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...fe for all family members and their high levels of satisfaction with pump therapy," Freemark said. Freemark also noted that during the study there were no changes in growth rates or weight gain, no pump site infections and no episodes of pump failure. "The improvement in blood glucose concentrations, accompanied ...First study of Viagra(R) in black men demonstrates treatment as effective, well tolerated
...38 percent and 36 percent). Additionally, patient satisfaction was greater in the Viagra-treated group than in the placebo group. Data also presented at the meeting by Culley Carson, M.D. of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, examined the prevalence of ED in a nationally representative population sam...Telemedicine could offer fewer follow-up tests and greater satisfaction for patients
...duced need for follow-up tests and lead to greater satisfaction among patients. The conventional system of general....79 per individual, and patients expressed greater satisfaction from virtual outreach consultations compared with standard outpatient appointments. Paul Wallace co...Rush receives Magnet Award for excellence in nursing
...r lengths of patient stay, higher rates of patient satisfaction and greater cost-efficiency. Rush received Magnet designation after a two-year evaluation process that started with a voluminous application and ended with an exhaustive, onsite inspection by ANCC reviewers in April, said Beverly Hancock, MS, RN, edu...Telemedicine could offer fewer follow-up tests and greater satisfaction for patients
...duced need for follow-up tests and lead to greater satisfaction among patients. The conventional system of general....79 per individual, and patients expressed greater satisfaction from virtual outreach consultations compared with standard outpatient appointments. Paul Wallace co...Largest study of Hmong shamanism prompts new patient care guidelines
...ers affect the quality of their visits and overall satisfaction with the level of care. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the number of Hmong living in Minnesota has increased 148 percent since 1990. St. Paul boasts one of the largest urban Hmong populations in the world, bringing wide-ranging cultural and relig...More clues about obesity revealed by brain-imaging study
... a neurotransmitter that helps produce feelings of satisfaction and pleasure, implying that obese people may eat to stimulate their underserved reward circuits, just as addicts do by taking drugs. In that study, overall brain metabolism did not differ between obese subjects and normal-weight controls. But because...Physicians report less professional satisfaction in treating substance-abusing patients
...ts that residents and faculty physicians find less satisfaction caring for patients with alcohol or drug problems ...faculty physicians were asked about their level of satisfaction in treating patients with substance abuse problems and patients with hypertension. The study was ...Study on suicide reveals faith, social ties as 'protective' for older African Americans
...ctors such as depression, anxiety and lack of life satisfaction showed a relation to suicidal thinking, the key ar...d little if any impact on participants' subjective satisfaction with their own lives. The researchers believe that in these seniors, being disadvantaged over a li...Traditional healing may relieve symptoms of mental illness
...cores. Family caregivers were also asked to assess satisfaction with their experience at the temple. A total of 31 people sought help and stayed at the temple. Twenty three were diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, six with delusional disorders, and two with bipolar disorder. No specific ceremonies to promote t...National health care access restrictions delay Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment
...tient's medication. Common reasons cited for this satisfaction with the medication were that it had a positive ef...zed or controlled the disease. Another reason for satisfaction reported by caregivers was that the AD patient was less agitated and calmer. When caregivers were a...Journal of Rehabilitation R&D releases latest issue
...e, online at www.vard.org/pubs/pubs.htm . Life satisfaction following spinal cord and traumatic brain injury: ...ompares and contrasts factors associated with life satisfaction between individuals with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. Functional disability was th...The majority of hand cuts don't need stitches
...atment. In addition, patients had a high level of satisfaction with the appearance of these conservatively treated wounds," said James Quinn, MD, associate professor in the UCSF division of emergency medicine and lead author of the study. Researchers identified 91 patients who came to the UCSF emergency departme...Does that cut really need stitches?
...ceptable scar, with low morbidity and high patient satisfaction and comfort, say the authors. These goals can be a...er three months and at the high level of patients' satisfaction with the appearance of their wound."...Managing anger, boosting activity helps substance abusers stick with treatment
...ing involved in substitute activities that provide satisfaction and reducing tension by inappropriately venting negative feelings. The researchers' findings, reported in the August issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, confirm that at least one avoidance behavior may be a risk factor for droppi...Occupational therapy is cost effective, significantly improves quality of life for seniors
...tive occupational therapy improves health and life satisfaction for seniors and showed that the effects lasted over a period of time. "The unique aspect of the Well Elderly Study is that the life-style redesign program, as well as the instruments used to measure quality-of-life analyses, were modified to be cult...Puerto Rican women influenced more by quality of medical care than doctor's ethnicity
...ns than with non-Latino physicians. Their level of satisfaction is, however, significantly influenced by the insti...1,219 Puerto Rican women, weighing their levels of satisfaction with their obstetrical care in U.S. medical facilities. The public health community is increasingly...Study finds childhood health is directly related to social class
...sessment of the children in four areas, which were satisfaction with health, comfort, resilience, and risk avoidan... area in the parent report form. The exception was satisfaction with health, where scores did not differ significantly by class level. The most notable gradient was...What is the best way to fund the NHS?
...d customers. This may go someway to explaining why satisfaction rates are generally higher in countries that have a social insurance scheme, say the authors. Professional autonomy is more fully respected under a social insurance scheme, while funding health care from general taxes has proved to be an ineffective ...White and Black grandmothers have different responses to raising grandchildren
...d's parents is significantly related to caregiving satisfaction for the White grandmothers, but this relationship is not significant for the Black grandmothers." According to Pruchno and McKenney family dynamics and the relationship with the grandchild's parents may be important in understanding the caregiving ex...