Physicians can help family members caring for dying loved ones
...ut rather an ongoing process and an opportunity to engage with families and patients, he said. 3) Be part of the interdisciplinary home care team that provides caregivers with orientation, information, training and support. He explained that family caregivers are medical team representatives in the home, pr...Brief mail- and computer-generated interventions work best for problem drinking among young people
...f interventions are best directed toward those who engage in hazardous drinking and/or abuse of alcohol rather than those who are alcohol dependent. "The vast majority of hazardous drinkers do not develop chronic alcohol dependence," explained Kypri, "but instead experience transient or intermittent periods...Ratings of teen-rated video games do not always fully describe content
...lthy behaviors, researchers believe parents should engage their children in discussions about media content. "The results of this study and the recent glimpse of popular teen culture that parents saw in the Super Bowl half-time show should serve as a wake-up call to parents to pay attention to what's in th...Bar characteristics, women's behavior in bars tied to their risk for bar-related aggression
...men who tend to frequent certain kinds of bars and engage in certain kinds of behavior while at these bars are more likely to experience bar-related aggression." A former postdoctoral fellow with RIA, Buddie is an assistant professor in the Psychology Department at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Her ...Cedars-Sinai March medical tipsheet
...ong break has turned into an event for students to engage in excessive drinking, that for some has led to accidents, violence, vandalism, sexual aggression and even death. HIS-N-HERS HEART TRANSPLANTS: HUSBAND AND WIFE EACH HAVE HEART TRANSPLANTS, PERFORMED BY THE SAME SURGEON AND CARDIOLOGIST What are t...2005 global tuberculosis targets may be out of reach
...ace a health workforce crisis, a failure so far to engage all health care providers and a global financial gap that stands at about US$300 million annually, with the most pressing financial needs felt in sub-Saharan Africa. Closing this financial gap and systematically applying the four approaches outlined ...Poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as leading cause of death in U.S.
...nds of food to consume, and activities in which to engage are the result of strong cultural and commercial signals. Unless strategies are specifically designed to address and improve the clarity and utility of these messages, U.S. society will fall far short of the possible," they write. "Refining insights ...Study finds little effects in patients who take prescription drugs and dietary supplements
...health care specialists and biomedical scientists, engage in groundbreaking research that will advance the understanding of the causes and treatments of disease and to participate in the delivery of care as a partner with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Among the many areas for which its faculty...Duke scientists overcome immune resistance in dendritic cell vaccines for cancer
...ines, which have their own limitations but seem to engage T-cell aggression without difficulty. "We knew there was something unique to viral and bacterial pathogens that mammalian cells don't have," said Yang. The scientists found that dendritic cell vaccines failed to remove the "brakes" from fighter T-cel...Sitting in nonsmoking sections a powerful tactic for preventing teen smoking
...nson Cancer Research Center. Parents who routinely engage in such anti-smoking behaviors in front of their adolescent children - particularly parents who themselves smoke - appear to significantly reduce their offspring's chances of becoming a smoker by their senior year in high school, report M. Robyn Ande...Low activity levels found among children with asthma due to parental health beliefs
...thma-controlling medications - were less likely to engage in high levels of physical activity. "These results are troubling," says the study's lead author, David Lang, M.D., M.P.H., who led the research while a pediatric fellow at the Children's Center. "Despite medical advances and a better understanding o...Are toddlers who can't sleep at higher risk of becoming teens who smoke, drink or do drugs?
... amounts of sleep, and encourage their children to engage in relaxing, not stimulating, activities before bed." Wong and her colleagues will continue analyzing data from the family study to look for further patterns in girls, and as the boys grow older. They also hope to use wrist-band movement monitors...Alcohol use and victimization among college women
...the risk, the issue is the perpetrator's choice to engage in a particular behavior. My feeling is that if a fabulous-looking woman walked down the street stark naked, that is not justification for someone to attack her, it really is the choice of the perpetrator." Both Parks and Collins acknowledged t...Sleep problems in early childhood may predict substance use during adolescence
...mounts of sleep, and encouraging their children to engage in relaxing activities right before bed time." Wong is hopeful that, if sleep problems can be identified early on and treated, then early onset of alcohol and other drug use may be prevented. She and her coauthors plan to add to this study's su...Negative side effects downplayed in prostate cancer treatment guides, U-M study finds
...th no graphics, photos or other visual elements to engage readers. The study authors recommend that organizations producing patient education materials offer complete information on how the treatment is provided, including its risks and benefits. The material should speak from a patient's point o...Louisiana enacts prescription privileges law for psychologists
...board. The law requires that medical psychologists engage in coursework that includes anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, biochemistry, clinical medicine, general pharmacology and clinical psychopharmacology. "This is a victory for the people of Louisiana," says James Quillin, Ph.D., M.P., president, Louisi...Survey of adults reveals life-long consequences of ADHD
... without ADHD. Adults with ADHD are more likely to engage in harmful or antisocial behaviors, like smoking and drug use. Over 60 percent of the adults with ADHD surveyed have been addicted to tobacco while 52 percent have used drugs recreationally. In addition, people with ADHD are twice as likely to have...Elevated rates of trauma may put urban American Indian women at increased risk for contracting HIV
...f physical and sexual trauma and, as a result, may engage in risky behaviors that place them at high risk for becoming infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study focusing on American Indians in the New York City area. The study also indicates that HIV rates among American Indian...Smokers welcome help in quitting when offered at clinic visits
...nclude from this study that smokers are willing to engage in cessation treatment," Fiore says. "Lack of easy access to free, convenient care, rather than lack of interest, may be keeping the millions of smokers who want to quit from doing so. This study provides a model for a tobacco cessation treatment re...Duke scientists identify new way to block blood vessels that feed cancer growth
...ss granules and allows HIF-1 to be produced and to engage in production of growth factors. Secondarily, the infusion of oxygen produces "reactive oxygen species" -- also known as oxygen free radicals -- inside cancer cells. Reactive oxygen species were also shown to boost HIF-1 production, the study showed....