Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
... of limbs, numbness, vision problems, difficulties speaking or walking, bladder problems, and sexual dysfunction. Wake Forest Baptist cares for more than 2,000 patients with MS....Researcher explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
... people respond better to hypnotic suggestions. By speaking with subjects and letting them watch how others perform under hypnosis, "we can get at least half of initially low-hypnotizable subjects to test as high hypnotizing subjects," Lynn said. The team still needs to figure out, though, which elements of t...South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
...stigma associated with HIV/AIDS prevents many from speaking out about the true cause of illness and death among friends and family and leads doctors to record uncontroversial diagnoses on death certificates. The South African Government needs to face the truth about HIV mortality states the editorial. The La...Opportunity missed: TIA patients receive less aggressive attention than those with stroke
...on one side of the body; Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding; Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; and Sudden, severe headache with no known cause. Symptoms occur suddenly and vary widely, with an episode lasting fro...Hands-on or hands-free, using a cell phone while driving is not safe, researchers find
... recognition system to reduce distraction, such as speaking an address into a navigation system, can make the task easier, but it can still disrupt driving, particularly the driver's ability to control the vehicle's speed. Drivers slow down when entering information manually or by voice (see the paper by Tsim...Grapefruit juice and medication can be a dangerous mix
..., the patient should stop drinking the juice until speaking with his or her doctor. In some cases it might be possible to switch a patient to a different drug without the risk; in other cases the patient might simply have to give up grapefruit juice. She says that more people than usual are vulnerable at this...Radiotherapy + cetuximab significantly improve disease control and survival in head and neck cancer
...al d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, speaking here today (Tuesday 26th October) at the 23rd Meeting of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. Head and neck cancers (e.g. oropharynx, hypopharynx and larynx) account for around 5% of all cancers and are responsible for around ...The cancer patient's journey: An uphill climb
...st cancer. On 31 October, Sean Swarner will be speaking at the European Society for Medical Oncology's 3rd...ienna before the Patient Seminar, where he will be speaking with patients, and participate in the Press Conference 1, Sat. 30 October, 12:45-13:45, Austria Cent...Errors in medicine: The patient's perspective
...ors and patient safety has come from professionals speaking on behalf of patients. This study is unique because it focuses on learning from patients themselves what counts as an error. Importantly, many of the things patients consider as threats to safety, such things as racism, and discrimination based on ...Laughter helps patients communicate emotion in therapy sessions
...identified each laugh episode according to who was speaking prior to the laughter and whether the other person laughed as well. In the ten recorded sessions, the observers identified 145 episodes of laughter, some involving both patient and therapist. On average, patients laughed more than twice as often...Doctors and patients call on politicians to save lives of cancer patients
...t the top of their priority list". Prof. Smyth was speaking as part of a panel of experts from the medical pro... and the best available treatment. Catriona Moore, speaking on behalf of UK-based charity CancerBACUP said, "CancerBACUP's own research has shown that huge vari...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
...s with concerns about costs shouldn't be shy about speaking up to their doctors. "Our results indicate you may be putting your health at risk by letting financial considerations limit your medications," she says. "There are national, state and local programs, generic drugs and other ways to cut costs, but you......ter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" knows, speaking is a moving art an elegant and complex orchestration of vocal parts to produce sounds, words and sentences a listener can understand. Narayanan and Nayak led the development of new analytical software that takes raw data from the MRI and reconstruct...Botox injections restore voices, confidence to voice disorder patients
...statements include everything from "I have trouble speaking loudly or being heard in noisy situations" to "I avoid going out socially (because of my voice)." In the study, the responses were turned into a total score of 1 through 100 using an algorithm, and also as two sub-scores indicating physical and socia...Hormonal response to stress alters immune system function and alters mental and physical disease
Stressed? A panel of experts speaking at Experimental Biology 2004 reports on new understandings of the mechanisms and pathways through which the body's hormonal response to stress alters immune system function and influences susceptibility, onset and exacerbation of mental and physical ...Surgical skill increases survival for oesophageal cancer surgery
...tal, Crewe in the United Kingdom. Mr Dutta Roy was speaking at the 12th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology in Budapest. Oesophageal cancer is closely associated with alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking. The UK has one of the highest incidences of oesophageal cancer in Europe and each ye...Time for co-ordinated action on alcohol
...trategy fails to provide details. Dr Clare Gerada, speaking for the Royal College of General Practitioners, said "the RCGP is concerned it [the Government's strategy] will not make a significant impact without the resources necessary to fund change". A coordinated funded strategy on alcohol involving primary-...Lack of awareness about stroke hinders use of life-saving drugs, precludes testing of new therapies
... with no apparent cause Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or comprehending Sudden vision problems, dizziness, and loss of balance or coordination While stroke is more common in those over 50, it can happen at any age, even in children. Recognition of stroke in children has increased in recent years partly......t cases should not be done. However, Howard Brody, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, also said that nowadays there are more ways to produce a placebo effect than just handing the patient a fake pill, ways that are not only ethical but also effective. Br...Stressed at work? How taking a coffee break might make things worse
...e and sound less relaxed during a stressful public speaking task. However, it tended to reduce ratings of stress in women. In other experiments, involving same-sex groups of five, individuals first thought out their own solutions to a problem and then agreed a set of group decisions after discussion. This ti...