Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...ledcorticosteriods (and seen by physicians who had communications training) hadsignificantly fewer symptoms and fewer follow-up office visits, nonemergencyphysician office visits, emergency department visits and hospitalizations. "This project was designed to try to get physicians to use what we know aboutasthma an...Steroids May Reverse Loss Of Substance Tied To Nervous-System Diseases
...rm, nerve signalingbreaks down, jeopardizing nerve communications and leading to altered sensationsand a multitude of other problems. What causes a loss of myelin -- demyelination -- in MS cases is notknown, but is believed to be the result of an abnormal immune response tobacteria and viruses. While MS affect...Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...vital input for the management ofdisasters. Before communications by satellite it was practically an impossiblechallenge to reestablish communications with the countries. We have advanced,"she said. PAHO, based in 1902, provides technical collaboratio...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
...provide training, strengthen surveillance, improve communications and laboratoryinfrastructure, "and evaluate and learn from these activities," Dr. Koplan said. The PAHO-CDC partnership, said PAHO Director Dr. George Alleyne, "could bedescribed as the last lap in the race to make measles history." It "will also bec......lesscommunications, radio, microwave repeater, VHF communications and water towers. The mechanism for how towers attract lightning is not really understood. Butscientists have known for a long time that towers attract more lightning thanthe undisturbed ground nearby. The tale of a family in North Carolina clearly i...Dartmouth researchers urge caution in communicating results to public
... to misleading reports and suggest ways to improve communications ofresearch findings to the public. The original study, which claimed to document evidence of sex and race bias inthe evaluation of chest pain, appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine(February 25). The study was based on a controlled experim...Telemedicine can be used for accurate diagnosis of stroke symptoms
...lable throughhigh-speed cable and other broad-band communications systems. "This sort of system has the potential to collapse barriers of time and distancebetween patients and providers. Ultimately it could be brought into settingslike doctor's offices, nursing homes or athletic facilities, bringingtelemedicine in...Pathway may provide target for treating chronic pain
...tivation of silentsynapses without affecting other communications between neurons as a strategyfor treating chronic pain," Zhuo said. Treatment methods might include blocking serotonin on the outside of the cell orusing peptides to inhibit the interaction between GRIP and AMPA inside the cell.Another strate...Federal institutes and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation create Tobacco Use Research Centers
...A's efforts to improve the policyunderstanding and communications practices of the tobacco research teams. The funds announced today will be used for the first year of a five-yearproject to foster unique collaborations among scientists across manydisciplines, and to focus on areas where there are gaps in kn...OHSU researchers discover new synapses in brain
...er understand the beneficial and detrimental nerve communications that take place in the brain. "It is our hope that continued research will lead to treatments that will stimulate the maturation of these immature oligodendrocytes to allow re-myelination to occur after injury or disease," said Dwight Bergles, Ph.D.,...NIMH expands national outreach partnership
... Each Outreach Partner conducts a mental health communications program for the public and health professionals, through media relations, statewide coalition building, and outreach to minorities and special populations such as youth and the elderly. Partners also sponsor educational efforts focusing on primary c...UNC-CH School of Social Work receives grant to prevent violence
...n's homes and their schools by boosting children's communications and problem-solving skills. Findings from preliminary studies of the efforts suggest that they help children build skills in working with peers, teachers, parents and others. "The programs appear to reduce the peer rejection, alienation and aggressi...Science, engineering and technology newstips
...smit data instead of electrons. Most long-distance communications systems already use fiber-optic cable, but the lig...to route the WDM signals across networks. Optical communications depend on advances in optics, electronic engineering, computer science and software development, sai......wide frequency bandwidth and is used for radar and communications arrays, explains Stutzman. "The trimmed foursquare is a more compact version of the foursquare antenna that permits close spacing of elements in array antennas."...Children lead the way when it comes to asthma management
...estion: to what extent do children initiate health communications with parents, and do these communications affect parents health behavior in managing the childrens illness? the investigators say. The study s...Behavioral therapies plus pharmacotherapies can add up to success
...friends also drink heavily. Alcoholics are taught communications and conversation skills that can be used to improve their close relationships, such as learning to accept criticism and resolve conflicts gracefully, and to increase their sober friendships. CET is designed to help alcoholics practice 'bringing dow...Foot-and-mouth 'on the move in Asia'
...there are livestock, which poses huge problems for communications on disease risks. There is also a lack of fencing and animal identification compared to Australia. Australia would face its own challenges, stemming from the immense geographic size of the nations livestock rearing areas, he says. Dr Gleeson first jo...ORNL helping make tomorrows soldiers all they can be
...ogies that would make that possible include better communications devices, advanced situational awareness software, chem-bio detection and protection, advanced weapons, and protective equipment. Fatigues and the flak jacket of the past, for example, would be replaced by a system designed to protect a soldier and p...Improving communications and support for doctors, patients and partners
..., and that while GPs were generally satisfied with communications with the specialist breast services about the initial stages of diagnosis and treatment, 41% said that a phone conversation with a specialist during the patients hospital treatment would improve the continuity of patient care. Half the GPs surveyed ......or Beth D. Marshall, CHES, MPH candidate, a health communications specialist at the Center. The success of our program adds further support to the broader concept of involving communities, building trust, and strengthening ties between academic researchers and the communities they serve....