UGA study explains why anti-smoking ads backfire or succeed
...ass Communication, found that anti-smoking ads are most effective when they convince youth that their frie... Paek urges health communicators to emphasize that most youth dont smoke, and for good reasons. Advertising professionals have only recently become invol...New book guides boomers through retirement maze
...ial affairs. Alive and Kicking is a departure from most legal prose, which is rarely fun to read, as its accessible to the layperson with no legal background. Hegland believes that family members, especially children of baby boomers, also have a responsibility to initiate conversations about sensitive i...Low hospital staff levels increase infection rates
...equence of the ventilator tubing and is one of the most common preventable problem affecting critically ill hospital patients. It can cause a stay of about an average of 10 extra days in hospital at a cost of US$10,000 to $40,000....The future of biofuels is not in corn
...he wrong biofuel for combating global warming. The most favorable estimates show that corn ethanol could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 18 percent to 28 percent, while cellulosic ethanol is estimated to offer a reduction of 87 percent compared to gasoline. Ethanol is not the solution to revitalizi...6 out of 10 doctors aren't frustrated that patients can't lower cholesterol
... included: Doctors in South Korea (80%) were most likely to be happy with the 47% patient success ra... drugs) and recommending lifestyle changes was the most popular overall course of action, recommended by 46% of doctors. This was followed by lifestyle chan...First of its kind report on how children with brain tumors perform at school
...n healthy kids, grades in foreign language are the most affected and girls have a harder time than boys in...icantly lower in each school subject, and differed most in foreign language, especially for girls. More than 58 percent of female patients received grades ...Sucampo Pharmaceuticals submits supplemental new drug application for Lubiprostone to treat IBS-C
...n lubiprostone vs. 21% in the placebo group). The most common treatment-related adverse events (greater than or equal to 5% of patients) were nausea (8% vs. 4%, respectively), diarrhea (6% vs. 4%, respectively) and abdominal pain (4% vs. 5%, respectively). The incidence of these adverse reactions was lo...Screening for behavioral health first step to getting treatment
...o treatment, says Horgan. Despite these reasons, most health plans do not require primary care physicians to screen for mental health or substance use problems. By 2003, only thirty-four percent of health insurance products had any behavioral health screening requirements, according to the national Bran...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...olis Convention Center. Expected to be one of the most highly attended AAPM meetings to date, the confere...sist of a very good insulator (a dielectric). When most of the air is removed from the tube to create a vacuum, the tube can structurally withstand the very...Global warming's threat to New York region and how to avoid severe consequences
...y 11 a team of leading scientists will release the most comprehensive study to date of the effects global warming will have on New York and its residents. The report examines potential consequences for coastal areas, marine fisheries, forests, agriculture, winter recreation and human health. The scientist...Patients with soft tissue sarcomas should be treated at high volume centers
...e---should be treated at the few centres which see most cases, in order to give patients the best chance o...oft tissue sarcomas] are rare. This paucity leaves most health care institutions with low case volumes and outdated or inadequate resources, which impede th...Environmental inequality study finds no direct links to segregation, income
...ey found that in some cities Hispanics live in the most polluted neighborhoods, but in other cities it is ...ows that environmental racial inequality exists in most large metropolitan areas," Downey said, "but it's not universal and the explanation for it is more c...New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
...sk of developing the disease and which adults are most likely to benefit from treatment. The study, pub... help ensure treatments are directed towards those most likely to benefit. In people under 75 years without pre-existing cardiovascular disease or diabete...Cancer on the agenda of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency
...pean Union (Lisbon, 12-13 July 2007) is one of the most important initiatives launched by the EU Portuguese Presidency within the context of the EU strategy on health policy, focusing on the topic of health and migration. ESMO has been invited by Dr. Joaquim Gouveia, National Coordinator of Oncological Di...K-State researcher working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber
...e fiber-enriched flour taste like the kind used in most cookies and tortillas so that manufacturers can make a more healthful snacking alternative that consumers want to eat. Alavi notes the increasing problem of obesity and how it can lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other ailments. "That...UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
... resolve problems with the software to produce the most accurate results. For patients who have recently had a PET-CT and been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, Gould recommends they seek a second opinion and request review of their PET-CT scans for these errors in matching the PET and CT images. ...Studies show antidepressants not linked to birth defects
...id not significantly increase the overall risk for most birth defects. However, each study found that taking SSRIs during pregnancy was associated with a small increase in the risk of certain rare birth defects but they were different birth defects. Dr. Michael Katz, acting Medical Director of the Ma...Anti-gay hate crimes widespread
... psychology professor Gregory Herek. This is the most reliable estimate to date of the prevalence of ant...erally more likely than women to be the targets of most kinds of violent crime, and this pattern seems to hold in anti-gay hate crimes as well, Herek said. ...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
Just in time for the most dangerous days of the year to drive July 3 and 4 ...kely to die in a traffic crash on a rural road.For most people, riding in a motor vehicle is one of the most dangerous things they ever do, and this is part...U of M researchers assess effectiveness of computerized physician order entry system
...w found that of these hospitals, CPOE systems were most beneficial when the rate of medication errors was more than 12 percent. The Institute of Medicine has already identified medication errors as a major threat to patient safety and has endorsed electronic prescribing of medication as an effective meth...