The hidden health trauma of child soldiers
...ror facing an estimated 300,000 children worldwide forced to become child soldiers. Ilse Derluyn from Ghent University, Belgium, and colleagues interviewed around 300 former child soldiers who had been abducted by the northern Ugandan rebellion movement Lord's Resistance Army. All the children were abducted...Disability researchers identify barriers to independent living
...ve. As a result, these people are at risk of being forced to leave their homes and move into institutions, such as nursing homes. The report also states that unmet need among people living alone is more an issue for the elderly, since two-thirds of those living alone and needing more help are age 65 or olde...Human rights abuses common in southern Iraq between 1991 and 2003
...bers since 1991: torture, killings, disappearance, forced [military service], beating, gunshot wounds, kidnappings, being held hostage, and ear amputation, among others. Seventy percent of abuses were reputed to have occurred in homes. Baath party regime-affiliated groups were identified most often (95 perc...Medical societies report critical care crisis in United States
...and for critical care services. These trends have forced critical care in the United States to enter into an extremely vulnerable state, leaving our critical care professionals and their patients equally as vulnerable," said report co-author Mark A. Kelley, MD, FCCP, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI. "The...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2004
...s underwent additional respiratory screening using forced oscillation (FO). Results indicated that 77 percent of the ironworkers had one or more respiratory complaints, including cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and wheezing, and that early exposure to the WTC collapse significantly influenced ...Strategies could make for safer shift changes at hospitals
...that already have a shift mindset. They could have forced people to work longer hours for continuity's sake, but they didn't. We looked at those industries to see what they could teach health care." She and her colleagues watched workers change shifts at NASA Johnson Space Center, two Canadian nuclear power...A non-invasive treatment for angina does not lead to enhanced athletic performance
...in the legs are gently compressed and the blood is forced back to the heart. A Short History of EECP The American Heart Association has stated that the EECP device lowers the pressure the heart must pump against, increases the rate of return of blood to the heart, and increases blood pressure while the he...Illegal drug use causes painful complications for oncology patients
...id Kedziera. "Misconceptions and stereotypes have forced some clinicians to feel uncomfortable prescribing medication for the fear that it will be misused or wind up in the wrong hands. The oncology nurse can serve as a point person for both the suffering patient and the attending physician. We need to ta...AAN 2004 Public Leadership Award goes to Leon Fleisher, musician who overcame dystonia
...anist was interrupted in 1965, when focal dystonia forced him to give up the concert hall tour. For the next 30 years, he taught music and conducted orchestras while always holding out hope for a treatment that would enable him to regain full use of his hand. He also emerged as a spokesman on behalf of dyst...Increased HIV risk for women with violent male partners
...control of the relationship. Child sexual assault, forced first intercourse, and adult sexual assault by non-partners were not associated with increased HIV risk. Dr. Jewkes comments: "Women with violent or controlling male partners are at increased risk of HIV infection. We postulate that abusive men are m......hers it was identifying colors. The subjects were forced to switch from one task to the other in either one and a half seconds or one tenth of a second. When they had to switch faster, subjects would take as much as twice as long to respond than when switching more slowly. Using MRI technology, Jiang, Sax...Despite legislation, prompt payment for radiology services 'elusive goal' in New Jersey
...scover their choices are limited as physicians are forced to cease participating with a tardy payer," he said. In addition, the study found a clean claims filing rate of 97% that, according to the researchers, contradicts the managed care organizations' assertion that about 50% of provider submitted claims ...Study finds fibromyalgia prohibits sufferers from breast-feeding
...n tried to relieve their pain naturally, most were forced to return to their doctors and their medication regimens. Because breast-feeding is such a valuable and healthy means of nutrition, Schaefer suggests that healthcare providers learn more about FM when advising breast-feeding mothers with the co...Statement: Implantable medical identification chip
...eir personal medical information. Patients who are forced or coerced to disclose their personal health information will simply protect their privacy by avoiding necessary medical care. For more information, contact Dottie Jeffries, Director of Public Affairs, 212-752-0450, ext. 29, djeffries@apsa.org ; ...UCLA medical student develops, markets communication board for intubated patients
...," the report said. As a result, the caregiver is forced to interpret the patients' non-verbal communication such as mouthing, gesticulating, nodding and writing--which can be difficult for the critically ill patient. "Such nonverbal methods require excess energy and are fatiguing and emotionally draining ...Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...ients were adolescents. Afflicted teens are often forced to sit on the sidelines, unable to attend classes, or participate in sports and social events for a week or more because of the severity of their illness. In fact, pertussis sufferers may experience more than two months of severe, uncontrollable coug...Misconceptions about sexual violence common among South African youth
...und 11% of males and 4% of females claimed to have forced someone else to have sex. Most of these had themselves been forced to have sex, suggesting that a history of forced sex distorted perceptions about sexual violence and...Exercising limbs protects brain cells affected by Parkinson's, study in rodents shows
...earchers examined the brains of rats that had been forced to exercise for seven days before receiving a toxi...OHDA injection found that in the animals that were forced to exercise their limb, only 6 percent of dopamine-containing neurons were lost. But in animals give......ormally worked shifts at several institutions were forced to choose one institution at which to work during the outbreak. Through tracing the contacts of SARS patient, the Toronto authorities identified 23103 people who required quarantine, which represented almost 1% of the population of the city. In Taiwa......tch their primary care physicians because they are forced to not by choice. That's the finding of research published in the November edition of The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. Analyzing survey data from nearly 800 patients 65 and older, researchers found that 14 percent of seniors cha...