Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
... "The key to establishing any form of treatment is rating its effectiveness in comparison to treatments currently in use, and this study has shown cognitive therapy to be a viable alternative."...Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
...uated with and without medication using a standard rating scale at three, six and 12 months after surgery. "Off-medication Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor scores were improved after 12 months of both GPi and STN stimulation (39 vs 48 percent)," the authors write. "Bradykinesia [extremely slo...Child magazine editor addresses region's first annual women's and children's health care conference
...h and nutrition and oversees all of the magazine's rating stories, including the immensely popular "The 10 Best Children's Hospitals." She is also a freelance writer for Prevention, Glamour and Self magazines. Child magazine is a national parenting publication with a circulation of more than one million r...Study evaluates Alzheimer's patients' ability to make decisions about treatment
...ini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), a widely used rating scale for cognitive abilities, can help predict patients' decision-making abilities. Those with scores of 11 to 19 on the scale, which indicates moderate dementia, were not likely to be competent decision-makers. Those with scores of 24 and higher, w...Tobacco brands still common in PG-13 movies, despite '98 Master Settlement
...8 movies geared toward adolescent audiences with a rating of PG-13 continue to feature tobacco brands, which was not a significant change since the agreement was enacted at the end of 1998. "The ratings piece was a big surprise," said lead author Dr. Anna Adachi-Mejia, instructor in pediatrics at Dartmouth ...More research funding needed to improve cancer care, oncologists say
...by academic institutions (98.97). The next highest rating was assigned to interdisciplinary cooperation, fol...themselves." Another noteworthy finding is the low rating of supportive therapy, and the adamant rejection by oncologists of inclusion of alternative medicine...Doctors argue for new ways to resolve health treatment choices
...is should be ascribed the same low value-for-money rating - and potentially not be funded as a treatment that gives three months to those with, for example, diabetes or high cholesterol, when these patients may live for decades with standard care." A pilot study at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital show...Polls finds many Americans believe cancer myths
...t all informed" were generally quite accurate when rating their own health literacy. "These results indicate that public and patient education interventions are most urgently needed in cancer centers, medical practices, and other community organizations that serve large numbers of patients with these 'at ri...UT Southwestern professor supports development of report cards on hospital infection rates
...em. It's not as easy as handing out A's or F's or rating the performance of automobiles or refrigerators, said Dr. Siegel, who served eight years on the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Health-care officials must decide what infections hospitals should track and what benchmark...Healthgrades study: New hospital ratings show wide 'quality chasm'
...nfederal hospital with a one-, three- or five-star rating indicating poor, average or excellent outcomes in each of 28 medical categories. Taken together, the ratings produce the following findings: The nation's inhospital risk-adjusted mortality rate improved, on average, 12 percent from 2002 to 2004. Bu...Adolescents who watch smoking in movies are more likely to try smoking
... industry could incorporate smoking into the movie rating system to make parents aware of the risks a movie with smoking poses to the adolescent viewer, and include an antismoking preview on all DVD movies that depict smoking. "Those measures have a minimal cost to the movie industry," said Sargent. Co-aut...Less sleep, more struggles for elementary and middle school students
...ay. Teachers completed a weekly 34-question survey rating students' classroom behavior and performance. Teachers were told that study participants would be sleeping less than usual during one of the three weeks of the study. but they were not told which week that would be. The results: Teachers reported sig...Amgen investigational therapy for bone loss, denosumab, show increased bone mineral density
...en averaged 2.1 on their T-scores, a densitometric rating of BMD in which scores between -1.0 and -2.5 indicate osteopenia (thinning bone) and below -2.5 indicate osteoporosis, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Need for Bone Loss Treatments Osteoporosis Bone loss represents a signi...World-first test of sun-damaged skin launched
...advice, such as the sun protection factor and star rating of sun cream patients should buy, and further advice on how to apply it. We also tell patients about behaviour changes they should make to increase their sun protection that would allow them to enjoy the sun but to enjoy it more safely. They can th...First human tests of antidepressant bupropion as methamphetamine addiction treatment hold promise
... or bupropion began. Using a variety of subjective rating scales and questionnaires, participants reported on the subjective effects of the methamphetamine use at baseline and again after treatment with placebo or bupropion. Subjects who took the medication reported a lesser high after treatment. Each set o...An ISN Bellagio Summit - Preventing vascular diseases around the world
...communicable diseases, with cardiovascular disease rating as the deadliest of all. The accelerating rates of chronic non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and chronic renal disease are racing out of control, and for many nations, the burden is already to...New study shows successful aging a question of 'mind over matter'
...e (with 10 being "most successful"), their average rating was 8.4. Most of the respondents who gave themselves high ratings would not meet the criteria for successful aging as quantified by more traditional measures that include absence of disease and freedom from disability. In fact, fewer than ten percen...Drug for psoriasis may also relieve depression and fatigue linked to the disease
...tanercept had a 50% improvement in a commonly used rating scale for depression when compared to those on placebo. Patients taking the drug also had significant improvements on a scale that assesses fatigue than those on placebo. Professor Krishnan states: "Etanercept treatment might relieve fatigue and sym...Doctors group gives New Year's diet tips
...t patients give the low-fat vegetarian diet a high rating in terms of acceptability, and that the transition only takes about three weeks or less. PCRM offers a free Vegetarian Starter Kit, which includes recipes, nutrition information, and a three-step plan for moving to a healthier diet. The kit is availa...Poor health of female flight attendants linked to sexual harassment
...tendants were almost twice as likely to give a low rating to their health if their job satisfaction levels were low. But they were almost three times as likely to do so, if they had recently experienced sexual harassment by passengers. Around one in five (22%) of those currently working in the industry sai...