BRAVE program Help available for children with anxiety
... (UQ) research project will help children overcome extreme anxiety. The Kids Coping Team, headed by Sonja March and Professor Sue Spence have developed a new treatment program for childhood anxiety. According to Psychologist Sonja March, international research shows that anxiety is one of the most common p...Employed caregivers at risk from current Canadian policies
...ng work hours or declining a promotion to the most extreme adjustment of quitting a job to take care of someone. Dr Fast, who is herself an employed caregiver, says Walker's findings about those factors that lead to workplace compromises, will help with the development of useful policies for private and publ...Helping the elderly beat the heat
...growing number of people become more vulnerable to extreme summer heat. In 2003, a heat wave was blamed for 14,800 deaths in France. The July issue of the Harvard Health Letter offers tips for the elderly to beat this summer's heat. In addition to heading for the air conditioning, staying out of the sun, and...Specific regions of brain implicated in anorexia nervosa, finds Univ. of Pittsburgh study
...d medically ill. People with anorexia nervosa have extreme self-denial, not only of food, but often of many comforts and pleasures in life. Yet people with anorexia nervosa can be very energetic and productive," said Dr. Kaye, professor of psychiatry. "Taken together, the alterations in the dopamine system ...Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment programme
...ecome trapped in the liver, causing a blockage and extreme damage, eventually leading to death. Those most at risk of schistosomiasis are school-age children, women, and those involved in occupations such as irrigation farming and fishing....Does vitamin C help prevent or treat the common cold?
...amin could help prevent colds in people exposed to extreme physical exertion or cold weather. They found six studies in which the vitamin or a placebo was given to marathon runners, skiers and soldiers exposed to significant cold and/or physical stress. Those taking the vitamin experienced, on average, a 5...Young athletes' post-concussion migraine may signal greater neurocognitive impairment
...rosurgery. The study results speak to the need for extreme caution in clinical evaluation and return-to-play ...ns about managing a concussed athlete with PTM and extreme caution as to when that athlete should be allowed to return to play," said the study's lead author, ...Ill-health and unhappiness among the risks for older mothers
...tired and ill older mothers become, suffering from extreme breathlessness, postural hypotension, syncope and palpitations caused by nothing other than pregnancy", he said. Social factors need to be taken into account too. "Will a 66 year old woman live long enough to be a mother?" asked Professor de Swiet,...Pregnant women at risk for injury in summer
...ot eliminate risk by avoiding obvious hazards like extreme sports and alcohol. The consequences of their injuries were substantial with about 40 per cent of women requiring surgery and ten per cent staying in hospital for more than a week. "Treating pregnant women who sustain major trauma is very worrisome f...Going to extremes to improve human health
...ow University of Oregon scientists to replicate an extreme range of environmental conditions in their quest to test and understand the human body's response to everyday stresses. The instrument, called an environmental chamber, is a 12-foot-square room capable of simulating altitude up to 18,000 feet, holdin...Perceptions of weight important risk factor for suicidal behavior in adolescents
...gest that, regardless of actual BMI, students with extreme perceptions of body size are at increased risk for suicide ideation and suicide attempts, though important racial/ethnic differences exist." (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005; 159: 513 519. Available post-embargo at www.archpediatrics.com .) Edito...Short on time, long on feeling: Study suggests deadlines intensify emotions
... emotions. "Given time limits, people showed more extreme emotions on both the positive and negative ends of the scale," Teuscher said. "The test results suggest that a different time perspective itself can cause differences in emotional complexity and intensity." In one experimental scenario, for examp...Medical privacy vs. health care quality?
...careful that we don't find ourselves on such a far extreme on one side of privacy protection that we actually paralyze our ongoing efforts to monitor and improve care." Adds co-author Edward Goldman, J.D., "This study demonstrates an inadvertent effect of federal privacy regulations on important research. In...Studies suggest that donation criteria can be expanded
... and organ survival rates in transplants involving extreme donors were similar to success rates with conventi...f organ donors nationally. Stratta's study defined extreme kidney-pancreas donors as those who were either older than 50 or younger than 8 years, or who died a...Mayo Clinic creates 'Office of the Future'
...e Mayo Clinic construction manager who oversaw the extreme makeover of the office floor, along with the help of Mayo interior designer Cheryl Lavin-Meyer. "We met, kicked around some ideas, and then had two weeks to make over the space." The room makeover cost about $5 per square foot. The standing desks cos...Protein essential for hearing also vital for pain perception
...afness, a side effect that is probably better than extreme pain. What is critical at this point is to identify drugs or treatments that very specifically inhibit TRPA1," he said. TRPA1 is known to be activated by pain-producing chemicals such as the pungent components of edibles such as wasabi, horseradish,...Data further examines Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) treatment for bipolar depression
..., including SEROQUEL. Hyperglycemia, in some cases extreme and associated with ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma or death, has been reported in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics, including SEROQUEL. Patients starting treatment with atypical antipsychotics who have or are at risk for diabetes shoul...Cognitive function and compliance with Seroquel examined in separate studies in schizophrenia
..., including SEROQUEL. Hyperglycemia, in some cases extreme and associated with ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma or death, has been reported in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics, including SEROQUEL. Patients starting treatment with atypical antipsychotics who have or are at risk for diabetes shoul...Studies on HRT for breast cancer patients can give false hopes
...versial. The present study highlights the need for extreme caution and critical judgment when looking at the evidence for or against HRT use in breast cancer survivors....New method of administering anti-cancer drug may be more effective, safer
...consistent level of drug in the blood and avoiding extreme highs and lows, Shea said. "We hope this novel delivery method will be safer, and we hope it will allow us to give more total drug, which will do a better job by killing more cancer cells." In the patients' studied, side effects were similar to those...