Women Say Overwhelming Yes To Ultrasound In New Study
...women want ultrasounds---so much so, that many are willing to pay out of pocket for it if their insurance com... medically wrong. 42 percent of all patients were willing to pay at least $200 for a routine ultrasound exam---and willingness to pay showed no correlation to...Lack Of Data For New Heart Drugs Is Causing Concern
...ensed. "I would like to seethe licensing agency be willing to license drugs only on the understanding thatthe company must continue controlled clinical trials after a licence is given." Author : Michael Day New Scientist issue 8th August. p.5 Please Mention New Scientist As The Source Of This Article - Tha......haps not as progressive orup-to-date, but are more willing to provide service. On the other hand, consolidation and economy in medicine has led to theproliferation and availability of very expensive, high technology tools fortreatment and diagnosis, such as CAT scans and MRIs. The researcher......he baby would not survive and be healthy, the more willing they were towithhold treatment." When doctors and parents disagreed about how much treatment should begiven, all parents wanted more than physicians recommended and usually got it.To avoid unnecessary suffering and expense, all but two babies...Teen Line Panel Of Six High School Students To Address The Issue Of Teens And Tolerance
...other adults for help.The one thing that they seem willing to do is talk to another teen." Workingwith Cedars-Sinai, she and the others developed the Teen Line program -- acurrent rotating staff of 90 trained volunteer teens to answer the telephones,and adult mental health professionals who volunteer to prov...New Procedure Makes A Successful Transplant Possible
...drugs. "These six patients had loved ones who were willing to give them a kidney, butbecause of their high PRA, their body would have rejected the new kidneyimmediately," says Dr. Schweitzer, a transplant surgeon at the University ofMaryland Medical Center and associate professor of surgery at the University...Alcohol researchers prove brief intervention successful in older problem drinkers
... instrument for problem drinking. Of 496 patients willing to participate, 396 completed face-to-face interviews ina physician's office. The interviews gathered additional information on alcoholuse, medications, injuries, depressive symptoms, and other medical and socialcharacteristics. The 158 patients who ...New study finds African-Americans less likely to receive stroke-saving surgery
... that found that African-Americans tend to be less willing toundergo invasive procedures for preventing stroke." This latest study also challenges claims of earlier research that foundAfrican-Americans generally tend to have more blockages in blood vessels in thebrain in addition to the carotid arter...Keck Foundation funds research to repair the injured spinal cord
...has seen the enormous potential ofthis work and is willing to fund it in its early stages," says William A. Peck,M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs at the University and deanof the School of Medicine. "We believe that Washington University, with its longtradition of neuroscience, neurosurger...Study finds problems with buying drugs on the Internet
... on the Internet should ask themselves if they are willing to pay more foreasier access and convenience to obtain the medication and the physicianconsultation but be exposed to uncertainties about the prescribing physician,the appropriateness of the prescription and the actual medications they'regetting. Fo...Study: foreign-trained physicians vital to poor, under-served patients
...rs believe that foreign-trainedphysicians are more willing to take lower salaries offered by community healthcenters. Twenty-three percent of the community health centers in the sample weredependent on foreign-trained physicians, according to the study. Of those, mostplanned to increase recruitment o...Fully endoscopic micro-surgery puts a former Jr. Olympic athlete back on the marathon trail
...surgery, as well as stillphotos of it. Ken is also willing to work with you on a long-term basis if youwould ...." articles -- As a professional journalist,Ken is willing to write a 'first person' article for your medium from thepatient perspective....More bad news for cocaine users: Drug can triple risk of aneurysm
...lved in our study were very cooperative, and quite willing to talk about their drug use as well as other medical problems," says Satran. In addition to their increased risk for developing an aneurysm, Satran says 73 percent of those involved in the study had high blood pressure, 71 percent had high choles...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...rally is deducted from the amount the children are willing to contribute. If the children aren't helping as much, who will step in when the Baby Boomers reach old age? The data in the study were of a generation where divorce was uncommon and family structure stronger. Now comes a generation where divorce alm...Hospital stays of three days for uncomplicated heart attack
...s treatment for kidney failure, as an amount it is willing to pay for health care," said Dr. Daniel B. Mark, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine and the study's senior investigator. "Treatments that cost over $100,000 per year of life saved, like this one, are generally considered inadequate value for the m...Taking public health to the streets works
...mation of physicians as well as those of neighbors willing to help out in case of an emergency. Parents were...eded despite limitations in funding. "People were willing to be involved on this issue, regardless of the funding because they felt passionately about the nee...Brain scans of Gulf War veterans show brain damage
...e study. "You need to ask yourself if you would be willing to give up 5 percent to 25 percent of the brain cells in vital parts of your brain that serve as the relay station for all automatic and subconscious functions of your brain. "When you sustain such brain-cell losses, you get a host of subtle malfun...Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
...urprise, the book concludes that parents often are willing to take on, rather than shirk, responsibility for their seriously sick children. But many parents were far less successful advocates than Sue and Will. The reasons are as complicated as the individual parents' circumstances, but Heimer and Staffen be...Survey finds chronic pain sufferers unsatisfied with pain treatments
...(OTC) pain control medications that 78 percent are willing to try new treatments and 43 percent would spend more on a treatment if they knew it would work, according to a national U.S. survey commissioned by Partners Against Pain, an educational program sponsored by Purdue Pharma. The survey of more than 1...Having a regular doctor protects children from a variety of ills
.... Previous studies have shown that people are more willing to take their medication as prescribed if they hav...child. Previous studies have shown that people are willing to wait 12 to 24 hours for an appointment with a known provider, rather than go to an emergency depa...