Transmitting infertility from father to son
...tom line is that there's a strong need for genetic counseling to be aprominent part of assisted reproduction," he stresses. When the boys in this study reach puberty, physicians may evaluate themagain -- this time to determine whether they are, in fact, infertile. Dr. Pagethinks it's possible that men with AZ...New nationwide study in six cities will look at the method & message for changing risky HIV behavior
...ers in San Francisco and New York. "HIV prevention counseling programs have been widespread since 1985. A fewst...behavior interventions: standard HIVrisk reduction counseling based on a research model called Project Respect thatwas developed by the Centers for Disease Contro...Combination HIV vaccine induces diverse immune response
... All participants received extensive and repeated counseling onreducing high-risk behaviors. Each participant was randomly assigned to one of three study groups. The firstgroup received both vaccines; the second group received vCP205 and a placebo, ordummy vaccine; and the third group received two placebos. ......ervicesrequired to implement this regimen, such as counseling and voluntary HIVtesting, are beyond available resources of many developing countries. But iffurther research upholds nevirapine's good safety record, the investigators saythat potentially all pregnant women who live in areas of high HIV prevalencec...Seniors need group housing, not homes
...options, they say,as well as moving assistance and counseling services to help the elderly adjustto group housing. "We need a turnaround in thinking to give our aging population a larger middleground of group housing options that offer a high but affordable quality oflife. That turnaround requires a shift in ...National Cancer Institute to support statewide UNC-CH colon cancer study
...ellis, a psychologist, will help develop telephone counseling andprinted materials such as personalized newslett... willdetermine the cost effectiveness of telephone counseling versus printedmaterials. Murray will serve as biostatistician. Switzer will study "biomarker...Women find physician guidelines on estrogen replacement therapy are lacking
...ians toincorporate patients' perspectives into the counseling process. Currently, the American College...lacement therapy; however, they do not reflect the counseling needsexpressed by patients. For this study, Maureen T. Connelly, MD, and other researchers a...Follow-up phone calls by nurses benefit cancer patients
CHAPEL HILL - A program of telephone counseling and education by nurseshelps cancer patients cope ... "In all three studies, nurses use telephone counseling and supplementarymaterials to teach patients and/or their family members how to manageuncertainty ge......October, 1997 and April, 1999. After fourweeks of counseling and anti-retroviral therapy, none of the exposedin..., second, it is important to providerisk-reduction counseling and referrals in conjunction with anti-viral drugregimes." Misconceptions can result in unsafe sexua...Issues surrounding genetic medicine and the Jewish population to be explored at conference
...e disease and, ultimately,decide to pursue genetic counseling and testing through Cedars-Sinai's GenRISKprogram. She credits that decision with saving her life . . . and possibly thelives of those she loves. "The testing has really been helpful to me," said Marcia, who will share herexperiences as part of the c......sicians were the lack of areminder system, lack of counseling materials, insufficient staff, poorreimbursement or increased costs for a procedure, and increased liability. Asimple lack of time figured strongly in many cases. Cabana stresses that this study should not itself be the basis for newguidelines, but ...Few physicians counsel adolescents about smoking
...n 20 percent of the time. "We were surprised that counseling of all adolescents was so low and that it did not ...at 71 percent of office visits. But they provided counseling and advice about smoking at less than 2 percent of overall office visits. In the 8.5 percent of offi...Hormone replacement therapy use limited
...hat 90 percent of perimenopausal women receive HRT counseling for osteoporosis prevention by the Year 2000. Stu... incorporated in standard patient appointments for counseling at HMOs. The HMO conducted a pilot study using the workbook with 641 women to assess its impact. A...UCSF Psychiatry Department receives grant to study innovative drug and substance abuse treatments
...ddicted, she said, and people who have come in for counseling might bean ideal population to work with to quit smoking. "These are people who have started to make a major change in their life, so perhaps this is a goodtime to help change their behaviors," she said. "What we want to see is a decrease in smokin...UNC-CH study finds N.C. outpatient heart rehabilitation programs mostly under-used
...are increased use of nurse case managers who offer counseling and often can monitor heart rhythms over the telephone, she said. Patients need to check with their health maintenance organizations or insurance carriers and doctors to find out whether outpatient cardiac rehabilitation is covered by insurance....Parents want more communication when infants are being treated in hospital intensive care nursery
...n order to assess cultural variations in physician counseling with parents and in decision-making for infants born at the margin of viability, according to Partridge. In particular, the research team was interested in the East-West differences in countries with NICU technology that offers the possibility of li...US AIDS cases, deaths, and HIV infections appear stable
... provide substance abuse treatment, HIV prevention counseling and testing, risk reduction programs, and access to sterile needles. HIV incidence in New York City declined from between 5 percent and 14 percent in the late 1980s to less than 2 percent a decade later. "While we are pleased that we have been abl...Hypnosis helps patients control stress and anxiety, UF researchers say
...operations and childbirth. A study directed by UF counseling psychologist Paul Schauble found that women who le...on were compared with 20 who were given supportive counseling and 20 patients in a control group who received only the standard prenatal care. None of the women w...... 1997. Zyban and the Zyban Advantage Plan, a free counseling and personalized patient support program, are to be used as part of an overall plan recommended by a healthcare professional to help patients quit smoking. For more information on Zyban, see your health care provider....