Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...ssion, lower levels of physical function, and less satisfaction with social support before HCT increased the risk of impaired physical and emotional recovery after the transplantation. Women had increased risk for depression, treatment-related distress, and delayed return to full-time work. Conversely, previous e...Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...ssion, lower levels of physical function, and less satisfaction with social support before HCT increased the risk of impaired physical and emotional recovery after the transplantation. Women had increased risk for depression, treatment-related distress, and delayed return to full-time work. Conversely, previous e...Chronic care medicine: Physicians say 'help!'
...practitioners and younger physicians reported more satisfaction with their training, suggesting that medical schools are beginning to address the problem. "Despite the prevalence and burden of chronic illness, healthcare delivery in the United States is largely organized and financed around acute illness," says E...College students mandated to take alcohol interventions: what works
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...ment time of one week and have a very high overall satisfaction rates. In the current study, Dowlatshahi and colleagues describe the short-term outcomes of 112 women over age 40 treated with balloon brachytherapy. The women reported that they recovered quickly from the breast distension caused by the device and ...FDA approves Adderall XR (R) to treat ADHD in adults
...emic and occupational potential, and limited their satisfaction with themselves and their relationships. Adults with ADHD are twice as likely to be divorced or separated and have had almost twice as many jobs in the past ten years compared to adults without ADHD. Importantly, 43 percent of those adults with ADH...Personality tests could predict doctors' burnout
...ked about their approaches to work, stress levels, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and their personality. ... previously. Doctors who reported a high degree of satisfaction with medicine as a career tended to be more extraverted and less neurotic. In addition, these medics...The art of happiness...Is volunteering the blueprint for bliss?
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...s compared control of blood sugar levels, parents' satisfaction and safety in both groups. "Pump therapy was safe and well tolerated," says endocrinologist Linda A. DiMeglio, M.D., who led the study. "This therapy in preschool-aged children was not associated with clinically significantly differences in glycemic ...Stimulating exercise leads to fitter, leaner figures
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... with ASR is inconsistent recognition. The average satisfaction with ASR was greater than neutral, but not overwhelmingly positive. Results suggest that a typical user may enter about 16 wpm with ASR, but speeds as low as 3 wpm and as high as 32 wpm were observed. Users who manually type faster than 15 wpm may be...New WHO study asks, 'How happy are you with your lot in life?'
...k period, their ability to do activities and their satisfaction with various important aspects of their life. Respondents will then be able to print out a quality of life profile that includes a graphical analysis of their physical health, psychological well being, social relationships, environment and overall qu...Survey suggests majority of women surgeons satisfied in their profession
...) as average; and 18 percent (n=37) as bad. Higher satisfaction was found in surgeons in subspecialties, certified...a significant other. "Women surgeons' professional satisfaction highly depends on departmental organization and status of activity. Inadequate leadership, low opera...Testosterone improves women's sex lives
...ncreased women's interest and joy in sex and their satisfaction with the extent of their sex life. Combined testosterone/estrogen treatment and placebo/estrogen improved psychological well-being just as much. The studies show further that supplemental testosterone has a beneficial effect on musculature and bone...Employees bring bad moods home, but they disappear by morning
...a study on the unexplored relationship between job satisfaction and the shifting moods of employees. Employees wh... workplace environments that lead to enjoyment and satisfaction on the job, which boosts employee performance, said Judge, whose results are published in the August...November/December 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ct could underlie the association between waiting, satisfaction and non-attendance. They posit that the norm of reciprocity suggests that a patient who feels disrespected would feel no obligation to respect the system, and they suggest that health care providers could begin to address this issue of no-show rates ...Report finds new model of care can improve quality, lower costs and increase physician efficiency
...or family physicians, improved quality of care and satisfaction for patients and significant savings for the U.S. healthcare system. The findings, which are published as an online supplement to the November/December 2004 issue of Annals of Family Medicine, are based on practice- and societal-level financial model...Long-term data show benefit of DETROL LA as first-line therapy for overactive bladder
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