Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...have a lot of work ahead of us in terms of raising awareness among both patients and physicians. Along with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Dr. Han identified patients with newly diagnosed COPD by data collected from f...MRI finds breast cancer before it becomes dangerous
...ated according to specific criteria. Unfortunately awareness of this is not yet sufficiently widespread....Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...s led to published studies that have raised public awareness and significantly changed the way sports concussions are managed. Importantly, much of this research has included data that proves the usefulness of objective neuropsychological test data as part of the comprehensive clinical evaluation to determine ...AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...ss. This can be attributed, in part, to a lack of awareness in the community concerning sleep need in children and how the amount of sleep a child should get each night is dependent on ones age. The Sleep-Side Rule is found to be an effective classroom tool that improves childrens understanding of the relati...New grant fulfills wish of late Baltimore Orioles team photographer
...took Wachters life in 2005. Because of a lack of awareness of this disease, MCC patients are often treated as though they have a different type of cancer and do not receive adequate or proper treatment, said Dr. Nghiem. This grant will make it possible for us to help close a critical gap in understanding of ...Asia Pacific Family Medicine moves to BioMed Central's open access platform
...ditionally, APFM expects the move to help increase awareness of the practice of family medicine in the regions developing countries. We believe open access represents the future of academic publishing and BioMed Central provides the best platform, said Dr. Tai-Pong LAM, co-editor of APFM. The open access ...Polish journalist scoops first prize in prestigious European award
...valued and rewarded. I hope I have helped to raise awareness of the desperation some cancer patients feel, and ...n writing their own cancer story in order to raise awareness about the challenges faced daily by cancer patients: Eric Baumann of TagesAnzeiger, Switzerland and ...Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...es, drafting new guidelines, and generally raising awareness of the need to support research ethics. And some trainees are not just doing these things in their home countries, but throughout the continent. In a region devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the trainees provide encouraging evidence of success i...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...ne to prevent future deaths. CERS works to raise awareness of the problem of rural road fatalities, and advocate policy changes impacting road design and driver behavior. For instance, CERS advocates state adoption of primary seat belt laws, which allow law enforcement officers to pull people over for not u...Diabetes professionals join forces to identify gaps in diabetes care and better self care
...care system and payors Create a public relations awareness campaign for all stakeholders. Promote grassroots advocacy to support reimbursement for diabetes education programs. Conduct research to determine the cost-effectiveness of patient education. The complexity of diabetes education Identi...Advocates ask fashion industry to support braille clothing tags; talking Web site
...d on White Cane Day, or Oct. 15, the annual day of awareness in the United States for issues facing the blind. ...e Label grew from a class assignment to develop an awareness campaign for a special needs group. King approached her students with a problem a blind acquaintan...Sleep Slide-Rule improves children's understanding of the importance of sleep
...ss. This can be attributed, in part, to a lack of awareness in the community concerning sleep need in children and how the amount of sleep a child should get each night is dependent on ones age. The Sleep-Side Rule is found to be an effective classroom tool that improves childrens understanding of the relati...Old memory traces in brain may trigger chronic pain
... Apkarian said. We think they will have a physical awareness of the pain, but its emotional consequences will have decreased. He said the drug potentially may lower the amount of standard analgesics people have to use. In Apkarians previous study, published in late 2006, he revealed that chronic back pain a...Tony Hunter receives Robert. J. and Claire Pasarow Award for Cancer Research
...c and/or clinical research while increasing public awareness of vital areas of investigation. Also receiving Pasarow Awards are Daniel Steinberg, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA Professor and Endowed Chair at the University of California, San Diego, for cardiovascular research, and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Dr. ...Wide range of sleep-related disorders associated with abnormal sexual behaviors, experiences
...m for some individuals and couples. Despite their awareness of the condition, many sufferers often delay seeking help, either because they don't know that it's a medical disorder or for fear that others will instead judge it as willful behavior. This paper highlights the expanding set of sleep disorders and ...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...be lethal if not diagnosed -- yet recent increased awareness of the disorder may lead to diagnosing patients wh... other hand, the proverbial dark side of increased awareness of LQTS and its potential lethality may prompt physicians to think, If Im in doubt, Im going to diag...TV ads may spur more stroke victims to get help sooner
...merican Heart Association. After a Canadian public awareness campaign on stroke signs, more people presented at...he use of ongoing public polling research to track awareness over time and third, the convergence of corporate mass media campaign strategies and tactics utilize...Talking sex on the factory floor in China
...arch in China that young people lack knowledge and awareness of effective contraception methods. The baseline data on attitudes indicated a perceived need for contraceptive use in unmarried youth; around 90% of women in both groups said contraceptive use was necessary in premarital sex. Privacy, anonymity and ...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...y recognition of anxiety and depression, increased awareness of community mental health providers, increased communication between pediatricians and mental health providers, and use of a community protocol for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)." She said the interventions were associated with: ......time appear to be chief among them." To increase awareness of the disease, UIC has been working with organizations in several Illinois counties that have high incidences of oral cancer to develop and distribute public health education materials, Kaste said. Oral cancer screenings are also provided to the und...