UCLA report shows disparities in children's health
...al initiatives to help young Californians have the experiences they need to begin school ready to learn," said re...ral health, asthma, nutrition, and important early experiences for young children, including reading and attending preschool. The report provides the first statewi...UC Davis physicians use high-tech virtual system
...eel technology that allows for distinct and unique experiences for each physician based on individual response time, actions and decisions. The realistic clinical environment allows users to "feel" lesions in blood vessels and to hear patient comments during the procedure. These and other visual and tactile elem...Researchers study experiences of hospice nurses with patients who hasten death
...eport on the first study to document hospice nurse experiences with terminally ill patients who deliberately refu...cine. As they interviewed physicians about their experiences with patients who request assisted suicide under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (NEJM, Feb., 24, ......e of a week. The goal was to document and explain experiences that "moved them" or that they "took pause with," in an attempt to map out the fullest range of positive and negative feelings they had and what events caused them. Many doctors expressed a high level of anxiety when uncertain about dealing with a p...Over half of Zimbabwean women believe wife beating is justified
...n women's attitudes towards wife beating and their experiences of abuse, women's attitudes serve as a marker for social acceptability and reflect pervasive gender norms and the unequal status of women in Zimbabwean society." Women aged 15-24 were over two and half times more likely to believe that wife beating w...Zimbabwean women value diaphragm as clandestine method to possibly prevent HIV
...woman distrusted her partner or if she has had bad experiences getting her partner to use condoms, she attached much greater importance to the clandestine use of the diaphragm," said the study's presenter, Mi Suk Kang, MPH, statistician with the UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI). Kang presented the fi...July/August 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...to be associated with parent-reported primary care experiences of children, according to this study by Stevens an...ionship did not reduce disparities in primary care experiences between minorities and whites. The researchers point out that these preliminary findings call into q...False memories, failing recall are not an inevitable consequence of aging, research suggests
... when we mistakenly merge elements of various past experiences or when imagination is used to fill holes in a sketchy recollection. "There has been a lot of research in recent years that suggests deterioration in the prefrontal cortex is linked to age-related declines in veridical memory, but this is the first s...Childhood leukemia survivors not receiving radiation have same life expectancy as general population
...eir therapy have virtually the same long-term life experiences as the general population. The findings, which appear in the August 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, result from a long-term follow-up study of a large number of childhood ALL survivors. The study found that survivors who did not rec...How a nightcap may hinder rather than help your sleep
...ough sleep." An alcoholic who is actively drinking experiences similar, but more severe, types of sleep disruptions. An alcoholic who quits drinking often experiences sleep problems in the two to six months of abstinence following withdrawal. "They take a long time ...Medical geneticist at Cedars-Sinai awarded $8.5 million NIH research grant
...ime, symptoms do not usually appear until a person experiences chest pain or has a heart attack. "In essence, our study serves as the genetic arm of the MESA study, as MESA evaluates the early natural history of coronary artery disease, while in the MESA Family study we aim to find the genes that contribute to ...Amphetamine or cocaine exposure may limit brain changes that occur with life experiences
...e as a consequence of experience. "The ability of experiences to alter brain structure is thought to be one of t...nsitive to either psychostimulant drugs or to life experiences such as housing conditions. "The findings from this study indicate that at least some of the cogniti...Comfort-food cravings may be body's attempt to put brake on chronic stress
...mmediate response to a perceived danger, the body experiences the familiar "adrenaline rush," in which the adrenal glands initiate a flood of hormonal signals that quicken the heart rate, constrict the vasculature to prevent bleeding to death, and provide energy to the muscles. Minutes later, a slightly slower ...Emory researchers find Paxil improves memory and brain structure in PTSD sufferers
... event; avoidance and emotional numbing related to experiences that recall the traumatic event; and hyperarousal at inappropriate times. The study was directed by J. Douglas Bremner, MD, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Radiology at the Emory Uni...Cranberry component linked to reduced stroke damage
...er 15, 2003) Every 45 seconds, someone in America experiences a stroke. This week, researchers announced that compounds in cranberry may potentially offer a way to reduce stroke damage. A preliminary rat cell tissue study led by principal investigator Dr. Catherine Neto at the University of Massachusetts-Dartm...Method to keep track of cancer comorbidities is successful; may help cancer research
...lizing a web-based training program based on their experiences with in-person training seminars. In fact, the National Health Service in London is planning to incorporate this program into its current cancer registry system throughout the United Kingdom. The program also will be used in the five-year Cancer Car...Study of hip replacement patients finds 80 percent eligible for minimally invasive surgery
... and ligaments are cut and as a result the patient experiences significantly reduced levels of pain and recovers from the operation more swiftly. The initial study was is limited to individuals of average weight to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of the minimally invasive surgical approach and benefit...NIH History Day celebrates NIH; Features lecture and tours
...ments, tools, electronic records, and the personal experiences of the people who work at NIH." The signature event of the day will be the NIH History Day lecture by Professor Alan Kraut of American University, with opening remarks by NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. Professor Kraut will discuss his new book...Childhood abuse related to alcoholism in Native Americans
...archers collected information on adverse childhood experiences ranging from emotional neglect to physical abuse to adoption and boarding school attendance and drinking habits from 1,660 people. The participants were interviewed by a person from within their tribe or someone from another tribe, depending on triba...Empowerment in cyberspace - Electronic discussion helps cancer patients cope
...g of being out of control of one's life are common experiences for cancer patients. The Internet can be a valuable tool in helping to make patients feel part of an understanding community, said Mette Terp Hoeybye, from the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, speaking at ECCO 12 The European ...