New study highlights impact of bipolar disorder on society
...tancy. However, while the actual monetary cost may vary from country to country, it is believed that the basic socioeconomic consequences of the disease are universal. Risperdal (risperidone) Found to be Effective for Treatment of Bipolar ManiaIn the UK and throughout Europe, conventional antipsychotics h...New recommendations proposed for safe use of herbal medications by patients having surgery
...difficult to study because the ingredients tend to vary enormously from maker to maker and even lot to lot. Potency and purity are inconsistent. Product labels are not always accurate. In fact, Yuan, who studies the effects of ginseng , has had to work closely with a Wisconsin supplier to obtain cons...Uninsured, medicaid patients more likely to die from heart attack
...y for them. Death rates after a heart attack vary according to insurance coverage and were lowest for patients with private insurance, says study author Jay J. Shen, Ph.D., of Governors State University in University Park, Illinois "In general, Medicaid and uninsured [heart attack] patien......rience. The authors argue that learning curves can vary across organizations engaged in the same learning task due to organizational learning. To investigate, they examined cardiac surgery departments implementing a new technology for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. In contrast to conventional surgery...... other commonly consumed food, but tomato products vary in lycopene content. Tomatoes cooked in oil, such as tomato sauce, are believed to have the highest benefit, as cooking breaks down cell walls to release more lycopene, while oil is thought to enhance the absorption of the fat-soluble chemical. Bes...Care of head injuries falls well short of recommendations
...vision. The findings also show that levels of care vary considerably, and that rehabilitation and follow up of head injured patients are poor. The Royal College of Surgeons issued a major report in June 1999 on the care of patients with head injury. This was followed by a further report from the Society o...Scientists image material that could improve MRI technologies
...radient magnets that generate magnetic fields that vary in space. These non-uniform fields make it possible to distinguish one region of the body from another, generating three-dimensional images from any angle and direction, in a non-invasive fashion. In order to study superconducting vortices in tiny cr......aboratories. The timing of local availability will vary location to location, but some may be available Nov. 9. Mayo Clinic has been working with the federal government to make the test formula available to federal agencies that request it, and is lending its expertise to state and federal health official......erent Needs- Differences in the attitudes of women vary by ethnicity, age, sociographic and geographic segments. Thirty-eight percent of woman under 30 are very worried about further terrorist attacks, compared to 28 percent of women over 64. Twenty-nine percent of woman under 30 are very worried about ...Study shows alcohol boosts death risk for boat passengers as well as operators
...s similar for passengers and operators and did not vary by boat type or whether the boat was moving or stationary, Foss said. People often assume that alcohol-related boating accidents involve a collision, he said. That happens, of course, but most deaths result from drowning, often when boats arent movin...Testing for alcohol problems in the workplace
...their drinking. Alcohol consumption also seems to vary between different workplaces. Unfortunately, there is a lack of comparability among these studies because of the different tests or instruments that have been used." AUDIT is a questionnaire developed to identify people who are early problem drinker...Police officers who experience panic during traumatic event have greatest risk of PTSD
...ssing gruesome injuries to others, police officers vary in their immediate emotional reactions. We found that police officers who reported greater grief, horror, and panic-like symptoms extreme terror, feeling they might die, experiencing a loss of control over their emotions, and physical symptoms such...Stroke news tips for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002
.... 5:30 p.m. #P102 Intracerebral hemorrhage rates vary by gender, geography. The hospitalization rate for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) a potentially fatal bleeding of the brain is greatest in the southern United States and among men. However, women are more likely to die in the hospital or to be di...Alcoholics may be more injury prone than illicit drug users
...when it comes to substance abuse, the consequences vary for each substance and for the group of users," explained Jeffrey H. Samet, associate professor of medicine and public health at Boston University, and the study's senior author. "What the substance is may be an important factor in the outcomes of...New book aims to keep elderly drivers on the road
...vision regulations in every state (the regulations vary widely), as well as a thorough explanation of equi...tate they are in," Dr. Peli explains. "Regulations vary according to state a driver may be legal in one and not in another." The book explains the various ...Study reveals differences in patients' response to Ritalin
...t the doses required to achieve clinical responses vary significantly from patient to patient. This new study suggests that this variation may be due, in part, to individual variation in the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with feelings of reward and pleasure." Volkow's group at Brookha...UCSF study shows breast cancer screening programs that interpret the most mammograms
...ditions under which physicians provide mammography vary widely. In both Sweden and the U.K. mammography is performed at centralized centers. All of the participating U.K. radiologists were part of the National Screening Programme, which specifies a minimum annual reading volume for participation at 5000 m...USC researchers define role of protein, discover cause of chromosome damage
...gen," Karanjawala explained. "We found that if you vary the oxygen levels in which cells are grown, the breakage levels of the chromosomes vary as wellthe higher the oxygen level, the more breakage you'll see." The oxygen causes its damage, Lie...Examining the effects of managed care on alcohol and other drug treatment
...reatment. In addition, retention/completion rates vary across treatment modalities, ranging from as low as 35 percent to more than 60 percent. Yet research evidence from AOD treatment populations across modalities indicates that longer retention in treatment is associated with significantly more positiv...Intensity modulated radiation therapy at Fox Chase Cancer Center
...capability, but IMRT allows the radiation beams to vary in intensity. IMRT delivers between 60 to 100 pencil-thin beams that direct radiation at varying rates of intensity and can be maximized where the tumor is thickest and minimized when it is near healthy tissue. Tumors are not perfectly round. They ...