New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
PROVIDENCE, RI Physicians caring for people at high risk for lung cancer should assume responsibility of informing their patients about options for screening for lung cancer, according to a group of international physicians. This is the central recommendation of the "Como Internatio...Large-scale study identifies key stress factors facing new mums
... and decreasing social activity. When it came to caring for their baby, they were most worried about feeding, looking after the umbilical cord, nappy changing and bathing the baby. Lack of social support was also stressful, with less time to care for other children, sibling rivalry and inadequate emotio...End-of-life care involves a more holistic approach
... Life is designed to create an environment whereby caring for the dying patient is considered a normal part of the everyday practice of a teaching ward. "We hope that by 2010 the clinical experience of every medical student and medical resident in an Ontario teaching hospital will include proper care at end...Infants with rare genetic disease saved by cord blood stem cells
...large is enormous when one considers the burden of caring for a severely disabled child," said Joanne Kurtzberg, senior author of the study. "It's simply impossible to put a price on a child's life." Kurtzberg pioneered the use of umbilical cord blood from unrelated donors in 1993 and her team has treated a...Umbilical cord-blood transplants save lives of babies with rare genetic disorder
...large is enormous when one considers the burden of caring for a severely disabled child. It's simply impossible to put a price on a child's life." The study also shows that newborns should be screened for Krabbe's disease, Kurtzberg said. In current practice, they are not. Dr. Mel Levine, director of UNC's...Men with spouses, partners, fare better after prostate cancer treatment
...end support group meetings, Gore said. "Clinicians caring for prostate cancer patients need to address coping and social support mechanisms in order to encourage the beneficial aspects of partnership and overcome the detrimental affects of being single," the study concludes. A special advantage of the UCLA ...Relationships improve quality of life for prostate cancer patients
...quality of life, the authors conclude, "clinicians caring for prostate cancer patients need to address coping and social support mechanisms in order to encourage the beneficial aspects of partnership and overcome the detrimental effects of being single."...Risk factors associated with elderly hospital deaths: Dependence on others and being too thin
... that a declining body mass index and difficulties caring for oneself are closely connected. As an elderly person who has problems performing some daily activities loses weight, he becomes increasingly unable to care for himself....Association between depression severity and poor glycemic control among Hispanics with diabetes
...ntinue to increase, it is important for clinicians caring for patients with diabetes to be aware of the association between depression and PGC. Our findings suggest that identification and adequate treatment of depression in this understudied, high-risk population of Hispanic primary care patients might ha...Delirium in non-ventilated patients predictor of longer hospital stay
...rising overall resource use and economic burden of caring for critically ill patients, our finding that ICU delirium is an independent predictor of longer stay in the hospital is of particular relevance" write the authors. These results call for routine delirium monitoring of all ventilated and non-ventila...New complicated grief treatment holds promise for millions, Pitt researchers report
...al profession has very much oriented itself toward caring and healing, yet eventually, everyone dies. We physicians have been less attentive to bereavement issues in our patients who have lost loved ones. However, we can offer help to the millions of grieving people by understanding more about the psycholog...Better screening for sexual and physical abuse could improve the health of minority adolescent women
...ry of sexual/physical abuse in health care clinics caring for minority adolescent women, further health problems including chronic pelvic pain and infertility could be decreased....Newly published summer camp health guideline advises parents, camp directors
... that almost half of camp health officers reported caring for children with significant medical needs, including diabetes, asthma, attention deficit disorder and epilepsy. But 44 percent of the camp health officers had medical training at the paramedic level or less, and 40 percent said it would take an amb...New program focuses on the sometimes neglected needs of siblings of sick children
...y the well child to help compensate for time spent caring for the sick child, which could help the child feel that he or she is loved equally. A 6-month follow-up session reviews the progress the family has achieved. If further support is needed, the counselor helps the family find an appropriate therapis...Avoiding amputation: Early infection intervention can save feet & legs
...utpatient visits, it may also help reduce costs of caring for a non-hospitalized osteomyelitis patient. Because the U-M study was performed using retrospective data, the authors say a large prospective study comparing antibiotic use with surgical therapy will be needed to confirm their results before they ...Tai Chi can reduce falls in older people, says new research
...t regular exercise should be a fundamental part of caring for older people living in the community and in residential care."...Once in the doctor's office, racial and ethnic disparities in care nearly disappear: Stanford study
...ave a lot of room for improvement when it comes to caring for all of their patients. In fact, it suggests there were only limited improvements in outpatient care during the 10-year study period. "We observed similar, though less-than-optimal, outpatient care across all racial and ethnic groups using visit-b...Bid to improve diabetes services for South Asians in Britain
... Office. o 5% of the annual NHS budget is spent on caring for people with diabetic complications and this figure is set to rise....Every second counts for shaken babies
...redict injuries but could help form guidelines for caring for and handling babies. It would also allow more accurate evidence to be given in court and help develop safer playgrounds and play equipment. The syndrome has been used in a number of Australian criminal cases but is being challenged in Britain b......ans over the age of 45 were in paid employment and caring for an older adult. In 2002, 260,000 employed care...While the Canadian Pension Plan does allow parents caring for children under the age of 7 to drop years of low to no earning out of the calculation of pension...