Women report chronic pelvic pain not taken seriously, survey shows
...etrician/Gynecologist (Ob/Gyn) and 43 percent by a friend or family member. Nearly 60 percent of these women have been told that their pain is normal. Of these, 56 percent were told this by their Ob/Gyn and 29 percent by family or friends. "The results of this survey are concerning given the impact pelv...UK researchers develop novel treatment for fibroids
...treatment. Eighty per cent would recommend it to a friend with similar problems. Although the treatment did not rate as highly as hysterectomy for treating blood loss, when the answers were compared with those of a control group who had undergone hysterectomy, both groups rated their quality of life simila...Virtual friend helps young asthma sufferers
...d horoscopes. The messages were sent by a "virtual friend with asthma" to 30 young asthma sufferers. Focus g...f them also developed a rapport with their virtual friend and said that they no longer forgot to use their inhalers. Text messaging can help people with chron...Peer pressure matters in young adults smoking decisions
...ple their own age who smoked, how often their best friend smoked and whether their parents and friends would approve of them smoking. To evaluate smoking-related beliefs, they asked the participants about their intentions to smoke in the future, ability to resist social pressures to smoke and beliefs about...Study on suicide reveals faith, social ties as 'protective' for older African Americans
...lp with daily tasks if they needed it, or having a friend they could confide in and depend on. "We found that 90 percent [of the participants] reported they obtained a great deal of support and comfort from their religion, and that this support from religion and friends was related to overall lower mental ...World's first study on surrogacy reveals high quality parenting and no problems
...ird of surrogate mothers were either a sister or a friend of the commissioning mother. This was closely comparable to the egg donor families. Ms MacCallum and her team questioned the commissioning mothers about the surrogate's reaction to handing over the child, about their own relationship with...Chicago researchers testing HIV vaccine for healthy people
...this trial are those who have a loved one or close friend who has HIV or AIDS and wants to assist in the search for an effective vaccine....Study by UBs RIA confirms link between alcohol consumption, work absence
...ta were collected from the employees themselves, a friend or family member familiar with their drinking behavior and records from the human resource departments of the three companies. Results of the study by William Fals-Stewart, Ph.D., RIA investigator and research associate professor in UB's Department ...The Lancet Oncology (TLO) and The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID)
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...ient's immune cells recognize the donor's organ as friend rather than foe. The Stanford team monitored the recipient's new hybrid immune system looking for a mixture of cells from both the recipient and the donor. These cells were tested in the laboratory and did not attack cells taken from the donor...Women & asthma: New survey reveals heavy toll on health, emotions and lifestyle
...e was in danger; more than half (51 percent) say a friend or family member has thought their life was in danger. Women more seriously affected than men The new survey supports the findings of " Asthma in America," a landmark 1998 survey of more than 2,500 asthma patients.(2) The 1998 survey found that wo...Behavioral therapies plus pharmacotherapies can add up to success
...inimize the urge to drink (such as calling a sober friend or playing basketball). These methods are individualized for each person's needs, as a method that works for well for one person might not work as well for another person. Many treatment programs currently use some form of coping skills training, ...UF researchers: rural residents less apt to seek Alzheimer's care from family doctors
... individuals, the other half by a family member or friend living with them. Just 59 percent of 118 people who had at least one mental impairment and difficulty in at least one of the daily activities sought care for those problems. Twenty-five of 51 city dwellers with memory-problems looked to their prima...Smoking prevention programs may miss minority teens
...hey either said they would accept a cigarette if a friend offered them one or that they might smoke in the next year, while 47 percent of Asian Americans were susceptible to smoking. Hispanics also estimated that 45 percent of their peers smoked, while Asian Americans estimated that only 38 percent of their...Drug blocks opioid side effects: Could improve palliative care
...cologist Leon Goldberg, who wanted to help a dying friend who suffered from morphine-induced constipation. Goldberg started with naltrexone, an established drug that completely blocks the effects of morphine. He altered the drug slightly by attaching a methyl group, which changed the charge of the molecule ...For early detection of Alzheimer's, loved ones know best
...uctured interview with aspouse, adult child, close friend or colleague. "That helps us determine notonly how an individual has changed relative to his or her own past performancebut also whether that change is interfering with everyday activities," Morrissays. He recalls a banker who successfully managed hi...Diabetes therapy may impair memory function in children
...stabilize blood glucose or if a doctoror parent or friend had to administer glucagon or help in some other way. Memory testing After two years of diabetes therapy, the children took a battery of tests tomeasure cognitive function. One test measured a brain function called spatialdeclarative memory. "Th...Biologically inspired electronics leads to higher fidelity
...yorchestra and identify the familiar outlines of a friend in the midst of a crowdof strangers. Realizing this extraordinary ability of the neuronal networks ofthe brain to separate signal from noise led a group of researchers at BostonUniversity's Center for BioDynamics (CBD) and Department of BiomedicalEn...Ph.D. Degree Research Results In Patent For Low-Cost Pharmaceutical Filters Made From Seafood Waste
... chemical engineering. But, when I wasa senior, my friend Jim Sealey, a graduate student working with Dr. Glasser,told me he was doing interesting work with biomass. "Much of Dr. Glasser's research is similar to what someone in materials science,chemical engineering, or chemistry might be doing," Todd says....Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
... The study was initiated after a personal friend of Bennett developed therare side effect. His research group subsequently compiled clinical data onticlopidine-associated TTP from at least 60 patients. Of these, almost twothirds were older than 60, half were male and around 70 percent had receivedt...