Decision to take tamoxifen difficult for many women
... influence decision-making, in order to help women feel confident and satisfied with their treatment choic...d fewer sources of information were more likely to feel dissatisfied with their decision. Although decision satisfaction did not vary between women who cho...Long-term data show benefit of DETROL LA as first-line therapy for overactive bladder
...ons of the bladder muscle. A person with OAB will feel a sudden and sometimes overwhelming urge to urinate (urgency). This is because the bladder muscle squeezes or contracts at a small volume and without the normal warning signals that capacity is being reached. This usually results in more frequent u...Novel antibiotic shows promise in shortening treatment duration of tuberculosis
...sappear after several weeks, and patients begin to feel healthy. However, to completely clear the infection, they must continue therapy at least four more months. This is often difficult, especially for people living in remote areas in developing countries, and discontinuing treatment prematurely increase...New study in NEJM suggests levodopa may slow progression of Parkinson's disease
...rkinson disease," said Dr. Fahn. "Now patients can feel more secure about the drug and may wish to start it sooner rather than later." The co-principal investigator, Ira Shoulson, M.D., professor of neurology at the University of Rochester, added, "The results of this study are important because they hel...Sleep duration affects appetite-regulating hormones
...Some of us, when awake in the middle of the night, feel an urge to visit the kitchen. This could explain results of previous studies that have shown a link between short sleep duration and high body mass index (BMI). But a study by Emmanuel Mignot and colleagues suggests that it's not just the additional ...Direct payments to households in poor countries could improve maternal & child health
...se of legal complications. Dr Morris comments: "We feel confident that there is now convincing evidence that direct payments to households do increase the use and coverage of preventive health care interventions. If this outcome is to be translated into improved health status, it is essential that high qu...November/December 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... percent of appointments are no-shows: 1) patients feel anxiety or fear about the cause of the symptoms and anticipated diagnostic tests, 2) they feel disrespected by the health care system, and 3) they do not understand the scheduling system. In semi...How are we doing? Researchers aim to measure national well being
... assesses how people spend their time and how they feel about, or experience, activities throughout a given day. In a trial of the new technique, a group of women rated the psychological and social aspects of a number of daily activities. Among these women, relaxing with friends was one of the most enjoya...Student nurses need better understanding of poverty-stricken patients
...to Reutter and her fellow researchers. "They don't feel the worker really understands where they are coming from." The 59-question survey of 740 basic baccalaureate nursing students was conducted in the three universities in 2000. The results showed, among other things, that only 13 per cent of the stu...Employment reduces chronic drug use, UH professors find
... research yielded such significant results that we feel these findings ultimately can and should be extrapolated to additional populations," Montoya said. "In the U.S., alone, nearly 20 million Americans abuse drugs, with women being less likely to seek treatment than men. And the fact that risk factors...Low-glycemic load diet may improve ability to stay on diet longer
...en compared with low-fat diets, making the dieters feel less tired, cold and hungry, as well as improve ca... while those on the low-glycemic load diet did not feel as hungry and had a faster metabolic rate." Pereira and colleagues at Harvard University des...Study examines nature and prevalence of errors in patient care
...onstrates that nurses will report errors when they feel safe and when the reporting system is not burdensome. According to Rogers, it is important to acknowledge the vigilance and astuteness that led to the nurses catching many of their own errors before they reached the patient. Michele C. Balas, a Pe...Ovarian cancer does have early warning signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center find
...ient even noticing," says Dr. Barrette. "You can't feel it from the outside -- it's inside, and we in the medical community don't have any screening test specifically for ovarian cancer." Drs. Yawn and Barrette indicate that the symptom of abdominal pain most likely originates from pressur...Pediatricians wary about recommending complementary therapies
...ies (CAM) to improve their health, yet most do not feel comfortable discussing or recommending these thera... nutritional therapies and therapeutic exercise to feel more comfortable about the therapies before recommending them to their patients," she said. Yet, man...Sexual quality of life lower for the obese
... losing a little weight and getting fit makes them feel 10 to 20 years younger in terms of their sexual quality of life," she said. Kolotkin developed the 31-item study questionnaire, called Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite, which evaluates all aspects of weight-related quality of life. More than ...Satellite view highlights Europe's changing landscape
...its function. This is not enough for you to really feel the change as dramatic. But if you use satellite data over a span of ten years you can really see a difference". The project is contributing to shaping Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative, which will provide env...New research results: 'Heart jacket' shown to be effective
...found the "heart jacket" technique helped patients feel better and reduced the likelihood that they would need a heart transplant. "There was a clear improvement in the size and shape of the heart, returning it to a more normal configuration," says Paul Hauptman, M.D., a SLUCare cardiologist and associ...African-American heart attack patients fare worse long term
...mes for African-American heart attack patients, we feel that there should be prospective clinical study to help us understand what these factors may be and how best to address them." While the current analysis was not designed to uncover the reasons for these differences, behind, Mehta said he suspects a ...Rehabilitation professionals in nationwide survey cite barriers to assistive technology transfer
...disabilities. Nearly three-quarters of respondents feel that advances in assistive technology lag behind those in other medical and health technologies. The survey, called "Barriers to Assistive Technology Transfer in Society" (BATTS), pointed to four key barriers preventing people from benefiting from ma...Detrol LA combined with standard treatment for enlarged prostate is twice as effective
...r from OAB. A person with overactive bladder will feel a sudden and sometimes overwhelming urge to urinate (urgency). This is because the bladder muscle squeezes or contracts at a small volume and without the normal warning signals that capacity is being reached. This usually results in more frequent ur...