Alcoholics Anonymous and treatment seem to work best together
...kely to achieve remission. Most clinical studies examine individuals either during or immediately following...omes." Moos and his colleague(s) wanted to further examine the even longer-term outcomes of AA and treatment, and how they might interact with one another. "I...Computers can teach patients about screening for cancer
...n increase knowledge this was one of the first to examine whether it can affect screening rates. "Computer-assisted instruction offers the potential to overcome knowledge barriers and improve screening rates," wrote the authors. Miller said computer-based learning can potentially be used for a wide varie...Penn study finds physically abused boys may be more likely to commit domestic violence as adults
...partners and children." The study did not directly examine whether boys who were abused were more likely to engage in domestic violence in their adult years because any positive responses to such questions had ethical and potentially legal ramifications. The researchers would have been required to inform res...CT scan can spare some head and neck cancer patients surgery
...esearchers developed criteria doctors could use to examine nodes using a non-invasive CT scan to identify whether the disease was knocked out. Nodes deemed to be clear of cancer were 1.5 centimeters or smaller and had borders that were sharply defined on the CT scan, rather than fuzzy. In the current study, ...CDC awards UGA researchers $900,000 grant to study teen behaviors in high school
...ghts and attempts, and school dropout. "We want to examine what factors are the best predictors of academic success," Orpinas said. "We hope to find factors that are modifiable that schools can work on to help students be more successful in the classroom and with the transition to high school." The study wil...UGA receives $3.5 million CDC grant to create center in health marketing and health communication
...n and colleagues at the University of Alabama will examine adolescents' attitudes toward smoking. "Messages ...cess messages about risk. All three studies will examine the relationship between race and socioeconomic class to see if there are differences in the way Afr...Weight-loss surgery increasing, except for the poor
...eases and procedures improve, "policymakers should examine the factors associated with the uneven use of bariatric surgery," the authors suggest. They also note that although 36 percent of obese adults are male, only 20 percent of obesity surgical patients are men. Public health campaigns, they suggest, ma...Atypical antipsychotic drugs for dementia may be associated with small increased risk of death
... of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, examine the results of the meta-analysis by Schneider et al. "So what should a clinician do when caring for a patient with dementia who develops psychotic symptoms or aggression? First, etiologies other than dementia need to be considered. Delirium, untreate...Study examines safety of radical prostatectomy for older men
...ears," the authors write. "Further research should examine the utility of detailed preoperative assessment of older men considering radical prostatectomy and interventions designed to reduce the risk of major complications in older men undergoing radical prostatectomy."...Injury prevention for indigenous children
...Institute's Safe Koori Kids study will collect and examine injury data, identify risk factors, as well as design, implement and evaluate prevention strategies with the aim of applying culturally relevant and sustainable interventions for Indigenous children and youth in school and community environments. Pr...Fish is good fish is bad. Balancing health risks and benefits
...ger, PhD, and Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD, the authors examine the negative cognitive effect of MeHg exposure. Although the effects they observed were small on an individual level, they suggest that "Ultimately, the importance of a shift in IQ due to MeHg exposure lies in its aggregate impact on the population. ...Annual prostate cancer screening test appears to save lives
Men who have a yearly blood test to examine their prostate specific antigen levels are nearly three times less likely to die from prostate cancer than those who don't have annual screenings, according to a study presented October 19, 2005, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and ...Near infrared laser device can measure brain oxygen levels
...ared light can pass through the scalp and skull to examine levels of hemoglobin and other light absorbing compounds of the brain was made at Duke by Frans Jobsis, Ph.D., in 1977. "It has always been a challenge to directly measure the oxygen levels in the brain," said Duke anesthesiologist David MacLeod, M.D......ature and extent of threats to the food supply and examine the policies and practices currently in place to lessen these risks. Topics will include the globalization of the food supply, illnesses associated with foodborne threats, regulatory responsibility, and research and policy opportunities to reduce th...Calls to prevent chronic disease 'juggernaut'
...d with serious workforce problems, mean we have to examine new ways of organising and funding primary health care so Australians have a healthy future." Health profession leaders joined their policy colleagues, consumers and health academics from Australia and New Zealand to discuss ways of improving health ...Despite rarity of errors in chemotherapy orders, improvements still needed, study finds
BOSTON In one of the first studies to examine chemotherapy errors in ambulatory care for cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that about three percent of chemotherapy orders in three outpatient infusion clinics stud...NSF grant to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia bridges academic research, child safety innovation
...ury Research projects accepted for CChIPS funding examine all phases of a crash - before, during, and after ... long-term growth and development. This study will examine actual crashes involving children who have suffered this type of injury and will inform the necessar...Childhood asthma affecting more than just breathing
...escent Psychiatric Nursing, is one of the first to examine relationships among asthma, anxiety and depression, and several aspects of social functioning in urban children. Findings suggest that among children with and without asthma from urban environments, social functioning is related to both depression a...University of Georgia team investigates effects of nanoparticles on environment
...able consequence. "The focus of our proposal is to examine the uptake and toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles to microorganisms and small worms called nematodes that are commonly found in soil," said Paul Bertsch of UGA's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Savannah River Ecology Lab (SREL), who is the....... The women were interviewed over several years to examine the relation between pregnancy outcome and later depression. Terminating compared with delivering an unwanted first pregnancy was not directly related to risk of depression. Instead, women who delivered before 1980 had a significantly higher risk of ...