Welfare recipients will not seek help if it is too far away, study says
...tal health problems and substance use or abuse are obstacles to work activity. The paper is online: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/34787 "Policy-makers and program managers must seek strategies to provide a range of support services that can help those on welfare overcome common barriers t...Diabetes management improves when patients, doctors agree on treatment goals, UMHS study finds
...giving very much information or being aware of the obstacles patients may face. We say, 'you should exercise more' or 'eat fewer fatty foods and sweets' without exploring patients' values and health priorities and without helping patients think of specific ways to achieve this. So when doctors just give short ...Couch potato lifestyle takes a big bite out of health
...ople of all ages to get off the couch and overcome obstacles to becoming more physically active. In one project involving adolescents, ORI scientist Susan Duncan, Ph.D., has found that families and neighborhoods can have a profound impact on the activity of youth. "There are clear physical, mental and social...Exercise for elders: It's never too late
...ple to get out and move also means recognizing the obstacles that block their paths. Some are physical: unsafe streets, absent sidewalks, nasty winters or steamy summers. But fear of injury and lack of time, energy, skill or motivation take a toll as well. One barrier to greater participation in physical activ...The European Cancer Patient Coalition - challenges for the future
... navigate and influence it. But one of the largest obstacles to patient collaboration at European level is language. "Relatively few Europeans have the same mother tongue, with just over 25% speaking German, and 16% speaking English. Just over 50% of Europeans claim to speak a second language with around 40% s...Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
...pite the regimen's availability, Dr. Jackson says, obstacles remain to implementing this regimen in resource-po...ny of these countries. "We would love to see these obstacles overcome," says Dr. Jackson, "because it would mean that some several hundred thousand infants would...University of Pittsburgh receives two grants to try to increase organ donation/procurement
...y also may help to identify the real and perceived obstacles to increasing the number of donors after cardiac death and provide a method that will allow transplant outcomes using organs from these donors to be compared in a more uniform and meaningful fashion. The researchers will collect data on 500 criticall...High cost of life-saving childrens vaccine may be keeping some doctors from giving it
...e Control and Prevention. Both options are sizable obstacles for many families, and may mean some children don't get vaccinated. The study results may also foreshadow further problems and "fragmentation" of vaccination practices as other pricey but effective children's vaccines come on the market, says lead au...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...hers to investigate drivers' attention to multiple obstacles that are added to the environment. Driving studies are also conducted using an instrumented car called ARGOS (Automobile for Research in Ergonomics and Safety) that is actually driven on the roads. The UI researchers, in collaboration with Digital Ar...Fred Hutchinson uses IBM technology to help find genetic links to immune-system diseases
...too much time planning and positioning to overcome obstacles to managing increasingly complex data," said John Hansen, head of Fred Hutchinson's Immunogenetics Program. "A coordinated data-sharing system would be a much more productive and efficient way for research colleagues to interact. If, through our co...Aggressive exercise program helps inner city, low-income disabled
Removing obstacles to exercise enables even the most unlikely individ...y sedentary adults. This study found that the main obstacles to class attendance were acute illness or a conflicting medical appointment. The study further showe...Trauma surgeon seeks change in law that discourages counseling of problem drinkers
... of legislators on their attitudes toward UPPL and obstacles to repealing it. "After conducting this survey, we will present the trauma center results," he says. The legislators' attitudes will be monitored with a followup study. The Harvard Division on Addictions will also work with Gentilello on the project....GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award 2002
...f Hope, Duarte, Calif. "We hope to overcome those obstacles and bring gene therapy for HIV closer to reality." Overcoming a Therapeutic Dilemma As noted, entry inhibitors are some of the newer drugs that are being tested. Entry inhibitors aim to interfere with the early process of the virus infecting the ...Fogarty International Center announces first awards for international tobacco and health program
...ach other about best practices, opportunities, and obstacles in tobacco-control research. The successful applicants for the first International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program awards: Dr. David Brook of Mount Sinai School of Medicine will work with collaborators from the Medical Res...Ten schools receive funds to improve access to dental care, enroll minority/low income students
... programs to help reach those populations who face obstacles to oral health care and to increase their enrollment of underrepresented minority students," said Dr. Formicola. Dr. Bailit added, "Underrepresented racial and ethnic minority dental health professionals provide a large amount of the care to minori...Muscle stem cells show promise against muscular dystrophy in mouse model
...The results may also signal that some of the major obstacles to muscle cell transplantation low cell survival rate, poor spreading of cells, and cell rejection by the immune system are being overcome. This, say the scientists, could make treatments for MD and other muscle-related diseases more effective....Breakthrough! UNC scientists' research promises improved X-ray machines using carbon nanotubes
...eaving the scenes of accidents. No major technical obstacles remain in their way. In addition, the new X-ray technology will allow manufacturing of large-scale X-ray scanning machines for industrial inspections, airport security screening and customs inspections. Other uses of carbon nanotubes include flat pan...Futuristic system brings vision to blind
... They could walk freely around a laboratory, avoid obstacles and look outside a window to see a tree. "It's amazing now. It was science fiction a few years ago," said William H. Dobelle, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer of The Dobelle Institute, developer of the artificial vision system. Dobelle ha...Insured minorities continue to face obstacles to health care, UCSF study reports
...are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to report obstacles in access to health care, according to a Universit...s, explained Phillips. Reasons for the increased obstacles to care among Asian Americans remain unclear, she added. Though Asian American and non-Hispanic whi...U.S., British scientific societies honor penicillin as International Chemical Landmark
...mass-produce it during World War II proved tougher obstacles to surmount. Researchers from Oxford University in England were able to test penicillin in mice and in humans, then sought wartime help in funding, further research, and manufacturing from U.S. government agencies, academic institutions and pharmace...