Training Urged For Mothers Of Children With Cancer
...protocols, pain management, disfigurement, and the perceived threat ofdeath that is embodied in the word "cancer," is not a skill which will have beenlearned by most parents during their previous life experiences," the authorswrite. "Problem-solving skill training to enhance a mother's own coping mighthave a b...A Helping Hand Could Save An Ailing Heart
... While the researchers allow that a person's perceived needs maysometimes be based upon their degree of illness, they suggest that determining apatient's or friend's prognosis may be as simple as asking, "Are you getting thesupport you need?"......rred in up toone-fifth of the cases, increased the perceived benefits of the drug beingtested in one trial and decreased the perceived benefits of the drug in theother three trials. While these differences of opinion had no effect on ...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
...n: in years when average levels of disapprovaland perceived risk are high, average levels of use are low. (Se...y also have shown thatmarijuana use goes down when perceived risk and disapproval go up. What the newanalyses show is that these changes cannot be explained by ...Serious Crime Victims Risk PTSD, Multiple Disorders
...the crime specifically involves acompleted rape or perceived life threat, the risk increases dramatically,"Boudreaux says. The researchers interviewed 391 women from Charleston, South Carolina,about their experience with crime and their mental health symptoms. Theirfindings are reported in the Fall is...Debilitating Body Image Disorder Often Begins In Teens; Likely To Be Missed
... compulsive behaviors - most oftencamouflaging the perceived defect with clothes, makeup, or a hat or rep...ts who received surgical treatment for their perceived flaws had no improvement in symptoms. Diagnosis of BDD in young people often requires inquiri...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
...n ambiguous comment orcatching a cross look may be perceived as threatening. One of the potential long-term effects of child abuse is in robbing victims ofan ability to form healthy relationships with peers and other adults. Pollaksays decades of research has described these problems, but few studies havetarge......eceptors.Observers typically reported that the rod perceived stimulus appeared to moveslower than the stimulus perceived through the cones, although the two actuallymoved at the same physical speed. To obtain a speed matc...Ordinary Touches Multiply Into Severe Pain For Fibromyalgia Patients
...nocuous, such as pressure on the skin, can then be perceived as apainful stimulus." Jessica LeMay, one of Staud's patients, has been battling fibromyalgia since1993. The 30-year-old Lake City resident said the pain starts in one areaand usually spreads, sometimes becoming overwhelming. "I imagine if someone h...New Concepts Proposed To Investigate Drug Reactions
...to proteins orother large molecules which are then perceived as foreign and induce an immuneresponse -- doesn't explain many of the key features of such reactions,including why the response only produces symptoms in some people. He suggests that researchers consider the "danger hypothesis," which states thatth...Novel drug therapy tackles third 'pathway' causing congestive heart failure
...ability to pump blood. Additionally, the patients perceived that their'quality of life' improved (based on the patient's assessment of his/her feelingof well being). None of the patients in the study experienced any adverse sideeffects from the drug. Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart fails to fu...Women don't understand own health risks
...itself could prove lethal. "Accurate knowledge and perceived risk of coronary heart disease might impactwhether women undergo regular cholesterol and blood pressure screening andwhether women engage in health behaviors such as increasing leisure-timephysical activity, improving diet, and engaging in regular st......gues that "....whatever else is causing a real or perceived crisis in the NHS, an increase in the number of people requiring or demanding emergency treatment is not the explanation". In an analysis of emergency admissions in an area served by Avon Health Authority, Dr Kieran Morgan and colleagues ascertaine...UK researchers examine personality and social behavior changes in patients following stroke
...atients. Both sets of stroke patients were perceived more negatively -- lessoutgoing, less sociable and warm in personality -- as compared to the orthopedicpatients. In addition, researchers found that patients who suffered from lefthemisphere damage and had more speech problems, were seen as l...NYU researcher unveils the scientist in painter Chuck Close
... marks exceed the critical 0.3degree size they are perceived as discrete objects, preventing the observer fromseeing the face. In the Science article, Pelli argues strenuously that Close deserves credit forthese findings, "One might suppose that he was a nave artist, obsessed bygrids, who innocently produced t...Pain, itself, elicits pain relief, and does so through 'reward' pathway
...esia. It also provides a surprising twist on the perceived workings of the neuralcircuitry associated with gratification, said the lead author of the study,Robert W. Gear, PhD, assistant clinical professor of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery in the NIH Pain Center at UCSF. "We're showing that something aversi...Mayo Clinic study reports that centenarians do well following surgery
...or injuries should not be denied surgerybecause of perceived risks associated with advanced age." Dr. Warner says that recent improvements in drugs and less-invasive surgicaltechniques have made surgery safer for the elderly. He also notes that, contraryto popular opinion, people who are dismissed from the hos......herresearch on this age group. The bully behaviors perceived by others may actuallybe a response initiated in self-defense," said the authors. Peer identifications of bullies and victims tended toward traditional genderstereotypes. "Sixty-seven percent of male bullies were not nominated for anycategory, pos...... the complexity of theoperation in relation to the perceived benefits. "To date, a functioningwhole-organ pancreas transplant is the only therapy available that can reliablyremove the need for insulin injections in a Type I diabetic," said Dr.Shackleton, noting that pancreas transplantation still is usually re......tional reaction to their injury, frustrated by the perceived lack ofinformation they were receiving, discouraged by the initial slow gains intherapy and were worried about losing their physical prowess. She also foundthat, after initial pain and depression, athletes are very motivated to returnto an active lif...