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...ively examined the role of parents and teachers in promoting children's internalization of values and guidelines. She has recently focused on the role of parents in teaching children to inhibit their aggression. Dr. Joussemet is available for questions and interviews. Richard Koestner is a professor of psyc...Women missing out in heart treatment more needed in clinical trials
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...e encourage these positive aspects of care without promoting overutilization?" Katz said there also are ways to reduce fears of malpractice in emergency departments, including developing systems to improve patient safety and to reduce risk of medical errors. "As an example, a chest pain observation unit, such ...Hospice referral rates increase with intervention improving communication
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...t it is time to concentrate on teaching nutrition, promoting regular physical activity, and strongly encouraging smoking cessation and particularly increasing outreach to women of racial and ethnic minorities," Dr. Redberg writes. "[These] are underused but proven prevention strategies for heart disease. Inte...Cancer researcher Susan Horwitz wins Alpert prize for Taxol work
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CHICAGO Despite campaigns promoting early detection and increased awareness of melanoma (skin cancer) the proportion of the most aggressive and deadly form of melanoma remains the same, according to an article in the June issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journ......s, television and food companies should partner in promoting healthful food choices. Where childhood obesity is concerned, we are all responsible," Anderson said. Anderson, professor of medicine and clinical nutrition, UK College of Medicine, and director, UK Metabolic Research Group, is also the director of t...College students think favorably, but act timidly about organ donation
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...rt Move MoreNorth Carolina, a statewide initiative promoting increased opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating through policy and environmental change. Representatives from Florida, Massachusetts, and North Carolina transportation organizations will discuss how they improved children's health b...Home-based intervention increases physical activity in breast cancer survivors
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...ward the goals of reducing behavioral problems and promoting positive mental health outcomes for this vulnerable group of children," the author concludes. (JAMA. 2005; 293:2533 2535. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: Dr. Miller is supported in part by the Jaqueline Mu...