Cognitive behavior therapy effective for treating people with hypochondria
Patients with a persistent fear or belief that they have a serious, undiagnosed illness significantly reduced their symptoms and anxieties by participating in therapy sessions which examined possible factors for their fears, according to a study in the March 24/31 issue of The Journal of the...Cultural sensitivity crucial when seeking organ donors
...ciety has been greatly influenced by the Christian belief in the spiritual value of non-reciprocal giving, says Bowman, making organ donation a gift of love and generosity. By contrast, many non-western cultures perceive the boundary between life and death differently. From a traditional Japanese perspectiv...Proven at last - alcohol consumption increases risk of gout
... large epidemiological study to assess the age-old belief that alcohol consumption increases the risk of gout is published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. A prospective study of nearly 50,000 men showed that beer drinking was more likely to be associated with gout than spirits; whereas moderate wine con...Environmental educators win 2004 Tyler Prize
...h in Latin America. "It is the Network's firm belief that promoting knowledge-gathering and training in an indigenous context are essentialingredients for influencing scientific priorities, ecological policyand decision-making in Latin America," the group's Web sitestates. ...LSUHSC microsurgeon performs 1st ever eyelid reattachment
...and the leading experts in the field, supports the belief that this was the first time an eyelid was successfully microsurgically reattached. If the surgery had been unsuccessful, as the options for a total eyelid reconstruction are very limited, there would have been a high risk of losing her eye due to co...Drugs experts call for government backing to stop the spread of hepatitis C
...me people are reluctant to discuss sharing given a belief that to do so is to admit to risk and the resulting possibility of blame or shame. With current national drug polices focused on crime and lacking an emphasis on health, there is an urgent need to renew our commitment to health education, especially ...Large families and animals keep allergies at bay
...re 6 months of age. This contrasts with the common belief that infectious diseases early in life may protect against the development of allergic diseases. However, the risk of atopic dermatitis decreased with each additional exposure to three or more siblings, day care, pet ownership, and farm residence. Th...Obesity reversed in mice by destroying blood vessels that service fat cells
...ssel formation from established ones). Given their belief that blood vessels that feed adipose tissue are different from all other kinds of blood vessels, the M.D. Anderson researchers set out to find a protein marker or "zip code address" that would identify those particular vessels. They did this by using...Full moon exerts no pull on frequency of epileptic seizures
...found little or no association. Why then, does the belief persist that the moon may have some mystical gravitational power over our health and well being? In the past, before physicians recognized that epilepsy was caused by processes in a person's own body, the disease's frightening seizures were associa...Benefits of screening for lung cancer with CT are not proven
...edical literature does not support the widely held belief that an advanced screening technique called "CT" (computed tomography) can save lives simply because it detects lung cancers at a smaller size than other screening techniques, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Mayo Cl...VELCADE(TM) data confirms long-term survival
... TM in this study serves to further reinforce our belief in the far reaching potential of this agent in the treatment of this devastating cancer said, Dr. Jess San Miguel, Professor of Hematology, University of Salamanca, Spain. "With many ongoing studies investigating the potential usage of VELCADE TM in...Call for national collaboration on medical education research
... highest level of competency, they say. "It is our belief that the most effective medical education would benefit everyone, including educators, learners and especially patients, by minimizing costs, reducing medical errors and medical malpractice and maximizing quality of care," the authors write....Left and right ears not created equal as newborns process sound, finds UCLA/UA research
Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left differences for the auditory processing of sound start at the ear. Reported in the Sept. 10 editio...Teenage smoking still 'worryingly high': Girls twice as likely as boys to puff away
... the dangers of smoking and encouraging children's belief in their own ability to say 'no' was included at each of the earlier visits. According to the report, this appeared to reduce the level of smoking, in particular for those who attended each session and completed various tasks set by the research team...Air rather than oxygen for babies requiring ventilation after delivery
...HE LANCET. The finding is counter to the long-held belief that 100% oxygen is better than air for babies requiring ventilation in the first few minutes of life. Between 510% of newborn babies require assistance with breathing after delivery. International consensus statements for resuscitation of newborn i...Doctors miss chances to provide diet, exercise counseling to patients at risk of heart disease
...o patients over the age of 75. That may point to a belief on the part of physicians that counseling isn't effective with older patients, Stafford said. But because diet and exercise changes can have dramatic effects in a relatively short amount of time, "there isn't a whole lot of reason not to treat a 75 y...The dangers of NHS reorganisation
...to reorganise and merge primary care trusts in the belief that it would bring benefit to patients, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Just over two years ago, 303 primary care trusts were created in England, each with responsibility for providing primary health care, improving health, and commissioning s......importance of physical activity, and they shared a belief that exercise benefits the overall health of individuals by increasing energy and strength, improving physical and mental wellbeing, promoting weight management and preventing sickness. At the same time, many of the focus group members express...Infection, not lack of oxygen, plays larger role in premature infant brain injury
...ers at Johns Hopkins have dispelled the widespread belief among obstetricians that, in premature infants, brain injury results from a lack of oxygen, also called hypoxia, when, in fact, infection plays a larger role. "Infection plays a much larger role than lack of oxygen in brain injury among premature i...Interventional methods may increase the use of evidence-based practice
... A key barrier is lack of nurses' knowledge of and belief in EBP suggesting that introducing interventions in health care settings can positively influence use of EBP. Additionally, having an EBP mentor was shown as a potential factor to increase the use of EBP. This demonstrates the importance for healthc...