UMHS study finds surgery safer at teaching hospitals
...ly to have prolonged hospital stays. "One of the fears that many people have is that going to a teaching hospital with medical students and residents might hinder their care because the attending physicians have to teach rather than perform surgery. This study showed that perception is completely wrong,"...Study shows United States may have more pediatricians than it needs for the next 20 years
...pecialties by U.S. medical students has heightened fears of an impending shortage of these physicians. This study questions this belief, at least for physicians who specialize in caring for the nation's children. The study uses a novel approach to projecting the work force, allowing researchers to model th...Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers
...ce will be conveyed to the public. Will it play on fears of not having a competitive edge?" If the answer is yes, Illes brings up a few hypothetical situations. What if some people in a given field take a drug to make themselves doubly productive? Will their productivity put pressure on colleagues to use t...Study finds bupropion may be effective smoking cessation aid for women
...oking cessation outcomes, including depression and fears of gaining weight. NIDA-funded scientists have found that the antidepressant medication bupropion may help women who are light smokers maintain abstinence at rates similar to those of men. For the study, the researchers recruited 314 women and 241 me...Promoting the brain image bank
...d Dean of the Faculty. The authors note that early fears about fMRI sharing data have been overcome, and reusing data has proven fruitful to reanalyze previous findings or pursue related research questions that weren't considered originally. Using archived data for new studies provides new perspectives on ...The machinery of forgetting fears
... fears, less has been devoted to understanding how fears are diminished, according to Elizabeth Phelps and ...ls of the brain regions that become most active as fears are unlearned. The findings show that the walnut-sized brain region called the amygdala, which is a ...Stanford scientists help bring study of smallpox virus into 'molecular age'
...stponing the destruction of the virus. Today, with fears that terrorists could develop the virus, researchers are using the surviving samples of virus to learn more about the disease. Relman, along with biochemistry professor Patrick Brown, MD, PhD, and graduate student Kate Rubins, looked for the genes...Cognitive behavioral therapy combined with antidepressant effective in treating adolescent OCD
...rom performing compulsions in order to learn their fears are exaggerated or unrealistic. This is the first study to test the efficacy of combining the two treatments in pediatric patients. One hundred twelve children, ages seven to 17, were enrolled in POTS. The patients were randomly assigned to receive...No link found between pneumonitis in breast cancer patients and taxane-based chemotherapies
...ted to try and determine if we could alleviate the fears of both the physicians administering, and the patients receiving these potentially life-saving treatments." The research, led by Tse-Kuan Yu, M.D., Ph.D., a resident in radiation oncology at M. D. Anderson and the study's principal investigator, ...Learning to cover up reduces risk of skin cancer
...n safety might even encourage visitors by allaying fears of overexposure. The Task Force found insufficient evidence to recommend approaches for ultraviolet exposure reduction in child care centers, secondary schools and colleges, workplaces or healthcare settings....November/December 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...dity could result in persistent misconceptions and fears concerning familial risk. Health Care Seeking Among Urban Minority Adolescent Girls: The Crisis at Sexual Debut By M. Diane McKee, M.D., M.S., et al In-depth interviews revealed that urban adolescent black and Latina girls dramatica...Future of clinical medicine research is at risk, warns professor
...Tuesday,18 January,2005. Professor Andrew Greening fears that the ability to develop skills in research will be lost to many young doctors, whose faster training track will focus only on clinical activities. Also, younger consultants appointed under the new consultant contract will have fewer opportunitie...Listening to fear: Helping kids cope, from nightmares to the nightly news
...s coping strategies for parents on these and other fears children and adolescents face. Marans' book is "Li...wide range of situations-from simple developmental fears to traumatic events-parents' quick and repeated assurances simply aren't enough," Marans contends in...HIV-infected parents report limiting physical contact with their children
...o their child. They were then asked how much these fears led them to avoid interactions with their children...parents restricted interactions 'a lot' because of fears of contagion." (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005; 159: 173 179. Available post-embargo at www.archp...Disease testing for immigrants: Discrimination disguised as public health policy
...n 2003 number only around 3000. Reacting to public fears over perceived threats, countries including Canada, USA, Australia, and New Zealand, have adopted stringent policies for compulsory screening of new entrants for TB and HIV. But the only UK public inquiry into the issue came out firmly against the id...Sex selection popular among infertile women
...has been banned in the United Kingdom. "One of the fears is that sex selection will drive patients toward a certain sex," said Jain. "And the presumption is a preference for boys. But our study did not show that. In fact, in patients who did not have children there was no greater desire for boys over girls...MRSA: Political point-scoring over hospital cleanliness ignores the real issue
... political parties in the UK have seized on public fears about the health implications of unclean hospitals to fuel arguments over the rising rates of infection with MRSA. Labour has pledged to give 'power to patients' to monitor cleanliness of NHS hospitals, the Conservatives want to give matrons the powe...