Cognitive therapy effective in preventing repeat suicide attempts
...-term therapy. Additional studies are warranted to examine the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of this intervention in community-based mental health and substance use treatment settings," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2005; 294:563570. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.o...Few benefits, many costs associated with changing definition of 'abnormal' PSA level
...2.5 ng/mL to possibly detect more cancer cases. To examine the implications of this suggestion, H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., and colleagues examined data from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey f...Revised classification system is effective for predicting breast cancer outcome in some patients
... of the National Cancer Institute, is the first to examine the ability of the revised (2003) American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system to predict breast cancer outcome after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. "Neoadjuvant" refers to treatment given to help the subsequent primary t...New technology shows our ancestors ateeverything!
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...before analysis." To identify strains, researchers examine the appearance of biomarker proteins in samples. "In some cases, we classify a strain by the presence or absence of a biomarker. And sometimes we see the same biomarker proteins, but at varying levels, in different strains," Fernandez noted. The rese...Pricey new versions of old drugs fuelling huge rise in drug spending
... Canadian Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to examine which drugs drove this expenditure growth. Between 1990 and 2003, the board appraised 1147 newly patented drugs. Of these, 68 (5.9%) met the regulatory criterion of being a breakthrough drug (defined as the first drug to treat effectively a particula...Long residency hours linked with impaired performance similar to effects of drinking alcohol
...idents (18 women, 16 men) after their rotations to examine the effect of extended work hours. The residents w...t-call napping quarters. Additional studies should examine the impact of these operational and educational interventions on resident driving safety and on pati...Children's receives one of only two national pediatric rheumatology training grants
...eam are using DNA micro arrays, or "DNA chips," to examine the gene profiles of both mice with induced arthritis and JRA patients to identify the genetic characteristics of the disease. Of particular importance is learning which genes are being over-expressed and which are being under-expressed in a particul...Treating mental health in general practice
...ristensen, who will lead the project, said it will examine evidence-based mental health services that deliver across a range of domains from early prevention through to recovery and rehabilitation. "There is a growing recognition of the importance of 'self-directed care' due partly to predicted per capita re...New funding for health research in N.S.W.
...ague, Mr Gawaine Powell Davies and co-workers will examine some of the problems that health services face with integration and co-ordination of care, including multidisciplinary care in primary health care. They will investigate how these problems arise, and the impact on this of different aspects of health ...Treating individuals with substance-abuse disorders who have attempted suicide
... suicide risk." He suggested that future research examine the extent to which psychiatric symptoms/problems are addressed in inpatient and outpatient substance-abuse treatment. Both Ilgen and Conner said that this study shows that certain populations clearly benefit from inpatient treatment. "These findings...Timing of women's labor may determine effectiveness of pain medication
...ates. However, this is one of the first studies to examine whether there are chronobiological variations in its effectiveness for labor pain relief. "The right treatment given at the wrong time can be ineffective or create a crisis of escalating toxicity," wrote Dominique Chassard, M.D., and colleagues with ...Staying alert during class: Self-applied acupressure may reduce sleepiness
...ness needs more study, including research that can examine the scope of influence acupressure can have on alertness and fatigue," Harris says. "Ideally, research in the future will help us determine whether acupressure also can have an impact on performance in the classroom as well." Brenda Gillespie, Ph.D.,......s. No prior study, however, had the opportunity to examine the real world experience of a nationally representative group of patients, rather than a selected group who were in a clinical trial or a small observational study," said Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., S.M., F.A.C.C., from the Yale University School of M...Breast cancer screening trial shows digital mammogram benefits
...men, a population that is known to be difficult to examine because they tend to have denser breasts. "The important message is that all women get screened annually whether with digital or conventional mammography," said Schepps, a clinical professor at Brown Medical School. The study's principal investigato...NIMH study to guide treatment choices for schizophrenia
... most comprehensive independent trial ever done to examine existing therapies for this disease." Schizophrenia, which affects 3.2 million Americans, is a chronic, recurrent mental illness, characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking. The medications used to treat the disorder are ca...NIH establishes National Commission on Digestive Diseases
...ected and 1.4 million disabled, now is the time to examine the state of digestive diseases research and to develop a plan to most effectively take advantage of advances in the field." The Commission will conduct a scientific overview of NIH-funded research and research-related activities in digestive diseas...Beta-carotene assoc. with higher risk of some cancers in women smokers but not nonsmokers
.... Rather, this new research emphasizes the need to examine current, former, and never smokers separately in studies of nutrient supplements and other preventive agent classes in a wide spectrum of cancer prevention settings," they write....What the news and the movies leave out: Behind the scenes of disaster aid
...rvivors." Aid agencies, according to Walker, must examine both disaster response and the business of funding, planning and delivering global aid which is inextricably linked to the media, international trade and political agendas. In a related article from British Medical Journal, Walker and his colleague...New research at The University of Queensland will examine the psychological as well as physical aspects of w...r 22. Dr Sterling's whiplash research project will examine the traumatic personal cost, as well as the health costs of the condition. The annual awards recogn...