Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...n Vancouver opened North America's first medically supervised safer injection facility in September 2003. Inject... concludes: "We have shown that use of a medically supervised safer injection facility was independently associated with reduced syringe sharing in a community-re...York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
...r been used in the UK. It involves a case manager, supervised by experts in mental health, working alongside the general practitioner, to improve the management of patients' symptoms. Professor David Richards, of the University's Department of Health Sciences, is leading the 21-month research project, which has...Longer cardiac rehab programs necessary, says U of T study
...und a 52-week rehabilitation program that combined supervised and unsupervised exercise sessions was effective i...ized to one of two programs. The first used weekly supervised exercise sessions over 52 weeks, while the second used weekly supervised sessions for 26 weeks follo...Exercise helps reduce symptoms of depression, UT Southwestern researchers find
...es three days per week. Exercise programs included supervised instruction at the Cooper Institute in Dallas. Individuals who participated in moderately intense aerobics, such as exercising on a treadmill or stationary bicycle whether it was for three or five days per week experienced a decline in depressive ...Counseling encourages exercise; environment changes may help
...elephone calls, written motivational materials and supervised and unsupervised exercise. Hillsdon and colleague.... Many of the studies also offered options such as supervised exercise programs that "would be difficult to deliver in usual practice, as they would demand large ...Exercise combats metabolic syndrome in older adults
...ote good health. The other half participated in a supervised series of exercises for 60 minutes, three times per week. The combination of exercises was designed to work all major muscle groups, the heart and circulation. These included aerobics on a treadmill, bicycle or stepper, plus weightlifting. The Hop...Rutgers-Newark researchers link early movement, brain development
... the somatosensory part of the cortex is under the supervised control of the skeletal muscle system. The physical layout basically constrains what kind of activity should occur in the somatosensory representation. Without movement, sensory stimuli will still get into the brain and produce some activity but thos...TV ads during sports depict unsafe behavior and violence
...to televised sports should be limited and directly supervised by parents, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics for television viewing in general," Tamburro said. "The movie and television industries should be encouraged to adopt models for commercial sponsorship of major sporting events that inc...Supervised treatment interruptions fail to control HIV-1 viremia
...ter control HIV. One such approach has been termed supervised treatment interruption (STI)--in which HAART is intermittently stopped once the viral load has been reduced to a low level, in order to boost natural immunity by brief exposure to the virus. The goal is to allow for the eventual discontinuation of dr...Exercising after menopause may help reduce bone loss
...program that lasted 26 months and consisted of two supervised group training sessions (lasting 60 to 70 minutes each) per week, and two non-supervised home training sessions (25 minutes each) per week. Another 33 women (average age about 55 years) made up the non-exercising control group. Both groups were giv...Louisiana enacts prescription privileges law for psychologists
... years of undergraduate work, and several years of supervised clinical training. "Medical psychologist" is a term specifically used in the Louisiana law and refers to psychologists who have completed a post-doctoral master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology; have passed a national examination in psychophar...Exercise helps heart attack patients who are depressed, without social support
...er adults. An earlier Duke trial demonstrated that supervised exercise was just as effective as the most commonl... upon the earlier trial by randomizing patients to supervised exercise, exercise at home, standard anti-depressant medication or placebo. ...Researchers seek solutions to impending U.S. long-term care facility staffing crisis
... things we're doing is looking at ways workers are supervised in nursing homes, and we're also looking at the whole organizational culture of these facilities with a view toward improving them," Konrad said. "We're also involved in training workers and evaluating what approaches work best in boosting employee r...Images of thin models boost dieters' self-image: Study
... lead author Ramona Joshi, a former U of T student supervised by Herman and psychology professor Janet Polivy, appears inthe April International Journal of Eating Disorders. Female universitystudents reported on their self-image while viewing different types ofimages on a computer screen. Their most positive me...Teens present research findings at major international meeting
... at Boston University's School of Dental Medicine, supervised by my father, during the summer and on weekends. My family is very supportive and encourages my interest in dental research. My friends aren't especially interested in dentistry, though!" Tina doesn't spend all her spare time in a lab. "I'm the featu...'Care managers' help depressed elderly reduce suicidal thoughts
...Psychotherapy (IPT) from the care manager, who was supervised weekly by a psychiatrist investigator. Occasionally, patients received combination treatment. The care managers actively followed up the patients, monitoring their symptoms, drug side effects and treatment adherence. Suicidal thinking resolved more q...Study shows positive results for novel, patient-controlled transdermal system (PCTS)...
...nagement requiring opioid analgesia in a medically supervised setting; a filing in the European Union is expected in 2004. ALZA Corporation developed the E-TRANS (electrotransport) system technology. If approved by the FDA, E-TRANS Fentanyl HCI PCTS will be marketed by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. in the...Modest exercise can prevent weight gain
...ills, elliptical trainers or cycle ergometers in a supervised setting. Participants in the high dose/vigorous intensity group saw reductions in all measures when compared to the two lower exercise and control groups. Specifically, the high dose/vigorous intensity group experienced a 3.5 percent weight lo...Medically supervised injecting centres should be piloted in the UK
A programme of medically supervised injecting centres should be piloted in the UK, as ... the effectiveness of such initiatives. Medically supervised injecting centres allow drug users to inject 'street drugs' in a clinical environment, with resuscit......trics in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has supervised an institutional review boardapproved pilot study, testing the device during 15 deliveries performed by physicians and a midwife. The participants wore the electrodes under sterile gowns and gloves. Although some fine-tuning has been required to ensu...