Stanford researcher links hot flashes to insomnia
...ause each year, and many find themselves having to cope with a plethora of unpleasant symptoms. Hot flashes, headaches and mood swings all come with the territory and, for some women, so does insomnia. Maurice Ohayon, MD, PhD, DSc, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of ...New UF tool measures heart implant patients' anxiety
... which patients may need psychological services to cope with anxiety. It's called the Florida Shock Anxiety Scale, and UF researchers report on its effectiveness in the current issue of Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. The research was done as part of a continuing series of investigations on ICD r...Weighing up new data in research
...rs is necessary in support of patients learning to cope with a 'double chronic disease' - i.e. both knee osteoarthritis and obesity" he concluded....Preparation may help patients cope with nausea
...ss or treatment, it may influence their ability to cope with the symptoms once they develop." Levine said that if further research can demonstrate that expectations regarding the development of nausea can control the unpleasantness of the symptoms that develop, there could be profound implications for the...The national and global security implications of HIV/AIDS
... the capacity of communities in Southern Africa to cope with food crises. Increases in the rates of HIV in Russia, India, and China--which are declared nuclear states--could have political, economic, and military repercussions. "Nevertheless, it is also important to recognize that there are a number of ...Race and income converge to shape women's experiences with advanced breast cancer
...iately to give women the tools they need to better cope with advanced breast cancer," added Dr. Rosenzweig....New lifestyles, new data planners need a modern definition of the 'family'
...mographic data to enable planners and policymakers cope with huge changes in people's living arrangements is called for in an important new booklet published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It will involve re-defining what we mean by 'family' and households. The advice comes agai...Children's emotional distress after hurricane linked with parents' stress levels
...eeds," Dr. Barnett said. "If we don't help parents cope with mental trauma following a disaster, they won't be able to help their children." Mary Kay Burns, administrator at the DeSoto County Health Department, said the study findings will be a springboard for community action. "This gives us an opportuni...Successful treatment of alcoholism found in the doctor's office
... boost motivation,promote self-help programs, help cope with drinking triggers, and improverefusal skills for achieving and maintaining abstinence. Trained therapistsled these 50-minute, one-on-one sessions. Finally, COMBINE researchers created a new intervention to test. Calledmedical management, or MM, ...Onset of psychosis may be delayed by medication
... them to be better connected with treatment and to cope better with this devastating illness." The study, "The Prevention Through Risk Identification, Management, and Education (PRIME)," was conducted in two U.S. cities and two Canadian cities during 1998-2003. Senior author of the study was Thomas McGla...Self harm high among Goth youths
...ort is important for all young people to help them cope with the difficulties they face, and therefore finding a peer group of like-minded Goths may, for some, be adaptive. Adults helping young people in difficulty need to be aware that those who clearly identify with Goth subculture may also be self-harm...WHO's 2006 World Health Report 'a disappointment'
...h, WHO must now ensure its own human resources can cope with the analytical burden of turning its workforce plans into action."...Lack of specialist training for nurses is failing adolescent cancer patients
...are. This could make a difference to how well they cope with cancer and its treatment, and how well they manage psychologically with the difficulties of suffering from and, in many cases, surviving a life-threatening illness," said Miss Smith. "There are more teenagers and young people with cancer than t...Loneliness linked to high blood pressure in aging adults
...eatening rather than challenging, and to passively cope with stress by failing to solicit instrumental and emotional support and by withdrawing from stress rather than by actively coping and attempting to problem solve," Cacioppo said. The study on young people showed that stress caused an increase in res...CIHR launches casebooks about Canadians turning research into action
...lopment; and helping Canada's minority communities cope with the Tsunami disaster: these and other Canadian stories about transforming research results into action can be found in two casebooks launched today by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). "These casebooks offer compelling examples ...Ethnic groups need specialist services to tackle alcohol misuse
... a result, people with alcohol problems may try to cope on their own rather than use alcohol services, or they may be unaware of alcohol services. In turn, health providers may avoid developing services for ethnic minorities. Alcohol misuse cannot simply be tackled using a broad population approach withou...'Spirituality' is related to depression among young physicians
...ts at greater risk for mood problems may help them cope with the stresses associated with their training." Coauthors include: Sara Luckhaupt, MD, Joseph Mrus, MD, Caroline Mueller, MD, Amy Peterman, PhD, Christina Puchalski, MD, and Joel Tsevat, MD....Strength of cocaine cravings linked to brain response
... shows that the addicted person is ill-equipped to cope because the brain is now wired to make them crave drugs more and get less satisfaction out of the drug or other life events that may be rewarding, and this study found biological changes that would explain these behavioral changes," said Dr. Self, wh...Internet research builds cancer patients' confidence
...formation about their condition helped patients to cope with issues such as hair loss and other treatment side effects." For this study, the researchers recruited patients who called a National Cancer Institute-funded 1-800 number, where trained specialists answered questions about the disease and directe...Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
...ollege officials, students and faculty have had to cope with the immediate and lingering mental effects of these situations -- at the same time that they deal with the heavy burden of depression and other mental disorders that affect an estimated one in ten members of the college-age population. On March ...