Researchers making cell phones user-friendly for people with disabilities
...ering, are conducting research to improve the cell phone interface for users with disabilities. The Teleco... used to extract design guidelines to enhance cell phone accessibility and to develop new features for future cell phone interfaces....Peanut Allergy: Major Advances in Treatment and Education
WHAT: Please join us for a news conference by phone bringing together the leading peanut allergy experts to discuss the new research in the field and its impact on the 1.5 million Americans suffering from severe peanut allergy. Major advances in the diagnosis and understanding of peanut allergy are re...Breakthroughs in research may bring hope to 1.5 million Americans suffering from peanut allergy
... WHAT: Please join us for a news conference by phone bringing together the leading peanut allergy experts to discuss the new research in the field and its impact on the 1.5 million Americans suffering from severe peanut allergy. Major breakthroughs in the diagnosis and understanding of peanut allergy a...Taking control: Lab testing you order for yourself
... each test result. The Medical Director will phone critical values directly to the customer. For patient safety and to put laboratory testing into a broader medical perspective, Results Direct attaches the following comment to all laboratory reports: LAB TESTS PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION, BUT ARE NO...Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Society of Nuclear Medicine publishes new book
...e Society of Nuclear Medicine at www.snm.org or by phone at 800-513-6853 (inside the United States) or at 703-326-1186 (outside the United States). The authors are available for interviews to discuss their book and the field of nuclear cardiac imaging. Please contact Kimberly A. Bennett for additional inf...Sexually active young women often underestimate STD risk
...the study, the researchers surveyed 1,210 women by phone about demographic characteristics and risk behaviors such as episodes of binge drinking, history of vaginal sex and STDs, perceived STD risk, overall condom use and partner-specific condom use. Women in the study were sexually active, unmarried, not ...University of Iowa examines role of faith-based groups in helping ex-offenders
...f member's best resource currently is to provide a phone book. A good resource to develop, Arndt said, would be a directory that lists congregations and describes the services and atmosphere they provide. Another way to improve communication is for the formal support providers -- the correctional probation...Phone support group helps older people with HIV/AIDS develop coping skills, new study finds
...Institute of Mental Health, Heckman found that the phone support group was successful in reducing depressio...icensed social worker who moderated several of the phone sessions from the project's home base in Athens, Ohio. Some older women, for example, discussed issu...Another US airport travel hazard dirty hands
...ey wash their hands in public restrooms. The same phone survey which found only 58 percent of people say they wash their hands after sneezing or coughing and only 77 percent say they wash their hands after changing a diaper highlights the seriousness of the problem. In a similar Wirthlin survey conduc...Brief telephonic questionnaire detects early signs of dementia
...searchers administered an 11-item questionnaire by phone to 60 cognitively impaired persons (age range, 57-...te, and it is designed to be administered over the phone by a nonclinical interviewer. In addition, an integer-based scoring system allows for easy scoring a...High blood pressure is a factor in some 'senior moments'
...rm needed tasks, such as remembering an unfamiliar phone number," said J. Richard Jennings, Ph.D., study au...kills involved in daily life, such as looking up a phone number then walking to another room to pick up the phone and dial the number. This type of "running...OHSU researcher co-authors National State-By-State Report Card on women and smoking; Oregon flunks
...essation telephone line is expected to return. The phone line has been one of the more successful ways to help smokers quit in our state, showing quit rates at twice the national average. Nevertheless, stronger measures are needed, Berlin said. No state received the highest grade of Satisfactory, and o...M. D. Anderson expands peer counseling program for African-American breast cancer survivors
...ion and the option to talk with their counselor by phone for up to half an hour. The study will find out whether more personal contact with the counselor adds significantly to the positive results of the program. The sessions focus on 1) reducing hot flashes and increasing postmenopausal health through rel...Assistance program for families of critically ill patients expands across the U.S.
... and meal vouchers, taxi coupons, bus tickets, and phone cards for family members, and family sleeping and consultation rooms, are other core program components. As part of the expansion, The CHEST Foundation is offering a replication toolkit to provide hospitals with critical information and tools for imp...The Group Room(R)cancer radio talk show to air live from CHEST 2003, Sunday, Oct. 26, in Orlando, FL
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...ients should automatically be provided with a free phone and television to relieve boredom; clinicians need to be more responsive about who goes into isolation and for how long; and hospitals with large volumes of isolated patients should have a nurse dedicated to proactively check on their needs....Intervention improves control of high blood pressure in young inner-city black men
...urces of hypertension care within the community, a phone call twice a year to provide counseling, and along with the more intensive group, a visit once a year to the Outpatient General Clinical Research Center. Dr. Patricia A. Grady, Director of the NINR, stated, "This study is an important example of rese...Outpatient pediatric visits good opportunity to help parents quit smoking
...ational interview, nicotine replacement, follow-up phone counseling and referrals to both their primary car...cond Pediatrics study, the researchers conducted a phone survey of households across the U.S. Of the 900 parents who had a child seen by a pediatrician or f...Memory-enhancing drugs for elderly may impair high-level brain function
...ng memory, such as the cognitive ability to hold a phone number in mind long enough to dial it. The research, published online in Neuron on November 5, analyzes the effects of these drugs on multiple brain regions and suggests that the medications may actually have hazardous consequences on higher-order t...USP to release fourth annual report on medication errors in US hospitals
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