UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
...ing, the idea is to help smokers kick the habit by tackling addiction at its root: long-lasting changes in brain chemistry that train the brain to expect new levels of pleasure it eventually considers normal. This chemical conditioning occurs gradually, but the changes persist for months after someon...Exercise Is The Best Means Of Weight Control In Teenagers
...ased cohort study over 3 years The best means of tackling the increase in obesity in young people is to encourage them to take exercise rather than go on a diet, say researchers from Australia in this week's BMJ. In their study of nearly 2,000 male and female students aged 14-15 over a period of three year...Recording Patients' Socio-Economic Status Is Necessary For Tackling Health Inequalities
...part in translating the government's commitment to tackling health inequalities, the recording of accurate and valid socioeconomic information about patients is needed. Contact: Dr Liam Smeeth, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Med...What Will Be The Impact Of Devolution On Healthcare?
...amines how the assemblies face major challenges in tackling socioeconomic and health inequalities in Scotland and Wales. Contact: Professor Allyson Pollock, Health Policy and Health Services Research Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London...British Adolescents Need Government Support To Help Clean Up Their Act
...address these issues in their entirety rather than tackling them on an individual basis. In their paper Dr Angus Nicoll and colleagues from the Public Health Laboratory Service in London and Cardiff report that the sexual health of adolescents in England and Wales worsened quite significantly between 1995-6. ...Low income smokers support smuggling to maintain habit
...his suggests that they may show little support for tackling smuggling until more government action is taken to help them quit. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh interviewed 50 male and 50 female smokers, aged 25-40 years and living in two socially deprived areas, about their smoking behaviour. They f...UK health service is failing lung cancer patients
... in the UK, nearly twice the European average, yet tackling respiratory illness is not a government priority, writes Professor Martyn Partridge of Imperial College London. This creates pressure on surgeons and prevents many patients getting the vital treatment they need. A new report from the British Thoracic...First European trial for new breast cancer vaccine
... antibody responses," he said. "We have to look at tackling cancer from as many different approaches as possible because different tumours react in different ways. We know that already from the variable responses to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine treatment and other immunotherapies. But, as we get bett...Outsmarting cancer - new results from novel enzyme inhibitors
...l division and cell death are a new way forward in tackling breast cancer, according to Dr Stephen Johnston, a consultant oncologist from The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. Presenting results from the worlds first phase II trial of R115777 (Zarnestra) in breast cancer, Dr. Johnston said that among 41 wom...A caring mother is a childs best defence against drug culture
...ves in schools but it seems that no-one is really tackling the issue of parental responsibility. Of course some marriages come to an end but both parents could still take an interest in the kids, or perhaps be persuaded to do so. I believe that effective prevention of drug use is more about family relat...Managing anger, boosting activity helps substance abusers stick with treatment
...le whose basic approach to coping with problems is tackling them, not avoiding them, are most likely to succeed in treatment. The researchers note that the study provides evidence for a link between emotional outbursts and a higher risk of dropping out of treatment, as well as lower risk for patients who enga...Radical solutions needed to tackle NHS nursing shortage
...ay affect patient care. Although the government is tackling the crisis, problems persist, they say. Overall progress has been slow; staff are unaware of the new opportunities available to them; some tarare modest; and little effort has been made to evaluate the impact of these initiatives. Furthermore, workfo...OSU cancer researchers win $9.5 to study immunity
...ts with cancer expertise together to form teams in tackling a cancer problem. The rich mix of basic science and clinical exploration will be supported by a myriad of core Cancer Center facilities at Ohio State, including biostatistical support led by Dr. Stanley Lemeshow, clinical correlates directed by Dr. ...Children in deprived areas three times more likely to be hit by a car
...Therefore we want to see the government prioritise tackling making streets safer on deprived parts of the coun...rights and motorists' responsibilities. This means tackling the issue of speed head on, both speed limits and their enforcement, and that will require leadershi...Top-ups of naturally occurring gut hormone could help treat obesity
...36. They think this deficiency could be the key to tackling obesity. According to their research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, obese people have on average, a level of PYY3-36 that is one third lower than that of lean volunteers. The researchers also found that by infusing PYY3-36, ...Study overcomes stroke care's biggest travesty
...dy shows that acute stroke care can be improved by tackling the problem from many angles, and using a comprehensive, analytic approach to designing the educational program. "Simply telling people to call 911 quickly isn't enough, but showing them the benefit that rapid treatment had for someone in their commu...Procedure cures atrial fibrillation
... others in their field of the technique's worth in tackling an otherwise difficult-to-treat condition. They especially point to the increased success they've had by ablating areas of the left atrium wall, rather than just the juncture between the pulmonary veins and the left atrium. More than 2.2 million Ame...Five more African countries to benefit from Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
... have now joined Uganda in grasping the nettle and tackling this disease on a national scale." "With these extra countries now on board it will be possible to roll out a truly multi-national programme to control this disease across Africa. We also hope this will become a model which other countries will use ...Brain's 'daydream' network offers detection for Alzheimer's diagnosis
...r daydreaming regions even while they are actively tackling a mental task elsewhere in the brain; that is when the task at hand involves a person's autobiographical memory. For instance, if someone asks what you had for breakfast or how you feel about something that happened in your past, then you might activ...The pros and cons of HIV testing in less-developed countries
...nti-AIDS activities. We urge all those involved in tackling the HIV/AIDSpandemic to seize this opportunity.'...