Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
...es disfiguring and cannot be hidden. Many patients feel as if their sense of identity is permanently changed or even erased. The loss of speech, taste, or the ability to eat is often the price of survival. The devastating effects of the disease are one reason that these cancers, and their survivors, have ...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...ue of Archives of Ophthalmology. "Doctors can now feel confident that traditional treatments for amblyopia will work for many older children," said Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., director of the NEI. "This is important because it is estimated that as many as three percent of children in the United States ...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...ding whether they communicate with a higher being, feel inner peace through a relationship with a higher being or do not have an awareness at all of God's presence. A study of the older members of the NIA project, entitled "The Lord Is My Shepherd," that looks at the way belief promotes good mental heal...Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
...or withdrawal (for example, "smoking would make me feel less depressed"). "This finding implies that the main mechanism by which alcohol increases craving may be related to the immediate, positively reinforcing effects of nicotine," said Rose, "rather than the relief of a negative mood or other withdraw...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...out bringing this pregnancy to term?' 'What do you feel you lost in past pregnancies?' 'Are you expecting the worst to happen in this pregnancy?'" In Japan, acknowledging a miscarriage or stillbirth is ingrained in the culture, said Ct-Arsenault. There are gardens of baby statues, where mothers who have ...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...eers who take part in such clinical trials usually feel they have made a major contribution. Participants are always given advice on their condition and are given a real chance to tackle their illness in new ways. The University's outstanding research base in medicine ensures that the city attracts the ...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...antaged cancer patients someone with whom they can feel comfortable; someone who has the knowledge base and confidence the patient might not possess. 5. Is the patient navigator concept in existence in communities across the country? The patient navigator concept has been utilized in several communitie...NSAIDS okay for tonsillectomy, new study finds
...out bleeding. I think the review might make people feel a bit easier about giving them." In the United States, many doctors seem to be taking a different approach. In fact, many patient advisories specifically say that NSAIDs should be avoided before and after surgery. "Acetaminophen is used much more th...Feeling safe and secure? CUMC scientists find it's all in the caudoputamen
...ike fear. How do you know when you've made a mouse feel safe and secure?" The experiments described in the Neuron paper do exactly that. Michael Rogan trained mice to recognize that they were safe from danger (mild electrical shocks) when they heard a particular sound. He then recorded what happened in th...Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
... the information the patient needs and making them feel comfortable talking about their situation. "We are so proud of her," said Clinical Assistant Professor Lynn Simpson, vice-chair of the clinical sciences and administration department and ASP faculty adviser. "This is a huge accomplishment for Dana...Facelift alternatives rid patients of neck 'wattle' without the downtime of surgery
...e comfortably, without having facelifts. They may feel they are too young or old for an invasive procedure, are not able to afford the prolonged recovery time, or only want targeted improvement of their neck region. Patients have less invasive options to rid the "wattle," reports a study in May's Plasti...Perceived discrimination linked to coronary artery calcification
...lammatory markers might be prevalent in people who feel socially rejected," she said....Too many doctors fail to follow guidelines and to prescribe best treatments for heart patients
...t them into medical practice. Sometimes physicians feel they are flooded by too much information and a plethora of guidelines." He said there might be several reasons why doctors do not follow guidelines: economic constraints, lack of belief in the guidelines and "nihilism". "This means that treatments wi...Mailman School shares new virus identification technologies
...entification of known and unknown pathogens. "We feel that sharing these new technologies is critical to global health and consistent with our vision for a school of public health," says W. Ian Lipkin, MD, the Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Professor of Epidemiology, professor of Neurology and Pathology at C...Study examines influence of celebrity endorsements of cancer screening
...r, when it comes to public health endorsements, we feel that celebrities should be judicious in using their powers of persuasion. [W]hen it comes to communicating about complex decisions such as cancer screening, the goal should not be to persuade but to inform."...Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say
...er and say, 'My pain isn't any better, but I don't feel so sad about it,' " Clauw says. "Our research provides further evidence that these pathways are quite independent." While this study looked at fibromyalgia patients, it is possible that the results may apply to people who have other chronic pain cond...New treatments for common vaginal infection being studied
...rts around the world might disagree. In America we feel that douching is nonselective: it washes out the good and the bad bacteria, says Dr. Ferris. After you douche, if the good bacteria isnt re-established first, the bad bacteria take over and you have a potential problem. Studies and experience have sh...Misunderstanding real cost a barrier to mammography
...t role for private insurers," says McAlearney. "We feel private insurers could be very helpful in reducing the perception of cost as a barrier if they would step up their educational efforts and help these women to become more familiar with details of their policies." Though the authors say it would be i...Some primary care residents feel unprepared to provide preventive counseling
...idency training in primary care specialties do not feel prepared to counsel patients in areas such as depression, substance abuse and domestic violence, according to a report from the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The researchers present their analysis of survey res...Magnetic stimulation treatment for depression helping difficult-to-treat cases at UT Southwestern
...icity created in the brain is too small for her to feel and does not trigger a seizure. When the treatment is finished, Mrs. Baas gets up and drives herself home, having experienced no side effects except for an occasional headache. Describing herself as "the poster child for mental illness," Mrs. Baas s...