Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...of children treated by program physicians had more confidence in theirability to manage their child's disease at...til they have a serious episode; others don't have confidence in the regimenthe physician has prescribed; others are under the impression they must livewith sympt...ONYX Pharmaceuticals Reports Phase II Clinical Trial Results At ASCO Meeting
...will be able to discussthese findings with greater confidence when we have seen them repeated in alarger number of patients over a longer follow-up period," Dr. Kirn said. Patients participating in the ONYX-015/chemotherapy study may or may not havereceived prior chemotherapy, but all have failed other forms o...The European Medicines Evaluation Agency: Open To Criticism
...isal so that doctors and patients can have greater confidence in the drug licensing system. The authors say that the present system of withholding information that is deemed to be commercially confidential (sometimes as little as one per cent of the information about a product that the agency holds, is release......cians who are uncertain of which course totake the confidence to discharge those patients who don't need hospitalization,"Eisenstein said. "It also finds those patients who really should receive furthertreatment." For those patients in the study who received conventional care, thetotal average hospital ...New Surgery At Cedars-Sinai Provides Hope For Epilepsy Patient Who Has Had A Lifetime Of Seizures
...ween the doctors you feelcomfortable with and have confidence in." As her seizures became increasingly uncontrollable, Dr. Espy consulted with Dr.Levesque. It was determined that surgical intervention was necessary. Prior toher surgery, Mary Kate spent two and a half weeks in Cedars-Sinai's TelemetryUnit, where......r." While appreciative of the community's vote of confidence in Cedars-Sinai,Priselac doesn't back away from his commitment to continuous qualityimprovement. "Even though our customers have ranked us number one, we recognizethat there is always room for growth and improvement," he says. "We continue tostrive f...Study Of Women And Hearing Reveals Need For Routine Hearing Tests
... from the feelings of stress, isolationand lack of confidence that often accompany hearing loss. On the positive side, the study found that many older women defy the stereotypesof decline associated with aging, maintaining high levels of activity thatdemand effective communication. Because declines in speech un...Is handwriting truly individual? UB computer scientists are finding out
...ndwriting, it has yet to be regarded with the same confidence levelas other kinds of evidence. For inst...writing styles and attach to them some numbers and confidence levels for aspecific document, to evaluate how good a match there is between a sample and agiven doc...Hope protects bereaved, HIV-positive men
...ctations regarding ones future health, feelings of confidence andoptimism, and a greater sense of control over the disease are associated with aslower rate of progression of HIV-related illness," said Geoffrey M. Reed, PhD,head of the study. Participants included 72 gay men with at least a three-year history of...Age, ethnicity, income impact exercise habits of elderly
...shortness of breath. The respondents had limited confidence in their performance abilities and theoutcomes the...xercise than youngerpersons, and females had lower confidence that they could engage in physicalactivity than males. African-American males, with incomes of more......resent researchcannot be generalized with complete confidence to an actual sexual encounter,"they suggest that the study gives powerful clues about why condoms are tooinfrequently used. They note that further studies on the issue should be done,especially in regard to the relationship between condom use and soc...Indiana University Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation
...gnition of the researchprowess at IU and a vote of confidence in its future. "Certainly this is a significant step for this cancer center, which has receivedgreat public support, including a $20 million appropriation made possible byJohn Myers of Terre Haute while he was serving in the U.S. House ofRepresentati...Who should have heart bypass surgery? New guidelines will help doctors, patients decide together
...on. "Enough studies now exist that we can say with confidence that bypass not onlyincreases the length of life, but increases its quality as well," he explains."For patients with disabling chest pain, bypass can relieve their suffering for5 to 10 years without posing an unacceptable risk from surgical complicat......ormation, time, or readiness to change - or enough confidence in theirability to do everything the guidelines re...o guidelines for preventive health advice, lack of confidence isthe most likely reason physicians give for not following recommendations. Butbetter educational ef...NIH grant keeps University of Maryland on the cutting edge of complementary and alternative medicine
...nefits of complementary medicine and demonstrating confidence in the research capabilities of Dr. Berman and his staff." In addition to funding new studies, the five-year NIH grant will be used to train new investigators in the field of complementary and alternative medicine, and to establish a research infr...Social support and confidence predict medication adherence for AIDS patients
... "Interventions that enhance a person's perceived confidence in adhering to treatment regimens also seem partic...than others, reported more side effects, had lower confidence in their ability to follow the medication routine, and reported less support from friends and others......ibution of fraudulent products increased consumer confidence in herbal remedies The forum will be held at the International Trade Center in The Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C. Discussion topics include understanding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, pro...Americans support FDA food biotech policies
...s support the FDA's current labeling policy. This confidence in the FDA position has remained relatively stable over the past 4 years of IFIC consumer attitude surveys, despite increasing controversy about food biotechnology. Furthermore, 3 out of 5 (59%) consumers still feel they will benefit from biotechnol...Baltimore researchers receive $40 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
...Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expresses enormous confidence in our city's scientific community and its ability...esident of Johns Hopkins. "We're grateful for that confidence and eager to justify it." "The University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development has a long hist...