Physicians' emotional responses to patients' deaths increase with care length, says Pitt
...ls of emotional distress, then provide guidance in dealing with these emotions."...JCI table of contents, 1 August 2003
... with respect to publicly quoted companies. Anyone dealing in securities using information contained within this document or within advance copies of the JCI, may be guilty of insider trading under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934....Three-time Emmy Award winning actress Kathy Baker to participate in ADHD experts on call program
...s ago, will talk about her own personal experience dealing with a child with ADHD, as well as answer calls al... daily, and may want to call and ask about ways of dealing with common ADHD concerns or issues facing their children and family. While the experts participati...Parkinson's medication linked to gambling
...therapy program and later committed suicide, while dealing with a number of issues unrelated to her Parkinson's disease. The rate of pathological gambling found in the 529 subjects taking pramipexole (1.5 percent) is only slightly higher than the reported rate in the general population (.3 to 1.3 percent), a...Researcher invents new graphing method
...m trivial, but they can be significant when you're dealing with important information like predicting your risk for a heart attack or plotting the performance of your company's investments," said Dr. Muoz. The new Diamond Graph method corrects the inaccuracies and limitations of the 3-D bar graph by represe...UI Researchers urge advances in meth abuse treatment
...ent programs for substance abuse. "The emphasis on dealing with meth has been punishment and imprisonment, but we may do well as a society to reserve prison for those who are involved in illegal drug sales or violence and support treatment for abusers," Hall said. Methamphetamines initially were used as diet...Global patient organisation launched to help millions of patients with cancer
...er access to information and a support network for dealing with their disease which they may not have had access to previously. By raising public awareness we can hope to ensure earlier diagnosis and treatment." The exact cause of lymphoma is unknown and initial diagnosis can be difficult as people can eas...Afghanistan's health challenge
...he Lancet as a potential model for other countries dealing with post-conflict circumstances, and concludes: 'Afghanistan's response to the steep health-care challenge has the potential to serve as a blueprint for the post-conflict reconstruction for other nations. One of the most serious threats to progress......dia who may wish to quote extracts as part of fair dealing with this copyrighted material. Full attribution is required, and if publishing online a link to www.newscientist.com is also required. Advance permission is required before any and every reproduction of each article in full - please contact celia...Sudden cardiac death: New risk factor first identified in Illinois family by SLU cardiologist
...ople had died suddenly. "I knew then that we were dealing with something even more serious than noted in any previous medical literature and that we had probably found a new hereditary risk factor for sudden cardiac death," Dr. Bjerregaard says. "A long QT interval is often the culprit behind the sensation...Emory's Jeffrey Koplan joins Hong Kong SARS expert committee in report to government
...rnationalcommunity was stressed as a key factor in dealing with emergingdiseases, in addition to communication with the public to establish alevel of trust. The committee also recommended the establishment ofa CDC-like unit, termed a Center for Health Protection, withparticular focus on surveillance, outbre...Intervention improves control of high blood pressure in young inner-city black men
...ly and culturally sensitive research is vital when dealing with vulnerable populations at the community level, such as young urban African-American men, and this research shows how it can work well." Among other positive findings a decrease for both intervention groups in smoking, eating salty foods all or ...First international conference on women and blindness
...ies and more younger women in developing countries dealing with vision loss, the overall statistics remain the same. Scientists theorize that longevity, smoking, nutrition, and environmental factors may be causing increased eye disease in women in developed nations, while poverty and lack of access to health...Physician organizations urge Secretary Thompson to defend NIH review process
...versial but important public health issues, mainly dealing with HIV prevention and sexual behavior, have been subject to congressional inquiries. NIH staff has contacted the grantees to put them on notice of possible investigations. "Both IDSA and HIVMA are concerned that undue ideological influence might je...Book explores how children use imagination to battle chronic illness
...tion I have put forth will help families currently dealing with diabetes and asthma to prepare for the trying times ahead of them," the Penn State researcher said. "We can all take inspiration from how children made the best of the cards they'd been dealt, how they sustained their spirits and playfulness. "...Jefferson scientists use gene therapy to restore function of damaged heart cells in laboratory
...the research team to reach this point. "Now we are dealing with human cells from failing human hearts." Further animal studies are planned, which, he notes, should lead to eventual human clinical trials....College students may be drinking more alcohol than even they realize
...ators, administrators, and anyone else involved in dealing with college-drinking issues how to accurately define a drink," added White. "Until then, we have to be cautious about the conclusions that we draw from survey data, and about the levels of consumption that we promote to college students as 'safe' o...Financial problems linked to depression symptoms in breast cancer patients
...ey problems may add to the stress of women who are dealing with breast cancer." Money-related stress had a stronger link to depression symptoms among breast cancer patients than even stress related to the recent death or illness of a loved one, the study found. Golden-Kreutz conducted the study with Barbara ...First peer-support helpline for people concerned about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
...n cancer is as important in treating a patient as dealing with the illness itself," says James Coyne, PhD, a Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. "This helpline is part of a continuum of cancer care that stretches from early prevention through...Study reviews discussion of medical errors at hospital conferences
...to a culture that has difficulty acknowledging and dealing with error," says the study's senior author, Seth Landefeld, MD, associate chief of staff for geriatrics at SFVAMC, professor and chief of geriatrics at University of California, San Francisco, and senior scholar in the Department of Veterans Affairs...