No evidence that large numbers of physicians are leaving California, say UCSF researchers
... However, physicians clearly are experiencing many stresses in the current managed care environment, including perceived pressures to see more patients per day and to limit medical tests and specialist referrals, said Grumbach. "The tenor of media and trade publication articles suggest a high level of anxiet...Getting older and feeling weaker?
...es and measures the effects of various motions and stresses on the spine and supporting muscles. "The assumption is that reducing fatigue will reduce injury as well as increasing efficiency," he remarks. "Industry is very receptive to this type of research." ......e behaviors among aged cohorts, family caregiving, stresses and strains in elderly physical health, and self-care and compliance of chronically ill aged....Health clubs not fit for cardiac emergencies
...ause exercise does protect the heart. However, he stresses that gyms need to appreciate the increased risk for heart disease and diabetes that goes along with the increased age of their membership base. We can make these places safer, he says....CDC funds will enable UNC-CH to help minimize domestic violence in flood areas
...xhausted personnel have gone back home. Increased stresses on disrupted and displaced families, heightened by...'s all over, but there's new evidence that serious stresses are continuing," Campbell said. "There's really not much known about how to help people cope with th...Scientists successfully grow insulin-secreting cells to treat diabetes
...tumor formation. There is further work to be done, stresses Levine, including more studies to ensure that these cells can be produced in enough quantity to be effective in a larger animal. If all goes well, he said, it might be possible to consider human studies in a few years....OHSU researchers discover new synapses in brain
...regulate myelin formation. While the research team stresses their basic science finding is years away from providing treatment options for MS patients, they hope to continue building on this work to further understand the beneficial and detrimental nerve communications that take place in the brain. "It is our......d been impractical because its tremendous internal stresses -- hundreds of atmospheres -- formerly had made it impossible for the material to stand alone or to coat thickly any but the strongest substrates. However, a process developed previously by Friedmann and Sullivan eliminates that problem. Also, diamon......ksituations were and if they were experiencing any stresses they want to talkabout. Others probed over a series of visits or talked about domestic violencein general terms, educating the patient on how large of a problem it is insociety. The study found that: the more time physicians had, the more indirect......ck of time figured strongly in many cases. Cabana stresses that this study should not itself be the basis for newguidelines, but that there are implications for guidelines developers, whoshould be sensitive to the barriers that physicians face when followingrecommendations. The study, he adds, should also i...No evidence to suggest breast cancer is linked to stress
...hat women with breast cancer can be told that life stresses are unlikely to have played an important part in the development of their disease. However, they also note that any relationship between stress and relapse in women already suffering from breast cancer remains unresolved....UCSF researchers report new risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...cells may bemildly suppressed by these immunologic stresses and by other behavior patternsassociated with mild immunosuppression. In addition, Holly says that a person with a history of allergies is likely tohave an immune system that fully utilizes, rather than accumulates B cells, andtherefore is at a redu...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
...g in the Medicare population," says Silverman. She stresses that further work is needed to determine precisely how for-profitstreat patients differently and whether patients benefit from more costly care.......ture workers with appropriate skills. The report stresses that the future of the allied and auxiliary workforcedepends on health care delivery organizations, workers, and educators andrecommends that these groups build partnerships that will forge new approachesto education, retraining, job structuring, and...Cholesterol-lowering drugs provide double protection against heart disease
...s must dilate andconstrict to respond to the daily stresses on the heart. The PET test providesa way to test this ability, by stressing the blood vessels and measuring howwell they respond. The team measured blood flow again eight to 15 months aftermedication and/or dietary therapies were given. Myocardial b...High stress hormone levels impair memory
...els associated with major physical orpsychological stresses can have a signifcant negative effect on memory. ...ws is it appears that it wouldtake several days of stresses like major surgery or severe psychological traumain order for cortisol to produce memory impairment....Computer matches CT scans to disease database
...ngineer at Purdue who is leading the research. She stresses that the system isnot intended to replace the human element in diagnosis, but to improve theaccuracy and speed of diagnosis by completing comprehensive image comparisonswithin seconds. "This works through the synergy of human interaction and mach...New outpatient surgery is helping women with stress incontinence
...idingirritating voiding symptoms," Klutke says. He stresses that longer-term studies are needed. "But TVT promises a simple andsafe answer to a difficult problem," says Klutke, who now is experimenting witha TVT sling for men....Quality Parenting Helps Kids Cope With Inner-City Stress
...renting can serve as a powerful buffer against the stresses faced bychildren growing up in poor, urban environ...hester, New York. Children who thrived despite the stresses of an inner-city childhood hadparents who were nurturing and emotionally responsive, were consistent...Cholesterol Carriers Better Predictors Than Cholesterol For Second Heart Attack
... vessels. As the plaque accumulationincreases, it stresses the coating that usually keeps the plaque in place. Ifsufficiently weakened, the coating ruptures and forms a blood clot, thustriggering a heart attack or stroke. "Individuals with high apo B, low apo A-1, and high D-dimer levels are atincreased ri...