Condemnation May Be Driving Circumcised Women From Health Care
... at a refugee clinic, thendeveloped guidelines for caring for circumcised women, illustrated by casestudies. The guidelines include sample questions American physicians should usewhen examining female patients. "Blanket condemnation by health workers will not help families decidehow to break a lon...JAMA Study Shows Jefferson Medical College Program Brings Family Physicians To Small Town America
...hat hewanted to return there to practice medicine, caring for the friends and familyhe had known for a lifetime. "The PSAP allowed me to complete training during my years of medicalschool in rural areas and also conduct some interesting academic research," saysDr. Turner. "In addition to the tra...Far Few Drugs Are Tested On Children
...drugs company. "Every paediatrician and GP caring for children faces this problem on adaily basis," says Vas Novelli, a consultant in paediatric infectious diseasesat Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. "Each is expected to weigh up thepros and cons of using an unlicensed medication, knowing ful......pecial expertise and understanding to their job of caring for children. Whileall physicians are board certified in Emergency Medicine, some hold additionalboard certification in Pediatrics, and nurses on staff are pediatricspecialists. Dr. Geiderman, who has been with Cedars-Sinai's Emergency Department for...Caring For The Aging Holocaust Survivor
The unique issues of caring for aging Holocaust survivors will be explored att...icipate in workshops thatexamine the challenges of caring for genocide survivors and their second andthird generation families who may need coping strategies ...Relaxation And Music Significantly Reduce Patients' Postoperative Pain
...s and physicians preparing patientsfor surgery and caring for them afterwards should encourage patients to userelaxation and music to enhance the effectiveness of pain medication and hastenrecovery." Dr. Good's findings have implications for future research into theeffectiveness of self-care methods on oth...Kidney Transplant Recipients Require Less Long-Term Care If They Receive Well-Matched Donor Organs
...ney transplantssuggests that the long-term cost of caring for patients could drop dramaticallyif more received kidneys closely resembling their own organs. Doctors are debating the importance of transplanting organs whosesurface proteins are identical to a patient's other organs. Previous studiessu...New cancer treatment facility opens
...isciplinary teams ofspecialists who are experts in caring for patients with a particular type of cancer. Services and floors at the Laurance S. Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion are organized by "disease teams" rather than by thetraditional surgical or medical outpatient offices. A disease team includessurg...Noninvasive test aims to prevent sudden cardiac death
...sequences. "One of the most depressing aspects of caring for patients with heart failure is that you work so hard to make them feel better but, despite doing well, they still die suddenly. Knowing in advance which patients are at risk will allow us to avoid these deaths, which will make a huge difference,"......nt. "It's trulypatient friendly and focused toward caring for people with pituitary disorders,"said Dr. Shahinian. "This is an innovative idea," said Dr. Bonert. "It is one of the first - if notthe first - center in the United States where endocrinologists and surgeons workside by side in an integrated fash...Cholesterol lowering in elderly reduces heart disease and strokes
...rol counts--you can improve yourquality of life by caring about your cholesterol," he added....Many Virginians would increase taxes for K-12 education, study finds
... feel theywill bear the greatest responsibility in caring for the elderly." About one-third of respondents think spending is too low on publichousing for low and moderate income families. "That is a significant portion ofthe population expressing awareness of this problem," says Willis-Walton. Oftho...New study finds graduating nurses ill-prepared to care for the elderly
...mes. Thus, an ever-decreasing staff of nurses are caring for the fastestgrowing segment of the population-- the elderly - without being properly trainedto do so. According to Dr. Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, co-author of the study, anationally-renowned authority on issues of the elderly and elder care, andd...Brain chemical mellows male mice, but makes mouse moms tough
...e mousenormally only attacks other mice when she's caring for pups after a pregnancyand is approached by a strange male mouse," says <ahref="http://www.psy.jhu.edu/~nelson/">Randy Nelson , professor of psychologyand neuroscience and a co-author of the new paper. "The female's aggressionreduces the d...Peering into the amazing mind behind those baby blue eyes
...hool care must be devised. Being in the company of caring adults "is schoolfor babies," they contend. "Our book argues that human beings were designed by evolution to bothlearn and teach. For humans, nurture is our nature and the drive to learn isour most important and vital instinct," said Melt...Mothers of chronically ill children often face depression
...search reveals. "The time demands that result from caring for a child with a health conditioncan limit a mot...ctivityrestrictions that are imposed on mothers by caring for a child with a chroniccondition may lead to frustration and unhappiness with the parenting role ...Mayo Clinic investigates new device to regulate beating of the heart and improve pump function
...premature death. Healthcare costs associated with caring for those with heart failure in the United States is nearly $10 billion annually. The main purpose of the study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the device in patients with heart failure who are also indicated for a traditional defibril...Recipients of well-matched kidneys received locally require less long-term care
...ey transplants suggests that the long-term cost of caring for patients could drop dramatically if more people received locally allocated kidneys that closely resembled their own organs. Doctors are debating the importance of transplanting organs whose surface tissues are identical to a patient's other organ...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...lf the hours of informal care. Daughters were more caring than sons. The researchers found that if one child takes the lead in caring for the parent, the other children "sit at home and watch. We thought the others would do cash trans......t, respect for the environment, volunteer work and caring for family and friends as individual measures to help with spirituality. On a community level, he recommends social tolerance, creating physical space for people to pursue their spiritual beliefs and fostering developments which promote a "healthy ci...