Belgium doctors treating critically ill infants favour legalising euthanasia
...graphic characteristics of these patients, and the attitudes of doctors who care for these patients. Luc Deliens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) and colleagues looked at the death certificates for all neonates and infants in the whole of Flanders who died between August 1999 and July 2000. 292 children w...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...tudy to examine the relationship between religious attitudes and health. Among the researchers' initial discoveries is that African Americans who say they have a strong relationship with God were significantly less likely to report depressive symptoms than those who did not. Among white participants in the s...Will cancer vaccine get to all women?
...e it to them," says Szarewski. She feels that such attitudes may mean that HPV vaccination may be a non-starter in such communities. Greg Zimet of Indiana University in Indianapolis is more optimistic. His surveys in the US show parents overwhelmingly favour getting their daughters vaccinated. "Doctors tend t...Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
...ulation in health" says Dr Viner, as behaviour and attitudes towards health are maintained into adulthood. Yet current strategies do not target young people appropriately, and do not engage them with their own healthcare. Existing policies also ignore health inequalities - which have a considerable influence o...How can we use a human rights approach to help improve the lives of those with mental disabilities?
... these rights trump other concerns such as general attitudes toward risk containment in society." They argue that "the starting point of developing a human-rights based policy on mental health is that mentally ill individuals are full human beings who are entitled to rights. Although seemingly obvious, in pra...Parents who don't vaccinate their children may believe vaccines cause harm
...easons. The survey asked questions about parental attitudes on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, the chance that vaccines might cause harm, their trust in government, public health and medical sources of information on vaccines and their confidence in alternative medicine professionals. Sixty-nine per...Misunderstanding real cost a barrier to mammography
...s conducted the interviews to find out the women's attitudes toward mammography and to find whether they had the exams. The interviews included questions about the cost of mammography and details about the women's insurance coverage. Researchers later compared what the women believed about their insurance cove...OHSU study says national injury prevention program working
...ri indicated an increase in knowledge and improved attitudes and behaviors about spinal cord injuries among schools in which the program was offered. A 2000 study conducted at the University of Toronto identified ThinkFirst as an example of a best practice among comprehensive, community-based prevention strate...Study shows doctors and patients think differently about clinical trials
...ts are aware of clinical trials and have favorable attitudes toward them," said Neal J. Meropol, M.D., a medical oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center and lead author of the study. "However, there is a significant discordance in perceptions of psychosocial barriers to participation. Namely, oncologists may u...Yoga takes a bite out of eating disorders
...h physical appearance, and fewer disordered eating attitudes compared to non-yoga practitioners. In yoga class, a woman develops sensitivity to bodily sensations and practices listening to her body's feedback. "This heightened sensitivity and responsiveness to bodily sensations is associated with less preocc...Pilot studies to look at how mind drives or prevents disease
...mind-body research centers to examine how beliefs, attitudes and stress affect heart disease and immune system failure. As part of a second round of funding in 2004, the University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry received a $1.42 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of NIH, to c...Trumpeting vaccination may only entrench opposition
...led by University of Toronto scientists. "Changing attitudes about pediatric vaccination can be challenging," s... U of T and McMaster University sought to test the attitudes of people known to have views not supportive of vaccination. They randomly divided 97 participants i...Students who get drunk weekly have higher risk of injuries
...heir alcohol consumption, availability of alcohol, attitudes and perceptions, and consequences experienced from drinking. Strategies to reduce problem drinking are being implemented at half of the campuses, with emphasis on forming campus-community coalitions that address issues specific to each school. The we...Study shows even limited training improves communication with patients from other cultures
...edge improved. Fourteen studies evaluated patient attitudes and found that trained physicians were judged by their patients as more likely to have listened, shown concern for their problem and been respectful. Indeed, patients were more likely to rank their physician as "more friendly" after training. In an...Queen's poll - Ontarians don't want to close institutions for those with intellectual disabilities
... are working to understand what contributes to the attitudes that community members hold towards the integratio... services and 39 per cent believe that neighbours' attitudes are obstacles to inclusion in the community; 72 per cent perceive lack of job training and 53 per c...College students think favorably, but act timidly about organ donation
...gan and tissue donation; experience with donation; attitudes toward the issue; willingness to discuss it; intentions to sign a donor card, and behaviors and information sources related to donation. Participants who had not signed a donor card were asked to state their reasons for not signing in an ope...'Watch and wait' - a shift in approach to kids' ear infections
...ssue of Pediatrics, which indicates awide range of attitudes among parents and physicians about thewatchful waiting method. Finkelstein, also a staff physician at Children's Hospital Boston,and colleagues surveyed more than 2,000 parents in 16 Massachusettscommunities, asking parents, pediatricians, and family...Despite WHO/UNICEF push for 'rooming-in,' mothers and babies being separated at birth
...f the option but were influenced by negative staff attitudes toward night rooming-in. The mothers who did not r...the mothers who chose to room-in. "Negative staff attitudes towards night rooming-in might implicitly suggest to mothers that closeness between mothers and babi...Doctors argue for new ways to resolve health treatment choices
...re detailed study of doctors' and cancer patients' attitudes on this matter is already underway, supported by the Chief Scientist Office. He says: "We aim to determine whether information on patients' prognosis without the new treatment could be used routinely in the kind of decisions made by NICE and the SMC...... There has undoubtedly been a relaxation in social attitudes towards sexual behaviour, particularly towards the sexual behaviour of the young. Attitudes towards homosexual behaviour, non-exclusive sexual relationships and sex outside of marriage have all softened over recent decades. The exception is monoga...