Ultrasound mammography, volcano monitoring for aircraft safety
...0 biopsies undertaken, 80 come back negative. The psychological costs and the expense (billions of dollars in the U.S. each year) of the original spurious readings have made reducing the false-positive rate a priority among medical researchers. At the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Neb Duric ( duric@karma...Depression, not antidepressants, increases mortality risks in heart failure
...ailure patients may be unfamiliar with the typical psychological assessments that can be used to evaluate patients for depression, or they may consider themselves too busy to include such assessments in their regular practice. Physicians who are uncomfortable with treating depression should refer those patients to...Peer and family support tops needs of young adult cancer survivors
...verage. Scientists propose that dramatic physical, psychological and social changes that occur during adolescence may contribute to the different outcomes. Therefore, understanding the unique treatment needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer may yield better understanding of cancer management. "These f...Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
...defined as "an individual's tendency to experience psychological distress that can be reliably measured by self-report and is relatively stable in an individual over time"--and stress were associated with CFS, while extraversion was not. In the age- and sex-matched comparison, individuals who reported that their ...Mental health problems threaten the knowledge economy
...udy: "Mental Capital: a preliminary study into the psychological dimension of economic development," was commission... own fate, and this does not give them the optimal psychological profile for economic development which requires optimism, trust and taking risks. The mental capital...Iraqi people likely to suffer psychological damage
...e is putting the people of Iraq at risk of serious psychological damage, says a doctor in this week's BMJ. Previo...ultural barriers which prevent people from seeking psychological help, he adds. The mainstay of the coalition's medical effort has been understandably directed at ...Trying to control pain can be a double-edged sword, say scientists
... the other hand, teaching persistent pain patients psychological coping strategies to handle their pain usually doe...re able to stimulate the prefrontal cortex through psychological intervention, medication or some other stimulus, we could help reduce the pain felt by a patient," s...Depression symptoms less likely in kids with accurate self-perceptions
...er acceptance." The findings are consistent with psychological theories that attempt to explain social competence and general adjustment, according to Kistner. Self-verification theory suggests that people are motivated to maintain their self-perceptions, even if they are negative. Even positive feedback can cau...Doctor urges health-care workers to be alert to suicide risk amongst cancer patients
...round quality of life, coping, symptom control and psychological distress were important. The almost five-fold fewer recorded female suicides could mean that lower statistical power might account for the lack of a similar findings, or it could be that female cancer patients did experience similar problems but wer...Some patients stop needing antidepressant medication after having plastic surgery
...ave just begun to uncover the various physical and psychological benefits of plastic surgery," said Dr. Freedman. "By helping our patients take control over something they were unhappy about, we helped remove a self-imposed barrier and ultimately improved their self-esteem."...September/October Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...family physician practices. The estimated risk of psychological distress increased almost five times for those pat...icians should be aware of the possible presence of psychological distress in patients with multiple and severe chronic illness, and mental health professionals shoul...Stroke survivors and caregivers to benefit from Kent State study
...vention that is explicitly designed to improve the psychological well-being of both the caregiver and the care receiver concurrently," says Dr. Gregory Smith, professor of human development and family studies, who is principle investigator of the inter-disciplinary team of researchers, including co-investigators f...Same mortality but higher suicide rate among women with breast implants
...pulation. Previous studies have observed that the psychological profile of women who receive breast implants is characterized by low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence, and more frequent mental illnesses such as depression. According to Dr. Brisson, sound medical practice should encourage surgeons to pay partic...Exercise improves quality of life for patients with severe chronic pulmonary hypertension
... Sept. 19 -- Appropriate amounts of exercise offer psychological and physical benefits for patients with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH), according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "It is commonly believed that exercise training may be dangerous for PH patients, b...Short-term topical corticosteroid use may offer relief for patients with acute form of psoriasis
...and soreness. These symptoms may have devastating psychological and emotional consequences." Management of IP usually includes the application of topical corticosteroids, but those medications have adverse effects with long-term use. In this study, Alexander Kreuter, M.D, from Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany...Anemia affects body ... and maybe the mind
...tc.," says Chaves. Chaves and his team gave three psychological tests commonly used to evaluate executive function to 364 women, all between 70 and 80 years old, who were living in Baltimore, Md. Approximately 10 percent had anemia, which was of mild intensity. Some 15 percent of those with the worst results on...Plastic Surgery 2006 spotlights the future of plastic surgery
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- From new data on psychological and physical benefits, to futurists, economists and plastic surgeons sharing their vision of the future of plastic surgery, the hottest topics, technologies, and advances will be presented at Plastic Surgery 2006. The meeting, held Oct. 6-11 at the ...Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood
...were growing up. "Obesity produces physical and psychological health problems that lead to decreased life expectancy and increased health care costs," said Nader. "This study is particularly important because it gives parents and health care providers new data on the likelihood a child will become overweight in...Depression, risky sex behavior linked in African-American youth
...pants were also asked to answer questions on their psychological distress. They rated, on a scale of zero to four, whether or not they were lonely, feeling blue, feeling no interest in things, feeling hopeless about the future and feeling worthless. The odds that African American adolescents who reported depressi...Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory, brain study finds
..., have important implications for the treatment of psychological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety, which are often characterized by flashbacks and intrusive memories of upsetting events. "The main motivation for this study was a clinical one, in terms of understanding a...