Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
...ge women, particularly if they had less secure and responsive relationships with their mothers or primary caregi...girl's childhood attachment. Girls with a secure, responsive relationship in childhood with their mothers or other primary caregivers have some protection agains......had metastatic prostate cancer, and were no longer responsive toconventional hormone therapy. All patients were receiving narcotic analgesicsto treat the significant bone pain resulting from the spread of the cancer tothe bones. Patients who had received radiation within 28 days or had previouslyhad chemother...How Can Parents Treat Colic In Their Babies?
... such as teaching parents to be more appropriately responsive to their infants and more effectively soothing, may help reduce crying. The authors argue strongly that drug treatment of infantile colic has no place in primary care because of the serious potential side effects that the drugs could pose. Contact...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...nsibility for the state of one's health and a more responsive Medicare providing coverage and incentives for those seniors who show this responsibility could make a profound change in future health policy. It is an idea worth advancing as part of short and long term Medicare reform."......ase I-II trial toidentify the kinds of tumors most responsive to TALL-104 cells, and to testtreatment regimens that would be most beneficial to patients. They also arelooking at ways of increasing the cells' ability to target specific tumors. The Phase I clinical trial on women with breast cancer is being fu...Komen Foundation Announces Application Deadline For 1999 National Grants
...nd today, it is regarded asthe most innovative and responsive grant program in breast cancer. Applications and instructions for 1999 national grants from the Komen Foundationare available to download from the Foundation's Web site, www.komen.org/grants/ .Applications can also be obtained by calling the Komen F...Morning Coffee Boosts Blood Pressure, Stress Hormones All Day
...search suggested that thispopulation might be more responsive to the negative effects of caffeine. ButLane found no such effect. In fact, women taking oral contraceptives showedslightly less of a stress response to caffeine than a control group of women. Lane's next study will measure the effects of eli...Patients May Not Be Receiving The Highest Quality Of Care
...tilat. "We need to establish a system that is more responsive to the needs of thepatient," said Chesney. In addition to Pantilat and Chesney, Bernard Lo, M.D., UCSF professor of medicinewas a co-author on the paper. The study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Walter and EliseHaas Fund, and a...Quality Parenting Helps Kids Cope With Inner-City Stress
...d children, parents of resilientchildren were more responsive and nurturing, more consistent in applyingdiscipli...that some parents can develop an orientationtoward responsive caregiving, and a close, nurturant relationship with theirchildren under a wide range of early life ...First woman commanding general for health care in Pacific speaks on Capitol Hill about Tele-Health
...epartment of Defense work collaboratively toafford responsive health care services, and this challenge can only be addressedwith innovative technology and telecommunication solutions," she explains. "With the continued advance of technology, we have really become a testbed for operationally-ori...Breast cancer patients face increased depression
...Major depressive disorder, once identified, may be responsive to therapeuticpsychopharmacologic treatment, despite the lack of estrogen," Greenberg says."Even in those patients who did not develop major depressive disorder, theclinician's attention to and clarification of menopausal symptoms seemed to bean impo......reportrecommends that accrediting agencies be more responsive to the needs of studentsand the public, adopt a uniform approach to accrediting all programs, andexplore new technologies to streamline accreditation. "Accreditation today is at a crossroads -- caught between the 'old way' of doingthings and demand...Study suggests need for better pain management in newborns
...procedure, signaling that these babies became more responsive as they grewolder. "In other words, if you are born earlier, you might show increasingsensitivity to pain over time," Porter said. "Even though this study didn'tdetermine whether these effects are due to age or exposure to pain, we currently......o ensuring that the health system isaffordable and responsive to consumer needs, said Showstack. The report iden...ns to make the allied andauxiliary work force more responsive to consumer needs: Align workers' skills with health care delivery standards which reflectgeneral e...Infant pain may have long-term effects
...onatal intensive care unit were less sensitive and responsive to everydaypain at 18 months of age. In another study, full-term circumcised boys reactedmore strongly than uncircumcised boys to the pain of a routine vaccination atfour to six months. "While it remains unclear whether young infants can remember pa...Southeast appears to have a unique type of Lyme disease
...outheast may be a less virulent strain and/or more responsive to antibiotic therapy. Dr. Felz's collaborators at MCG on the study include Dr. Francis W. Chandler Jr., director of Immunopathology and Histopathology Laboratories, and Dr. Daniel W. Rahn, rheumatologist and Lyme disease expert who is vice dean for...Drug-psychotherapy combo found highly effective in depression study
...herapy. These patients are often considered poorly responsive to treatment. That's why they rarely receive a complete course of either medication or psychotherapy. But the study shows that these individuals are not resistant to medication and psychotherapy." Keller is the Ma...Impulsiveness, aggression, alcohol and adolescents
...rpreted to show that the serotonin system was more responsive in these subjects," said Clark. "This may reflect an earlier stage of neurobiological development. Increased responsiveness of the serotonin system in adolescence may be followed by decreased responsiveness in adulthood. However, the level of resp...Double-drug therapy may benefit some multiple sclerosis patients
...atients in the study had aggressive MS that wasn't responsive to standard treatment," said Jeffery. "The combination therapy shows excellent promise for patients who aren't successfully controlled on monotherapy. It was safe and showed no toxicity." MS is a disease of the central nervous system that affects...UCSF study finds shortage of California dentists in rural, poor, minority communities
...essential for producing a dental workforce that is responsive to the needs of underserved populations, Mertz added....