Anxiety hikes risk of heart attack, death
... again each year patients completed a standardized questionnaire about their feelings during the previous week, for example, whether they felt peaceful, felt something bad would happen, took a long time to fall asleep at night, or had upset bowels or stomach. Patients were followed-up for an average of more tha...Online education program better source of information for patients
... Heart Profilers, patients are asked to complete a questionnaire to receive a free, confidential, personalized trea...ree groups: those who completed the Heart Profiler questionnaire (users), those who registered but did not complete it (registrants) and a control sample of non-user...Curb the pocket money, curb the problem drinking
...y and colleagues studied the results of an alcohol questionnaire given anonymously to 15-16 year old drinkers in North West England. Almost 90% admitted to drinking alcohol, of which 38% binged, 24% drank frequently and 50% drank in public. Around a third bought their own alcohol, making them six times more lik...Drinking farm milk reduces childhood asthma and allergies but raw consumption remains unsafe
...00 children from across the five countries and the questionnaire results were validated with random telephone interviews with 493 respondents The researchers discovered that children who drank farm milk were much less likely to suffer from hayfever and asthma. Lower levels of diagnosed asthma were also obse...Educational expenses for residents equals significant amount of salary
...w course (held in March and May 2006) were given a questionnaire that asked them to document the number and source ...ial allowances paid to them by their programs. The questionnaire also asked them to cite the funding source for the radiology board examinations. Of the 176 question...For Iraq veterans, migraines may be sign of other problems
...es Army soldiers who were given a health screening questionnaire within 90 days after returning from one year of combat duty in Iraq. A total of 2,167 of the soldiers, or 60 percent, completed the questionnaire. Of those, 19 percent screened positive for migraine headaches, 32 percent screened positive for depress...Gender, ethnic differences may hamper eating disorder diagnosis
...ers. In the second study, Peebles used a Web-based questionnaire to survey a variety of people who visit Web sites that promote eating disorders about their experiences with the condition. Then she examined differences between ethnic groups, which included Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Nativ...Topical testosterone cream does not increase sexual drive in female cancer survivors
...searchers measured the womens sexual desire with a questionnaire before treatment, then again at four and eight weeks. There was no statistically significant difference in libido between the testosterone and placebo groups during the first or second 4-week treatment period. Both groups showed increased libido c...First nationwide child health and air pollution study commences
...ergy test. Parents will also be asked to fill in a questionnaire about the child's health and home environment. Test results for each child will be available on the day of testing. ...1 out of every 3 arthritis sufferers is affected in ability to work
...om multiple chronic conditions; the wording of the questionnaire did not distinguish between those who could not work and those whose work was simply affected in some way. Nonetheless the size of the study enabled the authors to develop US national prevalence estimates for AAWL, the results of which can be used ...Embargoed March/April Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...red 432 patient and physician responses on an exit questionnaire after health maintenance exams about the quality of the decision-making process over three time periods: before, during and after physicians became aware of the lawsuit against the practice. The lawsuit occurred after a family medicine resident and ...Residents in disaster areas face medication adherence dilemmas
... using the Hill-Bone medication adherence subscale questionnaire and general questions about the extent of hurrican...ubset of 78 patients then answered a more detailed questionnaire that sought to pinpoint barriers to medication adherence, defined as taking their medication as pres...Slow-release morphine reduces level of intractable cough
...al center, where they filled out a quality-of-life questionnaire on the impact of chronic cough on activities of daily living. A spirometric lung test was performed at the first visit, and lung function was measured on each subsequent visit. In addition, each participant assessed their cough severity daily, rati...Wartime raises stress, blood pressure rates in military offspring
...is colleagues used a posttraumatic stress disorder questionnaire developed by the military for personnel and modified for adolescents, a survey to assess psychosocial concerns such as sense of well-being and faith in government as well as more objective heart rate and blood pressure measures. Not surprisingly, t...Assessing the cost of juvenile arthritis
... Vancouver, Canada. Subjects' parents were given a questionnaire about the use of medications and health services during the preceding three months, without specifying any particular disease. Researchers also asked parents about time loss from their work and days missed from school for the children. The study w...Daily use of antidepressants associated with increased risk of fracture in older adults
...ng of the study. Patients were then sent a yearly questionnaire to determine if they had experienced clinical fragility fractures and all reported fractures were confirmed radiographically. Other factors such as demographic information, history of falls and medication use were all assessed. Daily use of SSRIs wa...Psychosocial factors associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers
... between 2000 and 2002. Participants filled out a questionnaire with demographic information, and several separate questionnaires that assessed the psychosocial risk factors of depression and chronic stress. Cynical distrust was measured at a follow-up visit between 2002 and 2004. Blood samples obtained at the ...Costs of long-course palliative radiotherapy acceptable in late-stage lung cancer
...est value for the money. Using data from a patient questionnaire on factors such as their mobility, ability to perform usual activities, and pain and anxiety levels, the authors calculated that quality of life was roughly equal in both treatment groups. However, because life expectancy was longer in the long-cours...Study finds gender differences related to eating and body image
...o view slides were first asked to fill out a short questionnaire measuring various demographic variables and "ought discrepancies" that is, discrepancies between their actual body type and the body type they thought their same-sex peers expected them to have; then they viewed one of the three PowerPoint presentat...Height loss in older men associated with increased risk of heart disease, death
...o 79 years old. At that time, the men completed a questionnaire providing details about their lifestyle and medical history. They were asked to describe their current health statusexcellent, good, fair or poorand whether their physician had ever told them they had cardiovascular disease or a number of other cond...