Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
...ften at the customerservice rather than the public relations or marketing level of an organization. Anticipatory impression management is used in other industries as well. Amongthe study's conclusions were that (1) these preemptive actions may helporganizations avoid the need for more public and risky forms of...DFG To Fund Four New Research Units
...wide range of mathematical methods to discover the relations between arithmetic geometry, the theory of representation, number theory and certain physical structures. They will focus on studying basic structures in number theory in particular. As a rule, research units consist of scientists investigating a ...Stress Patterns In Adolescence Differ Between Boys And Girls
...irls are more likely to experience stress in their relations with parents andfriends, whereas adolescent boys' stress is more likely to emerge from troublein school or other factors outside their relationships with others. "Because adolescent girls may be more invested than boys in their relationshipsas a sou...... provisions for homecare. They have mounted public relations campaigns when insurers have deniedreimbursement for emergency services after the fact. In general, she concludes, issues where doctors can act collectively with moralcertainty are those where they can join their interests with those of patientsand c...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
... psychosocial factors such as well-beingand social relations to a host of neural, endocrine and immunologic measures. And the new center intersects with the Wisconsin Center for Affective Scienceand a critical mass of researchers who have been investigating social,behavioral and biomedical linkages for years....Women assaulted in military suffer depression, alcohol problems
...e used force or the threat of force to have sexual relations with you against your will while you were in the military?" Those responding affirmatively were significantly younger (42.6 versus 48.8 years), served longer on active duty (6.5 versus 5.2 years), and were likelier to be enlisted than those who resp...Hostility, coercion, sexism among causes of harassment in military
...rofessor of psychology and of labor and industrial relations and guest editor of the journal's special issue on sexual harassment. "Basically, what we found is that tolerant attitudes by leaders in an organization are related to increased rates of harassment, and that sexual harassment has real negative effec...Survey finds chronic pain sufferers unsatisfied with pain treatments
...lity to drive (30 percent), ability to have sexual relations (28 percent) and ability to feed themselves (7 percent). In their search for relief, many chronic pain patients reported extensive efforts. On average, they have seen three physicians for their pain and have taken 3.7 different kinds of prescription...Family important source of support for HIV-positive men
... "We have to take a wider view of family relations with these men, and therapists might take more time to investigate how to help these men with family difficulties whenever possible," Serovich said. "If we can't help family members change, ...SNM and ACNP CMS PET reimbursement statement
...care. Dr. Maurer recently created a new government relations subcommittee chaired by Peter Conti, M.D. The subcommittee is tasked with working to extend PET coverage to new indications and improving the overall reimbursement for PET procedures. The subcommittee is examining the impact of the new FDG reimburs...Organizations renew professionalism vows
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...mple by reducing discrimination and fostering good relations with the public, would reduce officers risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms, Marmar said. These same improvements might also help officers sleep better at night -- routine work stress was also the biggest risk factor for insomnia. HISPANIC ETHNICI...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
...er of B&C Associates Inc., an international public relations firm based in High Point, and Eldridge C. Hanes, vice chairman of the Encore Group, a giftware company with administrative offices in Winston-Salem. Brown and Hanes co-chair the center's national advisory board. The center's national advisory board ...Cancer patients may lower their expectations
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...ith romantic behavior related to securing intimate relations with her, said research author Norma McCoy, an SFSU psychology professor. This is not a smell one can detect, neither the man nor the woman is aware of it, but its very powerful. This chemical appears to influence a mans desire to have sexual interco...Family history of hypertension is related to maladaptive behavioral responses
...ents handled stress, says researchers who examined relations among numerous behavioral responses and family history of hypertension. This study, reported on in the May issue of Health Psychology, finds that offspring of hypertensive parents react more negatively, both behaviorally and physiologically, to stres...Those involved in medical news invited to join an unprecedented gathering of experts
... news providers; physicians and scientists; public relations professionals and public information officers; representatives from associations, industry and government; specialists in medical ethics; patient advocates and patients are invited to register attend the conference. A series of presentations and roun...Philadelphian wins national organic chemistry award
...e ACS divisions of organic chemistry, professional relations and chemical education. The ACS Board of Directors established the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 1984 to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry, including Senior Scholars, those over age 50. Cope was an organic chemist and former...For the blind, a computer navigation system with its own map
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...ent officials, public information officers, public relations professionals, patients and representatives of patient advocacy groups. "Reports on medicine and health consistently rank among the top five topics covered by national and local media," says William Lanier, M.D., one of three co-chairs of the confere...