Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...nts of view as a strength. Becky points to power struggles within the NHS as a source of difficulties: Over the past 20 years, general managers began to develop a power base to rival that of the doctors, she said. The report says the first step in developing productive relationships is for the two sides to ...USC law professor battles schizophrenia
...her illness, Saks has published a memoir about her struggles and successes in The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (Hyperion, 2007). Up until now, only Saks closest friends knew of her condition which she controls with daily therapy and medication. I wanted to write this book to give hope ...Gender, ethnic differences may hamper eating disorder diagnosis
...eating. "We need to think more broadly about who struggles with eating disorders," said adolescent medicine and eating disorder specialist Rebecka Peebles, MD, instructor in pediatrics (adolescent medicine). Peebles pointed out that diagnostic and even treatment criteria were developed with Caucasian women o...New dyslexia theory blames 'noise'
The dyslexic brain struggles to read because even smalldistractions can throw it off, according to a new model ofdyslexia emerging from a group of recent studies. The studies contradict an influential, 30-year-old theory thatblamed dyslexia on a neural deficit in processing th...Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory, brain study finds
...he memory of it after it happens." A teacher who struggles with stage fright, for example, might feel anxious before every class she has to teach. The UW-Madison work suggests that the longer she spends dreading her next lecture, the stronger her memory of the uncomfortable experience is likely to be when it...Penn pairs chronically ill patients with medical students to create better doctors
...he patient is going through, including their daily struggles with a serious chronic condition." Medical Student Paired With Patient Deb BeckerDeb Becker has battled Cystic Fibrosis (CF) - a disease characterized by thick mucus in the lungs that affects breathing and digestion -- more than half of her life. The...New book on bipolar disorder targets 12 million affected Americans, families
...hicago Bear football star Alonzo Spellman on their struggles with bipolar disorder have shed light on what was once a very hidden and misunderstood disease. A new book, Bipolar Disorder For Dummies (Wiley, 340 pages, $19.99) breaks down the barriers to understanding, treating and living with this complex disea...New study reports the risk perceptions of natural vs 'medicalized' childbirth
...me and at the hospital. His findings highlight the struggles consumers deal with when approaching childbirth and the risks associated with both natural and "medicalized" childbirth. "The risks singled out by the natural birth model express cultural anxieties over the unintended and dehumanizing consequences of...