A computer-based, self-help system for the space age
...fications, the system has the potential to benefit everyone - whether living and working in extreme environments, submarines or oil rigs, or on a farm, in a suburb or big city. "Researchers have shown that people are often more comfortable revealing sensitive information to a computer, rather than to a clinic...Geriatric day care great for patients, but what about caregivers?
...y care units." These institutions are available to everyone and cost between $50 and $70 per day....Traditional healing may relieve symptoms of mental illness
...erious mental disorders. From June to August 2000, everyone who came for help was assessed by a trained psychiatrist on the first day of their stay in the temple and again on the day they left to return home, using recognised psychiatric rating scale scores. Family caregivers were also asked to assess satisfa...'Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day' -- Really?
...in view of this evidence, the burden of proof that everyone needs 8 x 8 should fall on those who persist in advocating the high fluid intake without, apparently, citing any scientific support. Finally, strong evidence now indicates that not all of the prescribed fluid need be in the form of water. Careful pee...Colorectal cancer drug provides important option for patients with advanced disease
...us growths called polyps. It is recommended that everyone age 50 and over undergo regular screening, which may include fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. Such screening should begin earlier in individuals with a strong family history of the disease....Preparations for terrorist attacks and natural disasters linked, says University of Colorado prof
...ies. "What use is a terrorist-safe Los Angeles if everyone is killed in an earthquake?" he asks. "It's got to be a comprehensive approach." Communities everywhere should consider all risks they potentially face and prepare a disaster plan that could be used to address any type of disaster, he said. In ter...Dont think about it too much - Psychological healing in Angola
...hink about it." Daniel, 42 years, Lubango. Second, everyone suffers, and thus strength can be drawn from the fact that suffering is a shared experience: "It is not only you, it is all people. Stay calm and don't think anymore about it . . . Because tomorrow or the day after tomorrow you will also die and will...Public strong on opinions weaker on knowledge
...iness and Government. "Our research suggests that everyone involved in science communication needs to raise their game, and to adopt intelligent, multi-media strategies, rather than point the finger at others." Professor Justin Lewis, who is an expert on public opinion formation, said: "This research will he...Duke and federal government partner to create innovative health care model
...hat a prospective health care revolution will make everyone a winner. Patients will be healthier, avoiding these preventable diseases that erode their quality of life. Health care providers will provide more effective care while reducing unneeded expenses; and employers and private and government insurers wil...Fructose intolerance could be the culprit in unexplained abdominal pain and gas
...the principal sweeteners in the Western diet. Not everyone has the ability to absorb fructose properly, however, and now researchers are discovering that it may play an important role in the onset of common gastrointestinal symptoms, such as bloating, cramps, and diarrhea. These symptoms arise when the fruc...New statement proposes ways to stop deadly drug errors among heart, stroke patients
...diac care," Freedman says. "Studies show that not everyone leaving the hospital who should be getting potentially lifesaving medications such as beta blockers or aspirin are getting them." Finally, Freedman says, adverse events occur due to poor handwriting. "If you scribble a prescription rather than typ...Parents' smoke injures children's blood vessels
..."These findings may add relevance to the idea that everyone should be protected from even short-term exposure to second-hand smoke," says lead researcher Toru Kato, M.D., Ph.D., of the division of cardiology at Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School in Japan....Aging drivers--when it is time to take away the keys
...t easier to take that away. So far we think almost everyone has found this process to be very helpful."...Research reveals no benefit of rapid MRI over X-rays in patients with low back pain
...s it. "Community-based surveys show that virtually everyone is repeatedly challenged by self-limited regional musculoskeletal disorders that occur without extraordinary precipitants," Hadler wrote. "Today, individuals with regional back pain might fare less poorly by managing as best they can on their own, pe...Study: Transferred patients hurt big hospitals' rankings
...f ranking and scoring programs has ballooned, with everyone from the major hospital accreditation organization -- called JCAHO -- to the magazine U.S. News & World Report issuing report cards on hospital quality. The hospitals, in turn, use those scores and rankings to negotiate payment rates with public and...Study shows long-term stress appears to damage caregivers immune systems
...ved ones over long periods stresses caregivers, as everyone knows, but a new study provides strong new evidence that such continuing stress boosts the risk of age-related diseases by prematurely aging caregivers' immune systems. Levels of a damaging compound known as a proinflammatory cytokine not only increa...Is there a way to derail the children's 'Allergy March'?
(Philadelphia, PA) -- Most everyone agrees that in every child's life there are certain "Kodak moments." They can include the first steps, spoken words, an inaugural journey on a two-wheeled bicycle, or entrance into junior high. Unfortunately, there can also be unpleasant milestones,...Physician assistants, nurses and family physicians more likely to care for underserved, study says
...ers in primary care to serve the underserved. "Not everyone working in primary care has the same likelihood of working in rural or inner-city practices," said Kevin Grumbach, MD, UCSF professor and chair of family and community medicine and director of UCSF's Center for California Health Workforce Studies. "W...Eliminating hunger in a world of plenty
..."World agriculture produces enough food to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,700 calories per person per day," said registered dietitian and ADA spokesperson Jeff Hampl. "The problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow enough food, or income to purchase it. That is...... the past," Dr. Nabel says. With ring vaccination, everyone who has been in contact with a patient, as well as all members of the patient's household, are vaccinated. The ring strategy, which requires a fast-acting vaccine, not only protects people who may have been exposed to the virus but also creates an ad...