Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...in a task that measures how well an individual can withhold a response, which under the circumstances is inappropriate. These two latter effects were more pronounced in the female binge drinkers." "What is particularly novel about this report is the finding that females are impaired more than males," said Cr...Aiding decision making for Baby Charlotte and Baby Luke
...cusses the complex issues surrounding decisions to withhold medical treatment for profoundly ill patients, rec...Difficult decisions are made, daily, about when to withhold life-prolonging medical treatment. Usually, parents and the medical teams reach agreement in the con...Statement: Implantable medical identification chip
...rving the traditional right of patients to give or withhold consent for treatment and the disclosure their personal medical information. Patients who are forced or coerced to disclose their personal health information will simply protect their privacy by avoiding necessary medical care. For more informatio...Licensed alcohol establishments continue to sell to intoxicated patrons
...er servers/clerks are significantly less likely to withhold service. "This study confirms what other studies have found, that sales to obviously intoxicated customers in on-premise establishments is highly likely," said Traci L. Toomey, assistant professor in the division of epidemiology at the University of ...Unpublished trials data suggest most SSRI antidepressants unsuitable for children
...ata are made publicly available. Drug sponsors who withhold trial data (or do not make full trial reports available) undermine the guideline programme, which can ultimately lead to recommendations for treatments that are ineffective, cause harm, or both. Others have suggested that the pharmaceutical industry ...Statins and aspirin may protect against severe vision loss in elderly
...olled trial is unlikely to occur, because it would withhold statins and aspirin from the control group, and these drugs have been shown to save lives." Some patients were on statins alone, some on aspirin alone, and some on both, Duncan noted. A statistical analysis found that both statin use and aspirin use ...European study highlights frequency of medical end-of-life decisions in terminally ill pts
... Medical end-of-life decisions include: whether to withhold or withdraw potentially life-prolonging treatment-eg, mechanical ventilation, tube-feeding, and dialysis; whether to alleviate pain or other symptoms with, for example, opioids, benzodiazepines, or barbiturates in doses large enough to hasten death a...Polyherbacy prompts need for physician's advice
...referred method of treatment, or the patient might withhold information such as herbal use," Ness said. Ness and Nisly agree that the most important thing to remember when beginning any medication is to talk honestly and openly with your primary physician, in order to ensure the best care and safest use possi...Do vaccines cause asthma, allergies or other chronic diseases?
.... "Such reports have led some parents to delay or withhold vaccinations for their children. This is very unfortunate, because the best available scientific evidence does not support the idea that vaccines cause chronic diseases. Scientific studies have shown, however, that reducing vaccination rates lead to...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
... in developing and executing a plan to destroy and withhold many documents related to Ms. McCabe's and, by extension, other injured smokers' claims against BAT. Justice Eames wrote: "In my opinion, the process of discovery in this case was subverted by the defendant and its solicitor Clayton Utz, with the del...U-M Medical School complementary and alternative medicine curriculum an interdisciplinary model
...y and alternative medicine (CAM), most individuals withhold this information from their physicians because they fear lack of understanding, disapproval, or both. Because of this, health professionals increasingly acknowledge the need for a deeper awareness and understanding of the alternative treatment modal...Cognitive neuroscience takes on alcohol
...d acute doses of alcohol can impair the ability to withhold inappropriate behavior," he said, "raises the possibility that people with ADHD might suffer greater impairment from alcohol than those without ADHD. The major challenge for alcohol researchers has been to figure out why some people develop problems......versity of California SanFrancisco. Patients often withhold their questions and concerns during these sessions. Inaddition, physicians have limited time and resources to synthesize a patient'sdetailed medical history, personal preferences and relevant medical information.As a result, breast cancer patients of...UI Study Finds Many Physicians Withhold Pain Medication
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Many physicians withhold pain medication from patientsin emergency situations because of informed consent issues or because thedoctors believe the drugs may affect the accuracy of their diagnoses, aUniversity of Iowa survey found. However, withholding pain me...Patients May Not Be Receiving The Highest Quality Of Care
...ia SanFrancisco presents evidence that doctors may withhold needed services frompatients in response to financ...t incentives in managed care do lead physicians to withhold neededservices, financial motives should not be singled out as the only factorinfluencing doctors' d......ents for specialty careor laboratory tests. Others withhold a certain percentage of salary ifcost-containment ... adverse effects, Gallagher points out. "Ifdoctors withhold care that is really needed, patients' health care couldsuffer," he says. "But even if incentives do ...