter followers. Now, communication researchers have found that online social media gives users an outlet to embrace their differences and provide emotional support to others while deepening perceived relationships they feel they have with celebrities.

Two behavioral interventions help cancer patients struggling with sleep issues Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST Cancer patients who are struggling with sleep troubles, due in part to pain or side effects of treatment, can count on two behavioral interventions for relief – cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), researchers report in a new study published. While CBT-I is the gold standard of care, MBSR is an additional treatment approach that can also help improve sleep for cancer patients, the study found.

Are you listening? Kids' ear infections cost US health care system nearly $3 billion a year Posted: 09 Jan 2014 02:54 PM PST A new study finds that ear infections account for approximately $2.88 billion in added health care expenses annually and is a significant health-care utilization concern.

Glimpse into health of most-extreme runners Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:39 PM PST To learn more about the health of ultrarunners, researchers launched the Ultrarunners Longitudinal Tracking Study. Baseline findings of the study have just been published.

Women continue to outlive men; numbers of centenarians rising Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:37 AM PST The number of centenarians in Ontario increased by more than 70 per cent over the last 15 years with women making up more than 85 per cent of people 100 or older, according to new research.

Cosmetic outcomes after breast-conserving therapy may vary by race Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:35 AM PST As perceived by both patients and doctors, the cosmetic results after "lumpectomy" for breast cancer differ for African-American versus Caucasian women, suggests a pilot study.

Company policy may contribute to health impact on bottom line Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:35 AM PST Human resources policy in areas such as health insurance benefits, paid time off, and compensation are important "missing variables" in studies connecting health and business outcomes, according to a report.

EU comparison: Austrians go more often to the doctor but are not healthier Posted: 08 Jan 2014 05:11 AM PST Mr and Mrs Austria visit specialists, outpatient clinics and hospitals particularly often when compared with the rest of Europe. However, health and life expectation do not profit from this accordingly. A public health expert recommends a re-evaluation of the general practitioner.

Family allowances increase earnings inequality between households Posted: 08 Jan 2014 05:10 AM PST A researcher looked into sixteen European countries, as well as the USA, Canada and Australia focusing on government policy such as the duration of maternity and childcare leave, the size of family allowances and tax advantages for families. He also examined individual characteristics of women in more than 700,000 households: motherhood, age, level of education and whether or not they had a partner.

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