Lifetime risk for heart failure: one in five
... numbers help to draw attention to a condition and motivate people to change their behaviors or to see their doctors to determine their risk of diseases. "These numbers are a clear message to doctors and patients that they should focus on lifestyle changes that can reduce risk for high blood pressure and hear...Exhaustion's effect on blood increases heart attack risk
...immense effort, and they find it very difficult to motivate themselves. People often attribute vital exhaustion to life stresses, being overworked or having a significant experience of loss. Some have suggested that vital exhaustion is a mental state people reach when their stress coping resources have stretc...Alcohol use, thrill-seeking prove bad mix for HIV-positive men
...ot already infected. Many of the same factors that motivate risky behavior in the uninfected may be present in...in part explained by personality dispositions that motivate multiple risk-taking behaviors," Kalichman says. He uses the term "sensation seeking" to describe th...Dietary change may prevent the most serious form of prostate cancer
...rate consumption of total energy and fat, and they motivate further research to consider the potential benefits and risks of high calcium intake." One important implication of this research, Kristal said, is that men who have been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer may benefit from a diet low in fat a...Worksite program to stop smoking among blue-collar workers yields notable success
...programs into occupational safety efforts may help motivate workers to take action on both fronts. In addition, the combined approach "conveys a sense that company management shares workers' concerns about their health and is willing to do its part to help workers lead healthier lives," Sorensen explains. "...Understanding genetic cancer risk might not help smokers kick the habit
...unately, being susceptible wasn't strong enough to motivate them to quit either," McBride said. The study published in the July 2002 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention examined 557 African-American smokers with low incomes from an inner-city community health clinic. "We chose this group ...Breast cancer under threat from the new ethics say top cancer specialists
...ists. She was finding it increasingly difficult to motivate young doctors for clinical research. "It was time to ring an alarm bell, so I brought the issue to the organising committee of EBCC-3, who immediately endorsed the idea of devoting a whole session to the subject. Indeed, this conference offers a uniq...Aftermath of September 11th on creativity: Psychoanalysts host major literary figures
... of September 11th and its aftermath as helping to motivate the tremendous outpourings of altruistic behavior after a disaster. The same emotions, however, can unconsciously be expressed as a fear of and guilt about the products of imagination and intelligence, resulting in a turning away from aesthetic pleas...Doctors steer sick patients away from capitated HMOs
...er it is cost or quality considerations alone that motivate them to make such recommendations, the study shows that physicians are contributing to risk selection among capitated managed care plans, raising legal, ethical and policy issues, according to author Matthew K. Wynia, M.D., M.P.H., of the American Me...Costs of family caregiving for elderly with cancer are significant, often forgotten
..., who often provide this unpaid informal care, and motivate them to identify those patients and caregivers in need of additional support," says James Hayman, M.D., M.B.A., clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the U-M Medical School, and lead author on the study. These caregiving issues will b...Smokers more likely to experience impotence, Wake Forest study shows
...possibility of developing erectile dysfunction may motivate many to quit their tobacco habit." Spangler said that cigarette smoking and impotence had been linked previously by other investigators, including finding what doctors call a dose response relationship: the more cigarettes smoked per day the grea...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
...ect their inaccurate perceptions about smoking and motivate them to want to be smoke-free. The program was delivered by regular classroom teachers who had been specifically trained for the task by Hutchinson Center staff. Lessons engaged students in a wide variety of activities. Examples of just a few include...Study finds serious bone loss in 90 percent of women with anorexia
... We hope one result of this study will be to help motivate women with anorexia to get the treatment they need." Patients with anorexia nervosa - an extreme loss of weight associated with seriously restricting food intake, an unrealistic fear of weight gain and a distorted body image - are at risk for a numb......is my hope and expectation that these results will motivate many more physicians who treat melanoma to consider aggressive therapy with this regimen, as well as new clinical trials that build upon this regimen. Doing so could improve patient outcomes for thousands of individuals," added Dr. Kirkwood, who also......en in science, and to provide role models who will motivate and encourage the next generation of young women scientists. This year only, in addition to the annual Women & Science Award, a special presentation will be made -- the Weizmann Women & Science Millennial Lifetime Achievement Award -- to Dr. Mi...Moderate levels of worry can motivate women to get mammograms
..."Whereas moderate levels of cancer worry appear to motivate screening behavior,high levels of cancer worry may...ograms that focus onlyon raising worry and fear to motivate the recipient may ultimately fail unlessthey also include an action plan that lays out how the desir...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...s exemplary leadership skills and a keenability to motivate and inspire her staff to achieve excellence. Dr. BurnesBolton is a knowledgeable, compassionate individual. She is resident consultantto management and administrative personnel relative to clinical practice,quality improvement, employee competency an...For Breast Self-Examination, Once A Month Is Quite Enough
... health promotion efforts seek mostly to alert and motivate at-risk womenat the low end of the self-examination scale. For the high-end self-examiners,these programs need to be broadened to include the message that daily or weeklyexaminations may not improve cancer detection, the researchers said. "A delicat...New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
...ning why people shouldfollowour recommendations to motivate people to start and continue healthy choices,"said Roizen. "We wanted to find a way to shift somethingthat was negative and far in the future, like cutting back on dietary fatto avoid a heart attack 20 years from now, into something positive andimmed...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...ren, constructive discipline techniques and how to motivate children to dobetter in school. In a second study, researchers recruited 38 mothers of middle schoolstudents in Athens County. Parents were randomly assigned to the ParentingWisely program or to a control group. Results from the Eyeb...