Harvard Med. School report warns of world health threat
...nd. At the meeting officials will discuss possible responses to this rising health emergency. Prior to the meeting, the report's authors will be available for comment at the Open Society Institute at 11:30 a.m., 400 West 59th Street New York, NY 10019, 4th floor.The report and related photographs can be downlo......mily members as a result of the patient's negative responses to symptoms and the burden of providing emotional ... perceptions of stress, their attitudes and coping responses as well as physiological reactions to the stress in their lives as potential markers of risk for car...Pets can tame high blood pressure
...tress -- measured by heart rate and blood pressure responses to mental and physical stress. We've shown over and over that it's beneficial to be with a pet when you're under stress," says Allen. Her earlier work focused on healthy people. The current study is the first to look at people with a medical condi...Researchers discover alcohol-sensitive membrane channel
...ain and play a major role in regulating inhibitory responses in the central nervous system. They act by regulatingneuron-to-neuron communication and the rate of this information transfer. Whereas most potassium channels are either unaffected or inhibited by ethanol and other alcohols, GIRK channels were shown...Lack of private health insurance increases risk of dying, study finds
... different people each year. They then linked the responses of everyone aged 18 years old and over in the study to mortality data for each year during the nine-year study period. The professors examined the links between mortality and an array of possible factors including attending religious services, race,...Researchers find one in five children not getting care they think they need
...arolina at Chapel Hill research involved analyzing responses to questions asked of 20,000 U.S. teens in 1995 ab...ts were in grades 7 through 12 when asked to enter responses into computers to ensure confidentiality. "The Add Health survey included questions designed to fin......tal of 48 patients (65 percent) exhibited complete responses and a disappearance of their brain tumors on a CT scan following BBBD-enhanced chemotherapy. In addition to frequent physical examinations, patients underwent neurophsychological tests to measure various mental functions, including attention, concen...How long-term alcohol consumption can damage the immune system
...exposed to alcohol, however, hormonal and neuronal responses were significantly blunted. The results suggest that long-term alcohol exposure can decrease the stress-prompted release of CRF and VP in the brain, which can then have a domino-like effect on the release of ACTH and corticosteroids, ultimately blun...... disease conditions, suggesting that physiological responses to treatments are not responsible for poorer outcomes among blacks. These findings are reported in a review paper by University of Pittsburgh researcher James J. Dignam, Ph.D., and published this week in the January-February issue of CA: A Cancer Jo...Study to assess heart effects of depression drugs during stress
... that one of them influences cardiovascular stress responses differently than the other, then the study results may have special implications for the treatment of heart patients with depression." Wellbutrin works against depression by potentiating the body's noradrenergic mechanisms, including release of the ...12 UNC institutions to examine how N.C. counties handle welfare reform
...ence at UNC-CH. "We are attempting to track county responses to our state's actions, which offered counties much more autonomy, discretion and policy options about welfare." Wright and Dr. Philip Cooke, professor of social work, began designing and working on the study two years ago with funds supplied by UN...Behavioral sensitization: A new perspective on alcoholism
... administration, both behavioral and neurochemical responses are progressively enhanced. This phenomenon, beha...us drug administration can lead to many diminished responses (tolerance). Indeed, behavioral sensitization is also called "reverse tolerance." Despite the pote...Conference to examine nutritional supplements, medicinal herbs for managing health problems
...ng presentations on herbal and dietary treatments, responses from expert practitioners in conventional medicine will create an opportunity for dialogue." Organizers are not advocating herbal and other therapies as alternatives to mainstream medicine, Gaylord said, but want to inform health providers about the......Trial and Extension Study "Based on the clinical responses that we have observed to date, use of exisulind for the chemoprevention of colonic adenomas has the potential to significantly alter the management of patients with FAP," commented Dr. Burke, a principal investigator for the Phase III study and for t...Finding offers clue to understanding addiction relapse
... have the ability to induce powerful physiological responses in learning and memory systems," said Kelley. "Long-term changes may persist in these critical areas, particularly in people who self-administered drugs for long periods of time." The Wisconsin study is the first to show that cues associated with opi...NIAID public-private partnerships seek to develop HIV/AIDS vaccine
... is designed to stimulate both antibody and T-cell responses and to generate active immunity at mucosal surface...ccine that strongly stimulates HIV-specific immune responses in very diverse human populations....HMO physicians generally experience less job satisfaction
... quality of care." The researchers analyzed survey responses from a nationwide sample of 2,326 physicians. Most of the respondents (57 percent) were in group practices, and nine percent were in HMOs. Physicians completed questionnaires assessing their satisfaction in 10 specific domains, including autonomy; ...Insured minorities continue to face obstacles to health care, UCSF study reports
...996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey that included responses from more than 22, 000 individuals and 9,000 families from around the country, the researchers discovered that Hispanics more frequently reported difficulty getting care, said Kathryn Phillips, lead author of the new study and UCSF associate professo......tiff claims in connective tissue cases." Typical responses include: "people try to milk it [the court system] just because they've got a little neck injury," "that kind of lawsuit is why our court system is overloaded and premiums are so high," "it's real easy to claim injury when you're not really hurt and ...