Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
...o seek preventive care that could help them better manage their illnesses. In too many instances, this means that residents are forced to turn to emergency care in the form of expensive hospital emergency rooms." Barnes found that difficulty in obtaining adequate, affordable, accessible health care undermin...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
... patients with the tools they need to learn how to manage their problems and emotions," said Robert DeRubeis, professor and chair of Penn's Department of Psychology. "Pharmaceuticals, while effective, offer no long term cure for the symptoms of depression. For many people, cognitive therapy might prove to...Studies examine menopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer recurrence
... need to identify safe and effective strategies to manage menopausal symptoms and improve the quality of life for patients with breast cancer." In an editorial, Rowan T. Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., and Garnet L....Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
..., researchers are seeking to understand better and manage all the components demographic, biological, socioeconomic, and behavioral that contribute to functional decline in arthritis patients. Toward this goal, a team of researchers at Northwestern University conducted a long-term study of various risk f...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...aid. "The potential in orthopaedics is not only to manage devastating congenital or traumatic problems but also to prevent or slow degenerative processes in order to maintain the activity and function of our aging population," said Gary G. Poehling, M.D., professor and chairman of othopaedics at Wake Forest...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
... are seeking new perspectives and creative ways to manage their business. We can engineer medical services with improved cost, quality and efficiency." Lin and his colleagues use animated computer simulations that are based on statistical analyses -- routinely used to model the flow of parts through ...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...ely with the participants to help them effectively manage their asthma symptoms," said Audrey Plough, RN, the nurse coordinator for the UCSF site of the study. After one year, the three groups not only showed similar lung function and severity of symptoms, but also similar "quality of life" scores -- measur...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...ely with the participants to help them effectively manage their asthma," noted Boushey. "Patients need to know how to recognize asthma symptoms, what to do when symptoms begin, and -- perhaps most essential -- they must have at hand the means to treat their symptoms quickly." Clinical centers for the Impro...Hospitalized babies with severe breathing problems may benefit from lying on their stomachs
...over someone's shoulder," Wells says. If they did manage to lie down, the babies would roll onto their stomachs and flex their hips and knees up like a frog, she adds. The babies' behavior led the nurses to wonder if the infants were trying to relieve their breathing problems by wriggling into a position t...New guidelines recommend screening HIV-infected patients for kidney disease
...ines are targeted toward HIV caregivers, who often manage all aspects of their patients' care and are therefore in a unique position to identify early those patients at risk for kidney disease. They provide an overview of how to identify patients at risk and evaluate their kidney function, as well as manage...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
...s that are used in concert with mainstream care to manage symptoms, relieve stress, and enhance quality of life. Integrative Medicine Program faculty also conduct research into the biological and behavioral effects of mind/body-based interventions; the anti-cancer potential of natural compounds; and acupunc...Study is first to implicate dietary fat in 'fatty liver'
... liver results when the liver loses its ability to manage the various influxes of fat that occur during transitions between the fasted and fed states. Identifying the origins of accumulated fat in the livers of NAFLD patients will be important in preventing and reversing this condition, which can lead to mo...Therapy to overcome fears helps children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
... response prevention, children learn strategies to manage obsessional fears and compulsive urges by gradually facing their fears. For example, a child who is afraid of getting sick if she touches her shoe would practice touching her shoe without washing her hands. A youngster with a fear that the number 13 ...Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say
... to treat patients' depression might not help them manage their pain, a new study says. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and the University of Cologne, Germany, have used functional imaging of the brain to determine that in patients with the chronic pain syndrome fibromyalgia, their l...Professor criticises medicine's 'blind spot'
...of activity management programmes to help patients manage chronic fatigue syndrome. Michael Sharpe has qualifications in psychology, medicine and psychiatry and is pioneering an area of medical research known as symptoms research. This field of research uses scientific methods to understand and treat sympto...Group-based education improves diabetes self-management, studies find
...tes who participate in group education programs to manage their disease show measurable improvement and require less medication, according to a systematic review of current evidence. Group-based education resulted in improved diabetes control as reflected by blood glucose levels and patients' knowledge of d...Arthur Frommer tells America where to stop when they need to go
...ools such as Where to Stop & Where to Go to better manage the condition, patients may be able to enjoy some of the things they may have been missing." Enablex is indicated for the treatment of OAB with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency. Enablex is a potent muscarinic receptor an...'Virtual' asthma clinic helps patients manage disease online
...-date guidelines no matter where they live, and to manage their asthma with minimal physician intervention. The program isn't meant to replace doctors, but to complement their ability to treat patients who are chronically ill." In the pilot study, patients' lung function was measured at the beginning of the...Cognitive function and compliance with Seroquel examined in separate studies in schizophrenia
...nd who stick to that treatment, are more likely to manage their illness successfully," said Philip Harvey, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "The results of these studies reconfirm the tolerability of SEROQUEL, as measured by treatment adherence, and its ability to improve co...UCLA study tackles aging issues of adults with developmental disabilities
...tecting health problems and teaching people how to manage them."...