OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
...t her like a patient--the treating physicians keep telling her to order her own tests and write her own prescription refills. Based on their findings the study authors developed a list of questions doctors should ask themselves when seeking health care. These questions assess the reasons for seeking care fr...Menstrual cycle affects periodontal health
...antime, patients should remember the importance of telling their dental professionals about what is going on in their bodies including any prescription or over-the-counter medications they are taking. This way dental professionals can explain any effects it has on periodontal health."...Going low tech, low cost to ease the terrors of dementia
...cently include exercise programs, pet therapy, the telling of one's life story, sing-a-longs, art therapy, guided imagery, and even bowling within the nursing home as a way to keep people connected and calm. Another recommendation is a specially designed "wandering cart." Instead of struggling with agitated...Study examines why new lung cancer treatment is effective for some patients but not others
...gnals the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), telling the cancer cells to grow, divide, and spread. Gefinitib shrunk tumors in only ten percent of the NSCLC patients, although the enzyme is believed to be present and activated in most NSCLC patients. The results raised the questions - why wasn't the dru...Families, media and education crucial in preventing eating disorders
...lescents are bombarded with many messages each day telling them they will be more accepted and more valued if they are more attractive and achieve a certain weight. "As a society we need to learn to look at advertisements, television shows and movies as stories and not true to real life. Children and adults...USP releases first-ever case study book to advance medication error prevention
...representing large and small U.S. hospitals. Their telling accounts describe the steps they have taken to change their hospitals' cultures of blame; how they convinced staff members to report more medication errors; how error reports are analyzed to identify trends; and how their hospitals have instituted pr...... the provider carry out his or her ethical duty by telling the truth? Fortunately, he said, the dilemma disap...id. Brody said giving a patient a "dummy" pill and telling him or her it's a painkiller or antibiotic is "ethically suspect, if not blatantly unethical." "Most...Spreading cancer survives via signals from nearby blood vessels long before new vessels are grown
...rowth-sustaining signals from nearby blood vessels telling them where to go for permanent nourishment and oxygen. These signals actually protect the fledgling cancer cells long before new blood vessels have grown around the cancer to supply it with a more permanent source of nutrients and oxygen, said the re...'Survival sex' and substance abuse may hinder HIV prevention efforts
... achievable goals," Dr. McGowan said. "Rather than telling a patient to stop using drugs, you would ask, 'Do you think you can cut back on your drug use?'" Finally, the counseling should not be separate from the cure. "Prevention and treatment have to go hand-in-hand," said Dr. McGowan. To help medical care......esponsible for what we call executive functioning telling the brain and body what to do." This area regulates impulse control, attention, movement and elaborating on thoughts. The study used a variation of magnetic resonate imaging (MRI) technology to measure the level of six metabolites (any substance pro...Helping teachers use keys to vocabulary building
...'intercollegiate,' I would think aloud for you, by telling you how I figure out and remember what it means." When teachers lead students to consider what they may already know, " that interstate refers to a highway, which runs among states; that collegiate sounds like college; and that the -ate suffix denote...Diabetes management improves when patients, doctors agree on treatment goals, UMHS study finds
...or concerns with your doctor. "Doctors are used to telling patients what they should do, often without giving very much information or being aware of the obstacles patients may face. We say, 'you should exercise more' or 'eat fewer fatty foods and sweets' without exploring patients' values and health priorit...Chest Foundation 'Stories at the End of Life' released
...as fully as possible in the present. Living meant telling my story and getting on with living," said Sally Ann Harvey of Bloomington, Indiana, a story contributor. "Over time, I have realized that my diagnosis was a gift because it has made me do things I never would have done otherwise. I believe life -- ...New drug for non-small cell lung cancer shows efficacy
...agent designed to blockthe signals responsible for telling cancer cells to grow has shownpromising results for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.The results of a double blind, randomized trial of the compound,gefinitib (Iressa), led by Dr. Mark Kris, chief of thoracic oncology atMemorial Sloa...Both languages active in bilingual speakers
... a high tone for Dutch and a low tone for English, telling the subjects to speak the word in that language. "If we cannot prevent ourselves from having both languages available simultaneously, then we cannot devise a means for suppressing one language," Kroll says. "Instead, we forced the subjects to think...Children are happy with toys or candy at Halloween
... she said. "And, we are sending a mixed message by telling children they need to eat one way and then feeding them in another." Kelly Brownell, director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders and senior author of the study, said anything that can steer children away from unhealthy food is a posit...Molecule expressed early in pregnancy may help patients tolerate transplants
...n minimal immunosuppressive therapy. "What that is telling me is there are people who reject and people who do not and we don't know why or how to tell who is who. Those are two big areas I have interest in. One is trying to identify the rejecters versus non-rejecters. The second is how can we modify human o...Study overcomes stroke care's biggest travesty
...oach to designing the educational program. "Simply telling people to call 911 quickly isn't enough, but showi...heir community might be," he explains. "Similarly, telling emergency room physicians when to give tPA may not be enough, but if you also show the family physic...'Genetic switch' proves two mechanisms exist by which immune system cells differentiate
...ain immature," said Manley. "These mutants are now telling us how TE cell differentiation occurs. This is the first nude mutant that can produce partially functional TE cells and as a result can also make some T-cells. Now we have to figure out how it happens." The practical applications of the research are ......rently than it does in monkeys. "These results are telling us that things are not as simple as some people have thought," says Paus, who adds that we won't really be able to tie these signals back to cognitive functions until researchers can go beyond the current stage of simply recording brain activities to...