Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...ow this up with meta-analyses so that the data can speak for themselves. "And when you can separate the wheat from the chaff, the findings are much more valid."...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...ctive to find out who the patient has appointed to speak on his or her behalf. OHSU's new electronic record system ensures that an advance directive will be found when needed. This legal document allows health care professionals to clearly understand and follow the patient's wishes, even when family member...Study: Physicians need to be more vocal about encouraging diabetic patients to exercise
...lized how much of a difference they make when they speak with their diabetic patients about being physically active and help them follow through with a concrete plan, they probably would talk about exercise during appointments." The physical environment in a patient's home town also appeared to influence w...Lighting of the future among topics at BGSU Emerging Technology Forum
...cal sciences from BGSU. Dr. Daniel Tyson, who will speak at 8:45 a.m., is a senior research associate at the Ohio Aerospace Institute--supported by a grant from the NASA Glenn Research Center--while Dr. Alex Mejiritski, the 10:45 a.m. speaker, is president of Spectra Group Limited Inc., a Maumee firm whose...Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness
...udy have been getting back on their feet. They all speak of having had a wonderfully enriching experience b...ys one, with a big beaming smile. Another says, "I speak to my 4-year old son every day on the phone. Of course I miss him but I suppose it is only for three...As morphine turns 200, drug that blocks its side effects reveals new secrets
...hing, and constipation. Moss has been invited to speak at the Einbeck morphine-commemorative conference in May on the relationship between morphine and a drug known as methylnaltrexone -- a peripheral opiate antagonist developed at the University of Chicago -- which can prevent many of these troubling si...Study shows even limited training improves communication with patients from other cultures
...tient - it is a bigger problem than the ability to speak the same language and extends into perceptions of cultural differences, where the patient can feel underappreciated or misunderstood by physicians or nurses. "We know, for example, that over a broad range of medical conditions and clinical setting...Medical whistleblowers speak out
...vember 22 2002 "to preserve my job and my right to speak out." Jones explained that he had investigated an account into which pharmaceutical companies were paying money that was being accessed by state officials. These officials "were given unrestricted educational grants that were deposited into an off...Newly developed treatment for severe grief shown more effective than standard therapy
...The patient was asked to imagine that he/she could speak to the person who died and that the person could hear and respond. The patient was invited to talk with the loved one in an imagined conversation and then to take the role of the deceased and answer. The researchers found that both treatments produc...New complicated grief treatment holds promise for millions, Pitt researchers report
...e or she has lost, which offers the opportunity to speak openly about the intense feelings that the two shared. At the same time, patients work on re-engaging in activities and relationships that promise satisfaction and work to define and achieve personal goals. Both patients and therapists evaluate their...Leading sleep expert at Wake Forest to speak at NIH Consensus Conference
...versity Baptist Medical Center has been invited to speak to an experts consensus conference on chronic inso...rtment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, will speak at 11 a.m. on Tuesday June 14 on physicians' use of drugs "off-label" in the treatment of chronic in...Arthritis of the spine often overlooked in children
...rents who notice these symptoms in children should speak with their physician and determine if they should see a pediatric rheumatologist. With early diagnosis and proper treatment, children with AS can experience significant relief of symptoms and potentially impact the long-term effects of this disease."...Young athletes' post-concussion migraine may signal greater neurocognitive impairment
... of the Journal of Neurosurgery. The study results speak to the need for extreme caution in clinical evaluation and return-to-play decisions, say the authors. In the study, athletes who had characteristics of post-traumatic migraine (PTM) headache following a concussion also showed increased neurocognitive...Japanese doctors likelier than US counterparts to involve patients' families in decisions
...rast, 53 percent of U.S. residents said they would speak only with the patient and just 2 percent said they...er prognosis, with 23 percent reporting they would speak about the prognosis only with the family. In the U.S., 45 percent of residents would disclose the pr...Voice-to-voice translation machine perfects bedside manner
...f difficulty. Extra-verbal communication: Humans speak not just with words, but also with intonations. A rising tone at the end of a sentence to express a question is one familiar example of this, one that is extraordinarily difficult for a machine to assess. Nonsense syllables ("um, uh, ah, er"), catchp...Bid to improve diabetes services for South Asians in Britain
...s in swimming pools." Many of the patients did not speak English as a first language and needed help with interpretations during medical consultations. "We found that many of the patients felt frustrated and constrained at having to rely on other people to interpret, so they left the doctors' consulting ro...PTSD, depression epidemic among Cambodian immigrants
...in the U.S., the majority of the refugee community speak little or no English, are at income levels below poverty, and rely on public assistance. Since previous studies of such refugee populations have been criticized for possibly overestimating rates of mental disorders, Marshall and colleagues set out t...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...f Indonesia. But people in South Asia almost never speak of sadness or mental anguish, many psychiatrists w...ain local people to do counseling, but they didn't speak the local language. In Sri Lanka, I talked to a psychiatrist who complained that some foreign groups...Global malaria experts meet at Menzies
...rsity Research Unit, Bangkok. Professor White will speak on the global threat of drug resistant malaria at Menzies School of Health Research Seminar Room, 12 noon -1pm, Monday 15th August. INTERVIEWS with Professor Nicholas White and Dr. Ric Price ONLY AVAILABLE during public seminar question time 1240-130...Hearing loss in older adults may compromise cognitive resources for memory
...eople with some hearing loss could modify how they speak by speaking clearly and pausing after clauses, or chunks of meaning, not necessarily slowing down speech dramatically. Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the American Psychological Society, presents the latest advances in theo...