Concern over institutional care for children in Europe
... Child protection legislation and interventions to deal with abusive and neglectful parents should also be developed in parallel with community services and alternative family based care for children, they conclude....Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
... 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 21 and 22, hundreds of representatives from dozens of higher-education institutions will come together ...Not every stutterer is a problem case
...pecific situation. What is important in this is to deal openly with stuttering and the negative emotional situation thereby arising. Fear and shame, particularly, often lead to a vicious circle among stutterers. The aim of the therapy is to break this vicious circle. 'The children affected should learn to...New infectious agents pose new risks for people with bleeding disorders, Jefferson hematologist says
...ntly, there is no available method to diagnose and deal with them effectively." The continued debate about the safety of the blood supply and the use of blood-derived versus artificial products for those with bleeding disorders is under the constant threat of emerging infectious agents. Blood-derived prod...Sydney scientists discover and license breakthrough anti-inflammatory treatment
...d in the crucial stages of development, making the deal one of the few true partnerships between academia and industry. Commenting on the deal, Mr Bill Ferris AO, Chairman of the Garvan Institute's Board, says: "This is an exciting example of what is possible when you back early stage research with ventu...Studies show case-based online CME effective
...ducation program helps community physicians better deal with the difficult problems posed by their patients who are in abusive relationships. The studies, authored by Dr. Lynn Short and her colleagues, describe the results of a 5-year federally-funded effort to find better ways to improve physician educat...Citizen consumers? Using public services is not like shopping
...system, or with the loudest voices. They wanted to deal with skilled people they could trust, and for services to provide reliable and high quality assistance, attention and support at points of crisis or difficulty in their lives....Study shows minimally invasive lung surgery has low risk with same results as open surgery
...ATS procedure, as well as the surgeon's ability to deal with any bleeding that should occur, but studies have actually shown the VATS procedure to result in less blood loss, and according to the Annals article, only seven of the 1,100 cases were converted to an open surgery to control bleeding. McKenna, w...Study of first-time mums provides reassurance for pregnant women with bladder problems
...healthcare professionals need to address when they deal with pregnant women and those who have recently delivered, as it can cause real problems and distress, especially when OAB is accompanied by incontinence." All the women who took part in the study were first-time mothers who were pregnant with...Mathematics and statistics combat epidemics & bioterror
...ce to detect important problems; and how we should deal with reporting delays and missing data. We anticipate addressing these gaps with the MIDAS grant and combining this approach with those of other MIDAS research groups." "Richard Platt and his research group have tremendous expertise in studying trend...Stress and emotions can negatively effect heart health
... will affect their health, yet 36 percent say they deal with stress by eating or drinking alcohol. While these behaviors may reduce stress in the short term, they contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle that can negatively affect your body and are proven risk factors for cardiovascular disease. "Achieving a...Even with more free time, women feel no less rushed, study finds
...for everyone, new research suggests it is a better deal for men than it is for women. A study found that men who have more free time feel less rushed than men with less leisure time. But even when women have more time free from paid work and household tasks, they don't feel less rushed. The results sugg...UQ scientist honoured for developing the world's first cancer vaccine
... to the community," he said. "You can get a great deal of personal satisfaction out of doing good for others. "I think society has become very focused on self and on consumerism and what I'd like to see in addition to this concept of financial benefit is the concept of social credit doing things that a...How Science Works and How Can It Inform Policy?
...le of probability in science and how do scientists deal with uncertainty? How does science tackle so called "non-linear" changes like global climate change or the loss of some species worldwide, when these changes are unprecedented, enormously complex, and on a global scale? The second part of the briefi...Current interpretation of data protection law hampers medical research
..., which argues strongly for a clearer framework to deal with the use of personal health data in research, should be essential reading for data controllers and researchers, and will surely prompt more debate, he concludes....One million people in medical gamble
...ironmental data linked with the diagnosis. To help deal with such problems, the organisers of the US project are considering using microchip-based devices such as rings, bracelets and body patches to keep a continuous check on volunteers' heart rate and blood oxygen levels. Participants' cellphones could ...The science of tickling (ourselves) is no laughing matter, Queen's psychologist says
...due to changes in the outside world. "If we try to deal with all the sensory information directed at us at any given time it's overwhelming," explains Dr. Flanagan. "We can't focus attention on crucial changes in our environment that aren't a function of our own motions." Animals in the wild, for example,...Flu not the only germ threat this time of year
...ck of awareness is a big problem. It costs a great deal of money to develop a vaccine, but there's not much of a demand for a vaccine against an illness that a lot of people haven't even heard of. "A lot of cases that people think are from flu aren't really the flu at all, but other respiratory viruses li...Use of proven heart medicines improves, but not enough
...ERTs program. "We as physicians have spent a great deal of time studying how best to treat our patients while in the hospital, so now we need to focus on better understanding the barriers to improved compliance outside of acute medical settings," Newby said. "This will be a much more difficult problem, si...Review highlights need for improved treatment of depression in elderly stroke patients
...hcare systems have not been properly configured to deal with this common consequence of stroke. The review, by The George Institute's Senior Research Fellow Maree Hackett and Professor Craig Anderson, focused on the frequency, consequences and management of depression following stroke, specifically in ol...