UNC to become regional center for research on health workforce
... School of Medicine, will concentrate on patients' experiences with health care. "Dr. Pathman and colleagues will examine how people's use of outpatient services, their perceptions of access and barriers to care, their satisfaction with care and the quality of care they receive varies with the number of local ph...Experience is more effective than classroom learning in changing age bias in dental students
...t is important," said Fabiano, "but their personal experiences relating to the geriatric patient that makes a difference." However, some negative bias remained despite knowledge and experience, said Fabiano. "We are trying to get that number down to 0." The research group now is conducting a longitudinal stud...Adaptive regulatory T cells suppress killing of persistently infected cells
...rus is balanced by antiviral immunity and the host experiences little to no damage. However, persistent infections with viruses such as HIV or hepatitis lead to life threatening diseases that currently have no cure. Immune cells called CD8+ T cells are critical for recovery from viral infections and persistent ...Lack of parental support during childhood is associated with poorer adult mental & physical health
...ct that contemporaneous psychosocial resources and experiences may have on the physical and mental health of adults and older adults, health practitioners may need to cast a much broader net that encompasses earlier life conditions dating as far back as childhood."...Human rights abuses common in southern Iraq between 1991 and 2003
... authors' knowledge, been surveyed about their own experiences and views on physician involvement. Chen Reis, J.D., M.P.H., of the Physicians for Human Rights, Boston, and colleagues conducted a survey of physicians in southern Iraq to assess patterns and practices of physician participation in human rights abu...Mouse model mimics real-world plague infection
... cases and deaths are in Africa. The United States experiences 10 to 15 cases annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most common source of infection is bites from infected fleas carried by wild rodents. Bubonic plague is characterized by painful, swollen lymph nodes called...Clear information, privacy vital when breaking bad news
...eir study, Windrim and his colleagues examined the experiences of 117 women referred to Mount Sinai in 2000 who were informed of adverse pregnancy complications after undergoing an ultrasound. Two-thirds of the women were referred to the perinatal centre with fetal abnormalities; the remainder had other obstetri...Seal of approval scheme needed for complementary and alternative websites
...ring to clinicians' advice, 91% provided opinions, experiences and factual details and 22% provided mainly commercial details." Of the total CAM therapies advertised, 118 were for cure, 88 for palliative/supportive care and 59 for prevention. The researchers carried out extensive literature searches in scientifi...Alcohol use and victimization among college women
...inking and both sexual and nonsexual victimization experiences using a sample of college women during a number of...be able to recall their drinking and victimization experiences accurately." Parks and her co-author found that the odds of experiencing sexual aggression were...Families generally happy with initial early intervention services, study shows
...isabilities are generally happy with their initial experiences with early intervention services offered under the...iteria of Part C are eligible due to conditions or experiences that are relatively well defined and mandated by legislation at the state level," Bailey said.Childr...A non-invasive treatment for angina does not lead to enhanced athletic performance
...hington, DC Each year, about one in 100 Americans experiences severe constricting pain in their chest, often radiating from the precordium to the shoulder and down the arm, due to arterial narrowing of the heart muscle. This is known as "angina pectoris," which occurs when the heart muscle does not get enough b...Physicians, patients must work together on new electronic relationships
... the practice as a matter of course. Despite early experiences that suggest e-mail interchanges can offset costs incurred by telephone calls, missed or avoidable appointments, medication errors and requests for prescriptions, doctors remain unconvinced about the tradeoffs. "For doctors, at a time of disquiet, fa...Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Girl Scouts partner to promote oncology nursing careers
...hand washing techniques, and enjoyed observational experiences in the perioperative areas including emergency care on a resuscitation manikin. "This was a positive experience for the scouts, their parents and our nurses," said Mullin. "It was multi-beneficial in that it provided a good memory for all involved,...Physicians have mixed opinions about consumer-targeted pharmaceutical ads
...study allowed physicians to report on their actual experiences with DTCA and to say whether they prescribed certa...m Harris Interactive, published a study of patient experiences with DTCA, concluding that such advertisements could lead to valuable discussions with physicians an...Substance use, social stress compromise pregnant women's immune system
...respond differently to stress, not every woman who experiences the risk factors studied is automatically at risk for premature labor or a sick newborn. "In our study, some premature newborns recovered quickly and did well, while others went on to develop other inflammatory disorders such as brain injuri...Patients report high levels of trust in medical specialists
...e is known about how patients' characteristics and experiences are related to trust in their specialist physician...hers found that most patients reported having good experiences with their specialists, and 79 percent reported complete confidence and trust in their specialist wh...Medical College of Georgia to establish clinical campus at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
...Hospital, is designed to enhance medical students' experiences with community-based medicine. The partnership will also help reduce the shortage of certain medical specialties. "There are many counties in Southwest Georgia that are underserved in respect to the number of available physicians," said Dr. Ruth Ma...Web technology can help chronically ill patients
...ement tools. Patients were interviewed about their experiences before and after they used the programme. Patients felt valued and less limited in the care they sought from providers after using the programme. They also felt safer having access to their personal health information. However, patients were also di...CellCept(R) registry data demonstrated superior long-term organ transplant outcomes
...tation at Roche. "The wealth of data and positive experiences using CellCept further supports its use in kidney, liver and heart transplantation and demonstrates significant improvement over past experience." Examination of CellCept Treatment in Liver Transplantation The study, Efficacy of Triple Therapy w...Low-income Native American women suffer high rates of domestic abuse
... were asked to fill in a questionnaire about their experiences of assault by a partner and about their socioeconomic circumstances. These women were enrolled in one of 29 different tribes and some 59 percent of the women had non-Native American partners. Thirty-nine percent of the women questioned had been seve...