Avoiding the 'Desperate Housewive's' syndrome
...the underlying issues, we can hopefully offer some strategies to help women keep the harmony in their professional and personal relationships." Both single women, and those in relationships, are encouraged to take part. Participants will be required to complete a questionnaire, and some will be selected for on...Decline in breast cancer deaths explained by use of screening and adjuvant therapies
... assessing the benefits of screening and treatment strategies different from the ones that were actually in plac..." In this way, the models may "help determine what strategies for delivering medical care are best for patients," Berry says. "And that is necessary, since our ef...What is the best treatment strategy for early rheumatoid arthritis?
...idely sanctioned and commonly prescribed treatment strategies for very early RA on 508 patients. Primarily women, with a mean age of 54, the patients had suffered disease symptoms for an average of 23 weeks before entering the trial. After randomly assigning the patients to one of four treatment strategies, t...New studies gauge knowledge, attitudes and preferences of patients with irritable bowel syndrome
...IBS (55 percent), medications (58 percent), coping strategies (56 percent), and psychological factors related to IBS (55 percent). The respondents indicated that they wanted their physician to be available via phone or e-mail following a visit (80 percent) and have the ability to listen (80 percent), provide h...Infectious disease doctors respond to President Bush's strategy on pandemic influenza
...S. government to develop preparedness and response strategies to limit the death, pain, human suffering, and economic burden that will result from a pandemic. IDSA believes the pandemic clock is ticking; we just don't know what time it is. By strengthening global surveillance activities and reinvigorating the ...New strides being made in chemoprevention
... National Cancer Institute (NCI) believe that four strategies have evolved that may allow researchers to build upon the chemopreventive benefits of aspirin and NA-NSAIDs and/or reduce their risk: modify the recommended regimen to separate effectiveness from safety concerns; provide gastrointestinal protection t...Research by Mailman School of Public Health cites New Jersey's high healthcare costs
...nd coverage and has experimented with a variety of strategies to keep costs down," observes Dr. Glied. Particularly, she points to the state's hospital assistance program as a worthy innovation, targeting funds directly at needy patients rather than at the hospitals themselves. "The most broadly studied he...Alternative tobacco products: A better, safer option for smokers?
...us health consequences, we need to move quickly on strategies to thwart this dangerous habit." Carcinogen Exposure across Oral Tobacco and Medicinal Nicotine Products (Abstract 3477) Smokeless oral tobacco products including lozenges and moist snuff may be safer than cigarette smoking, but neither represent...Focus on lung cancer: How to prevent and treat it
...in Baltimore. "We have begun to develop innovative strategies to target lung cancer with targeted medicines and ...ase outside of tobacco exposure so that prevention strategies can focus on those who are most likely to benefit from them. Using the documented role of inflamma...Evacuation of elders during disasters to be addressed at GSA's upcoming annual meeting
... Director for the State of Florida, will share the strategies developed by Florida after Hurricane Andrew, when he was Secretary of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. He will also speak to refinements being proposed in response to his experience with Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Katrina and ...New Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers announced
...Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will explore new strategies for treating a variety of muscular dystrophies (MD...en A. Moore, M.D., Ph.D., will explore therapeutic strategies for different muscular dystrophies. One project focuses on muscle membrane maintenance and repair, ...UCSF surgeon develops new spinal surgery technique
...ances in spinal instrumentation and reconstructive strategies to provide a direct approach to the removal of cervical spinal tumors with minimal, or no, neural manipulation. The procedure is reported in the November issue of Operative Neurosurgery. UCSF is the only medical institution in the United States wh...New TB test scoops top prize at Medical Futures competition
...n large-scale field trials, and are now looking at strategies for implementation and roll-out to optimize impact and cost-effectiveness. Professor Jon Friedland, from Imperial College London, who helped develop the test, added: "TB is a major cause of mortality in the developing world, and eradicating it has b...Reducing barriers to exercise can save women's lives
...ers can be reduced or eliminated through effective strategies for health promotion behaviors. "Traditionally, health care providers have focused their education on the benefits of lifestyle modification and spent little time considering the difficulties women encounter when trying to implement those behavior ch...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center finds better predictors for outcomes after radical prostatectomy
...ecause it causes disability and death, finding new strategies to better target treatments is an important public health goal. Dr. Blute and his fellow researchers reviewed the records of 2,290 patients with multiple preoperative PSA measurements, as well as 5,176 patients with only one preoperative measurement,...Biomarkers may provide important information for patients at risk for recurrent ischemic stroke
... of another stroke, and there is need for improved strategies to predict recurrent stroke." Stroke is a leading cause of death and disablement, with a risk of 21 percent for people 55 years of age or older. Duncan J. Campbell, M.D., Ph.D., from St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Austral...Aspirin-a-day advice unheeded by those who need it, Stanford study finds
...at physicians are failing to use the full range of strategies available to reduce patients' risk of heart disease and stroke," said Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and the first author of the study. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading ...Study suggests that aspirin is under-prescribed
...at physicians are failing to use the full range of strategies available to reduce patients' risk of heart disease and stroke....Cardiac pump can extend life in end-stage heart failure
...id. "Further, we need to continue to focus on new strategies for treating end-stage heart failure, which has a survival rate so low that it rivals any cancer."...Researchers uncover clues to vitamin A resistance in lung cancer
... in the United States and more effective treatment strategies are desperately needed," said William J. Petty, M.D., from Wake Forest. "We believe we've uncovered why lung cancer is currently resistant to treatment with natural and synthetic derivatives of vitamin A, drugs that are highly effective for preventin...