Finding the right way to tell the family about cancer
...is about identifying the right place and the right moment to talk about these things when emotions are high." The GOALS programme consists of: G Getting together: The time and space should indicate that this is an important conversation and should not be disturbed by daily life. O Opening: Both sides shoul...Brain study of back pain sufferers yields intriguing results
...and what's going on in their brains at the precise moment they feel it. And, it continues to give researchers a road map of the areas of the brain that are most -- and least -- active when patients feel pain. The researchers hope that further study on larger groups of patients will yield more information on...Talented Hokies research brain impacts while battling Aggies
... learn more about what happens to the brain at the moment of impact and to study other factors, such as the protective values of different types of headgear." One injury of particular interest to the researchers is concussion. If their monitoring project succeeds, someday coaches will be able to tell from...New drug-and-psychotherapy program for bipolar disorder in children
...can be exhausted and strained, Pavuluri said. "One moment kids can be irritable, excitable, impulsive, intrusive, and loud; the next they are sullen, withdrawn and weepy," she said. "Families need coping and problem-solving strategies, which are incorporated into the RAINBOW framework." In the preliminary s...Outpatient pediatric visits good opportunity to help parents quit smoking
...Harnessing the pediatric visit sets up a teachable moment for smoking parents, because they are concerned about the health of their child," says Winickoff. "Many physicians think that parents would refuse smoking cessation services, but we had 80 percent saying they wanted it, which is similar to what we s...Survival improves in clinical trial for severe birth defect, with or without fetal surgery
...th -- if the infant receives life support from the moment of birth from a highly experienced neonatal intens...re CDH were delivered at UCSF and treated from the moment of birth. UCSF neonatologists employed advances in life support for all infants in both groups. In t...Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters
...he others to see the eclipse, although at the last moment thin clouds prevented seeing the corona. And the darkness from the Moon's 5000-km-long shadow was striking. Loren was thrilled with her first ever eclipse, and you can hear her describe it in her own words at a radio report on the Anatarctica 2003 we...Yesterday, today and tomorrow: Mount Sinai researchers are making sense of episodic memory
...remember where your car is parked. In the present moment in the elevator, the past guides your future action." To examine the brain processes involved in such episodic memories, Drs. Shapiro and Ferbinteanu examined cellular activity within the brain while rats searched for food in a maze where the starti...Study finds vertebral fractures are underreported
...ther author of the study. "If doctors could take a moment to also check these x-rays for vertebral fractures it might really help the patient down the road." "Our health care system is really good at diagnosing and treating acute problems, but it's not so great at providing preventative care," Kim said. "Th...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
...ion. During the detection phase, the net magnetic moment of the spinning nuclei is measured and analyzed for information about the chemical environment. In MRI the magnetization of each batch of spins formed by a train of radiofrequency pulses is measured, which yields the spatial characteristics of the sa...Blood test heralds speedy stroke diagnoses
... by clots and those caused by bleeding. But at the moment accuracy is limited....Physics and medicine: at Erice the new perspectives of an ancient cooperation
...hysicists all over the world are developing at the moment and that will have very higher potentialities than those of actual internet) in medicine. The techniques developed for nuclear and sub-nuclear physics have applications, sometimes similar, in many other fields. So in Erice the interdisciplinary inter...Aha! Cognitive neuroscientists reveal creative brain processes
... problems were designed to evoke a distinct "Aha!" moment about half the time they are solved.) Brain activity was assessed while participants tackled, and sometimes solved, these problems. In the first experiment, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) revealed increased activity in a small part of ...Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
...te behaviour in human blood circulation and at the moment of ingestion by the mosquitoes, aiming to find an explanation for this heterogeneity and its role in the parasite's reproduction. In the microfilariae, nematode agents of filariases, heterogeneity in the number of parasites ingested by the mosquitoe...Louisiana enacts prescription privileges law for psychologists
... mental health disorders only. "This is a historic moment for health care in Louisiana," says Cathy Castille, Ph.D., president of the Louisiana Psychological Association. "This law will improve access to care and coordination of care for people needing mental health services." "A number of independent evalu...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...of HMS, hailed today's announcement as an historic moment for the school and in the evolution of the field of Sleep Medicine. "This generous and timely support will greatly accelerate advances in sleep and circadian rhythm research. At a time when nearly 40 million Americans suffer with sleep disorders, man...Even health-conscious women going without colonoscopy
...ogram is so accepted, we can use it as a teachable moment to educate women about colorectal cancer risk," says Carlos. "They've already accepted going in to see a doctor for a breast cancer check, and tolerating discomfort for the sake of their future health, so why don't we use that time as a means to reac...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
...only by looking at a snapshot of a population at a moment in time," says senior author John Piette, Ph.D., a VA Career Scientist and U-M associate professor of general medicine. "It's not possible to randomize people to cut back on their necessary medications, so this is the next best thing. We were able to...Partnership for Prevention and ACPM commend expanded coverage of preventive services under Medicare
...t for policy development. "The initial visit is a moment in time, but prevention is a continuum. We will continue to work with the Medicare program to make further improvements in the quality of preventive care offered to America's seniors."...Certain components of the brain's 'executive functions' are compromised early in abstinence
..., we might not be able to remember things from one moment to the next, which could interfere with our ability to learn anything new. Neither would we be able to solve problems nor plan our future actions. Clinicians need to begin to actively develop therapies that capitalize on the functions that remain i...