Primary care in the United States in crisis
...ervices such as performing a history and physical, counseling patients about their health, and being an advocate to guide patients through the health system. 6. Primary care education must be revitalized, with an emphasis on new delivery models and training in sites that deliver excellent primary care. Clinic...First-ever conference on depression in college students to be held March 6-7 in Michigan
...ore than 80 percent of the 274 directors of campus counseling centers surveyed said they thought the number of students with severe psychological disorders had risen over the last five years. Meanwhile, a recently published study from Kansas State University found that from 1989 to 2001, the percentage of stude...People with food allergies should not only be careful about what they eat
...ase report underscores the importance of carefully counseling all patients who are allergic to food that they must avoid exposure to offending proteins via all potential routes of contact, including kissing and touching," Dr. Steensma says. "Carrying an injectable epinephrine kit -- and having been instructed i...Marked improvement in heart attack care seen in 33-hospital study
... patients may not get the prescriptions, tests and counseling they need. Now, combined results from three studie...lesterol tests and cholesterol-lowering drugs; and counseling on diet and smoking cessation. These are all proven therapies that, while not indicated for every si...Internet weight loss program effective among adults at risk for diabetes
...bmit his or her weight. Participants in the e-mail counseling group had the same program plus additional e-mail ...diary. Therapists who communicated with the e-mail counseling group had masters or doctoral degrees in health education, nutrition or psychology. They e-mailed pa...'Enhanced' counseling, support interventions slash long-term risk of depression among AD caregivers
Short-term intensive counseling in conjunction with readily available support can ... continued for more than 3 years after the initial counseling sessions ended and persisted even after those with AD died or were placed in nursing homes, accordin...UCLA, RAND researchers help men with prostate cancer
...pathology specimens, availability of psychological counseling resources and such factors as disease-free survival times, patient satisfaction, length of hospital stay and surgical complications. The next step, Litwin said, is to take these indicators out into the field and apply them to medical institutions to ...MRI may help find missed breast cancers in high risk women
... meantime, the study investigators say specialists counseling women at genetically increased risk for developing breast cancer must continue to help them consider the pros and cons of breast MRI as a screening option for their individual circumstances....Study gauges patient opinions in L.A. County
... retinal exam, cholesterol testing, foot exams and counseling about diabetes treatment and prevention of complications. "The new study provides valuable quality of care information that can help the Department of Health Services direct its efforts," said Dr. Allison Diamant, lead researcher and assistant profes...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
...imize the aural rehabilitation strategy concerning counseling and amplification. Repeated exposure to sentence material improves word-recognition, pg 241 Study examines the learning effects of repeated presentation of sentence materials in an adaptive paradigm. A set of sentence materials (VA Sentence Test--V...July/August 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...d educational breastfeeding classes and behavioral counseling programs to promote breastfeeding. The USPSTF fo...breastfeeding education with behaviorally oriented counseling are associated with increased rates of breastfeeding initiation and its continuation for up to three...Sexually active young women often underestimate STD risk
...ould refer them for appropriate testing, follow-up counseling and education," she said....Vitamins C and E improve cardiovascular health in children with high cholesterol, study says
... the ages of nine and 20. All received nutritional counseling and were put on the National Cholesterol Education Program Step II diet, a diet low in saturated fats and cholesterol, for the duration of the six-month study. After the first six-week period, the children were randomly given either 500 mg of vitamin...Other highlights in the August 20 issue of JNCI
...utations, consideration should be given to genetic counseling for all patients with the disease, particular those with a family history of pheochromocytoma, multifocal disease, or a diagnosis before age 50. Contact: David March, University of Pennsylvania, 215-615-3353, david.march@uphs.upenn.edu ....New studies demonstrate importance of offering range of treatment options to elderly cancer patients
...rate of cancer among the elderly and the fact that counseling by physicians is often influenced by assumptions about a patient's willingness to undergo various treatments." The study interviewed 320 participants aged 70 years and older via anonymous questionnaires. Participants were separated into four groups:...Phone support group helps older people with HIV/AIDS develop coping skills, new study finds
...ally unable to drive to standard support groups or counseling services, as well as those who were concerned about confidentiality issues. The telephone is one way to circumvent some or all of those barriers, Heckman said. "Many of our participants noted that they don't have to dress up, drive in and try to pres...UCSD team finds that ethics consultations reduce futile end-of-life treatments
...ir families, physicians and nurses, considered the counseling to be very helpful in solving treatment conflicts....verall mortality between the patients who received counseling and those who did not. Those counseled, however, spent three fewer days in the hospital and nearly ...Organ transplant recipients face serious kidney-failure risk, study finds
...ialists both say the results have implications for counseling given to patients awaiting a transplant, the desig...annually. In all, the researchers call for better counseling of non-kidney transplant candidates, to make sure they understand the risk that among other complica...... replacement Antidepressants Mental health counseling Intraoral appliances...New study aims to prevent heart disease in pediatric lupus patients
...n, but will be given plaquenil, folate and dietary counseling along with standard lupus medications. Neither the physicians nor the patients will know which patients are given atorvastatin and which receive placebo. Physicians will follow participants for three years using ultrasound to monitor progression of a...