Behavioral therapies plus pharmacotherapies can add up to success
...ping skills, confidence about staying abstinent in risky situations, and the appropriate responses to high-risk stimuli. A study in the November issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research combines elements from both approaches - naltrexone (ReVia), communication skills training (CST), and cue...Pain, price, insurance delays for new vaccines concern kids' doctors
...nearly $260 for four doses - made it an especially risky proposition for doctors, and even more so for those in solo practice. Those parents whose insurance companies decided immediately to pay for Prevnar vaccinations could get the shot series for their children without having to pay out of pocket. Other...Doctors steer sick patients away from capitated HMOs
... healthier-than-expected enrollees and financially risky for providers who do not or cannot risk-select, such as safety net providers. Physicians also were asked whether they felt capitated payment plans undermined their ability to offer a quality of care equal to that of other types of managed care reimbu...Testing for alcohol problems in the workplace
...ing methods. Employees with moderately elevated or risky levels of alcohol consumption have more sick days....ompany payroll system. "Employees with elevated or risky levels of alcohol consumption showed an increase in sick days," said Hermansson. "As previous studi...Restricting R-movies linked to decreased teen smoking, drinking
...erous studies, each connecting mass media to these risky behaviors in different ways. In January 2001, this research team reported that actor endorsement of cigarette brands in movies was increasing. In March 2001, the team released findings that adolescents whose favorite movie stars smoke on-screen are m...School-based program effective in lowering teens' HIV risk
... teachers has longer lasting effects in preventing risky sexual behavior than a program led by peers, accor...offer protection against HIV); motivation to avoid risky behavior; and trained in skills to avoid HIV infection. This program was compared with a peer interv...Poor patients twice as likely to die from heart disease
...once out of the hospital, these patients return to risky habits such as smoking or bad diet, or more likely they cannot afford the medications prescribed for them to treat their heart disease. Their findings raise important health-care policy issues, the researchers say, since most of the very poor ten...Heavy drinking by both sexes is a cause for concern
..., women more than 6 units a day). It is vital that risky drinking by both men and women should be addressed in young adults, say the authors. Tackling risky drinking behaviour in young people should be a key feature of the long overdue alcohol strategy, the...Childhood sexual abuse proves top predictor for HIV infection in women
...solve childhood sexual abuse measurably influences risky adult behavior which shapes AIDS epidemics. Sexual abuse will alter the course of anyones life, Wyatt said. The aftereffects dont go away by themselves. Most of these women didnt get help after they were abused....Many rural residents living with HIV continue risky behaviors
..., which Heckman said may have contributed to their risky sexual behavior. About half were in long-term, monogamous relationships and many others reported only one or two sexual encounters in the past three months. "Much of the high-risk behavior we are witnessing in our sample is taking place in the con...Classroom management linked to lesser teen alienation from school
...edness helps protect teenagers against a number of risky behaviors because it has been linked with lower levels of substance use, violence, suicidal thoughts and attempts, pregnancy, and emotional distress. Among the major findings: * At schools that have classrooms where students get along with each othe...Urgent action needed to improve maternal care in Latin America
...ean sections, and a vaginal birth was considered a risky and negative experience. Many lower to middle class women sought caesarean sections to avoid what they considered poorer quality labour care. The unequal distribution of medical technology has altered concepts of good and normal birthing, say the au...Glutathione depletion in chronic alcohol abuse makes lungs vulnerable to life-threatening diseases
...ghway without a seat belt," says Dr. Guidot. "Its risky behavior, but it doesnt cause injury unless you get in an accident. Alcohol doesnt cause lung disease unless you get sick, then the lungs are less able to respond to the challenges of infection." The cure for alcohol-induced lung damage is not as si...Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed to elementary school intervention program
... study. In addition, the program reduced levels of risky sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among blacks who received the intervention. The results, published in the May 14 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, found that by age 21 the pregnancy rate among young women in...UNC researchers show passengers boost risk of young driver accidents
...r, trips that the limit would prevent are the most risky ones. Foss and center colleagues conducted their analyses at the request of state Sen. Austin Allran of Hickory and state Rep. Debby Clary of Cherryville, sponsors of a bill to limit passengers riding with novice drivers. They worry too many teens s...Study to consider alcohols role in date rape
... have been studying women and the role of alcohol, risky behaviors, and victimization for the past eight years. Participants for the study will be drawn from Testa's previous Women 2000 Study, which included 1,015 women, ages 18-30, randomly selected from households in the metropolitan Buffalo area. Compu...Some patients are candidates for combined heart bypass, lung transplant surgeries
...coronary artery disease automatically makes it too risky to transplant lung patients," said R. Duane Davis, M.D., surgical director of Duke's lung transplant program. "Now we have data that shows in this select population of patients, we can safely provide a life-extending procedure. This data should prov...Neuronal differences in certain brain regions observed in chronic users of cocaine
...e gratification over long-term reward; engaging in risky behaviors, particularly when attempting to obtaincocaine; and succumbing to the overwhelming desire to seek and use drugs undeterred by the prospect of future negative consequences may be a result of these gray matter deficiencies. WHAT IT MEANS: Und...Inner city adolescents identify jobs, education as keys to their future
...a message that we expect young people to engage in risky behaviors," said social worker Maisha Sullivan, M.S.W., a study co-author. Currently a member of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, she formerly directed the Urban Initiative of the City of Philadelphia, which commissioned t......ients through a crisis. Long-term ECMO use can be risky and costly, as can long-term use of mechanical ventilators, which have been used for decades to help patients whose own lungs are damaged. Half of all patients put on ventilators for acute lung problems die before their crisis is over. And those who ...