'Handwriting challenged' doctors to take penmanship class at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...ead handwriting can help protect patients from the consequences of taking the wrong medicine. On Tuesday, May 9, we are offering a special class in handwriting for members of our medical staff. Though Cedars-Sinai medical staff consistently rates high in customer satisfaction, we realize that many of our physic...Psychologically abused women experience significant physical and mental health problems
...er violence by type and associated physical health consequences among women seeking primary health care. The auth...is the first study to consider the physical health consequences of psychological forms of intimate partner abuse. The researchers found that at some point in th...Drug-psychotherapy combo found highly effective in depression study
...otherapies, CBASP teaches patients to focus on the consequences of their behavior and use a problem-solving approach to address problematic interpersonal difficulties. The results for either of the single treatments in the study, Serzone or CBASP were similar to those found fo...The effect of education on depression increases with age
...that operate in early adulthood and have long-term consequences -- will lead to a fuller understanding of both social conditions and their lasting impact on health outcomes," said Miech....Risky sexual behaviour linked to psychiatric disorders in young adults
...ctivity likewise emerges. Ultimately, the damaging consequences of such behaviour to health -- such as unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases -- can only add to the difficulties already faced by young people with a psychiatric disorder in society, say the authors. Coordination of sexual medicine wi...... determined that Dramamine® could have serious consequences on a diver's mental functioning and judgment."Our findings indicate that Sudafed® is unlikely to cause problems for divers. But, Dramamine® should be avoided prior to diving because of its adverse affects on mental agility," says David McD T...Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody
...han multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, the consequences of these disorders are devastating for patients....Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
...of an unnecessary catheter has potentially serious consequences and thus jeopardizes the safety of a patient by needlessly exposing him or her to conditions that may cause harm. Saint and his colleagues say more study is needed to see which methods will prove to be effective in preventing unnecessary urinary cat...Gender differences in private substance abuse treatment retention
...ively, and education regarding the harmful medical consequences of alcohol and drug abuse. Accordingly, reinforcement over a longer time period is beneficial. In addition, a longer time in treatment allows people to develop social support systems and friendships among people who are not drinking and/or using dr...Welfare to work does not improve mental health
...neficiaries of income support. "Evaluating the consequences of welfare reform on children should not preclude studying the effects that these regulations will have on the mothers' well-being," Kneipp said. "Obviously, more research needs to be done." In a commentary accompanying Kneipp's research article,...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
... tobacco industry's attempts to conceal the deadly consequences of smoking."The teachers did their darndest, and the educational materials were top-notch," Peterson says. "The inability of the program to affect change in smoking behavior comes down, in our judgment, to one thing: the failure of the social-influen...University of Toronto researchers develop potent vaccine for Alzheimer's
...rain tissue, but we also prevented the behavioural consequences of Alzheimer's," says Dr. Peter St George-Hyslop, director of the CRND and a neurologist at the University Health Network. "Obviously, it is more important that a treatment or prevention in humans be able to block the clinical dementia." St George-H...Novartis receives FDA approval for Starlix, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes
...eatment of type 2 diabetes, a disease with serious consequences that is increasing at an alarming rate among Americans. Starlix, a D-phenylalanine (amino-acid) derivative, is the first in a new class of drugs for type 2 diabetes. It is indicated for use as both monotherapy and in combination with metformin, ano...Measles and pertussis risk higher for children with personal exemptions from immunization
...re confined to the individual (e.g., tetanus), the consequences of forgoing vaccination would fall only on the child whose parents made the decision. Most vaccine-preventable diseases, however, are spread from person to person. Therefore, the health of any individual in the community is intricately dependent on......idly--sometimes overnight, often with catastrophic consequences to the vision of the individual, such as a sudden and permanent loss of peripheral or central vision in one eye. The resulting visual impairment and the degree of severity usually varies from patient to patient but can include loss of the bottom hal...Cognitive neuroscience takes on alcohol
...nd upon the characteristics of the drinker and the consequences of behavior in the drinking situation." Mark T. Fillmore, assistant professor psychology at the University of Kentucky, was another of the presenters during the symposium. His research examined how a drug such as alcohol can disturb a person's abi...Area of brain found to play key role in initiating memory storage
...bbits with unaltered brains were able to learn the consequences of two differently sounding tones: one that resul...k to the feet. Rabbits that correctly learned the consequences could avoid the shock by moving the wheel under their feet. Those with blocked amygdalas failed to ......nts in service delivery." Rosenheck looked at the consequences of reducing beds by evaluating detailed clinical outcomes on 6,397veterans treated between 1993 and 2000 at 35 specialized VA inpatient and residential programs for PTSD. Ascontrols, Rosenheck also included a set of in-patient and rehabilitation prog......se who suffer from the illness, but because of the consequences of failing to identify them. "These young people experience high rates of problems; increased health risk-behaviours such as substance abuse, increased suicidal behaviour and disruptive disorders," said Dr Sawyer. Once depression is diagnosed, moder...