Johns Hopkins study suggests link between caffeine dependence and family history of alcoholism
...natal visit, the patients were asked to complete a questionnaire that assessed caffeine, tobacco, alcohol and other...clinical psychologist between the second and third questionnaire assessments. The interviews required 60 to 90 minutes and consisted of the Structured Clinical Inter...Childbirth not linked to urinary incontinence, study finds
...ern Vermont. The sisters completed a comprehensive questionnaire about their symptoms of pelvic floor disorders, and 101 pairs underwent a clinical evaluation. The results: 49.7 percent of the women who had given birth reported some degree of urinary incontinence compared to 47.6 percent of the women who had never...Young women who smoke higher risk of breask cancer
...women from Iowa, ages 55 to 69, who responded to a questionnaire mailed in 1986. The study was designed to identify risk factors for cancer and other chronic diseases in postmenopausal women. Over 200 publications from this cohort of women have been published to date. The research team also included: Celine Vach...Fast-tracked sexual health screening offered with morning-after pill
...heir urine sample, free postage and a confidential questionnaire offering them a variety of ways they can receive their diagnosis within three working days. If they are found to have Chlamydia, they and their partner will then be referred to a genito-urinary clinic of their choice for full sexual health screening ...Are women tougher when it comes to heart disease? Study suggests yes
...p them perform daily activities and exercise. The questionnaire also included the question "How severe do you think your heart disease is?" and asked patients to select from five choices: very mild, mild, moderate, severe and very severe. For the paper, patients were grouped into two groups: very mild/mild, and m......r McIntyre and colleagues developed a brief 7-item questionnaire to determine if a patient with depression has reco...sant therapy were determined with the brief HAMD-7 questionnaire or the standard longer questionnaire (the HAMD-17) that is used in research and specialty settings. ...Patients' reports of domestic violence not recorded by a nearly a third of surveyed physicians
...reported domestic violence in a questionnaire. The questionnaire was filled in prior to a consultation and the pati.... Nearly 5% (115/2341) of patients who completed a questionnaire reported having experienced domestic violence. The authors analysed the doctors' reports for 90 of t...World-first test of sun-damaged skin launched
...ests. They also fill in a comprehensive, ten-page questionnaire as part of a full analysis, which asks detailed qu...affect." The full test includes the skin test and questionnaire analysis but if there is not a healthcare provider nearby then the individual may want to try the qu...Wheezing prevalence patterns established by age 6
... ages 8, 11, 13, and 16 years, parents completed a questionnaire on the youngster's prevalence of wheeze (with or without a cold). Researchers characterized current wheeze at each age as either "no wheeze," "infrequent wheeze" (one to three episodes in the past year), and "frequent wheeze" (four or more episodes ...Alcohol biomarker test cuts care costs for chronically ill patients
...sitive illnesses. "You'd begin with a self-report questionnaire and then you might use the test for patients you suspect are heavier drinkers than they are admitting to," Miller said. "It's a more objective test that can corroborate what a patient or his family is saying." Miller said the CDT test is especially h...IBS study shows that targeted antibiotics lead to long-lasting improvement in symptoms
...10 weeks. Participants kept a stool diary, took a questionnaire and were given methane breath tests. The positive effects of the drug were shown to continue throughout most of the 10-week study, not just during the actual antibiotic course. Because the cause of IBS has been elusive, treatments for the disease h...African-Americans have worse quality of life after heart attack or unstable angina
...alth status was quantified with the Seattle Angina questionnaire (SAQ) and Short Form-12 Physical Component score (SF-12). After one year, 81 patients had died and 199 could not be interviewed. Although mortality rates were almost identical (7.1 percent for blacks vs. 7.0 for whites), blacks had a higher prevalenc...Parents' safe gun storage behaviors improve after counseling
...olleagues identified gun-owning families through a questionnaire in a large, predominately Hispanic pediatric clinic in Tucson, Ariz. Gun-owning families were then assigned to either an intervention group who received gun-safety counseling, a gun-safety brochure and a free gun lock, or a control group. Families we...Mayo Clinic finds chronic cough patients report a miserable existence
...w chronic cough affects them. Patients completed a questionnaire about cough-related difficulties and sufferings prior to medical evaluation and again six months later. Of those who took the initial survey, 56 completed the repeat questionnaire. The top problems for chronic coughers when they were first evaluated...Causes of primary biliary cirrhosis
... All participants completed an extensive telephone questionnaire covering demographics, lifestyle, personal and familial medical history, and reproductive and occupational history. Researchers then analyzed and compared the data. After multivariable statistical analyses, they found a number of factors significantl...New studies gauge knowledge, attitudes and preferences of patients with irritable bowel syndrome
...th Carolina at Chapel Hill developed and fielded a questionnaire to identify patients' perceptions about IBS, their preferences on the type of information they need, as well as educational media and expectations from health care providers. Responses from 200 patients with IBS revealed misperceptions about IBS dev...CHEST 2005 abstract highlights
...ording to a new study out of Charleroi, Belgium. A questionnaire on smoking, knowledge of tobacco risks, and the im...of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH). After completing a questionnaire about snoring frequency and smoking status and having a skin prick test to determine allergies to 15...Cruciferous vegetables may help some people protect against lung cancer
...l Europe. The researchers gave participants a food questionnaire to fill in and assessed their genetic status from a blood sample. They found that weekly consumption of cruciferous vegetables had a 33% protective effect against lung cancer in people who had an inactive form of the GSTM1 gene. In people who had an ...Walking and sports linked with heart health benefits in Japan, too
... years in 45 communities across Japan were given a questionnaire about their lifestyles and medical histories. The participants had no history of stroke, coronary heart disease or cancer. Through 1999, almost 2,000 participants died of cardiovascular disease. For this analysis, the researchers separated the partic......amount of pain medication required was a validated questionnaire that measured anxiety. The best predictors of overall post-surgical pain were blood pressure readings shortly before surgery and patients' responses to the heat element that was performed before surgery. The model was also useful in identifying patie...