No-smoking rules not common enough for asthmatic children
...so help the parents to eventually quit." The study surveyed 231 parents of children with persistent and severe...n those with less severe symptoms. Most caregivers surveyed said their health care providers asked them about smoke exposure in the home, but only 40 percent sa...'Spirituality' is related to depression among young physicians
...ound that 25 percent of 227 primary-care residents surveyed reported a number of symptoms associated with depression such as irritability, sense of isolation and hopelessness, and fear. "Research from the last two decades has shown the prevalence of significant depressive symptoms among residents to be in the...Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
...by asthma in the country and in New York City. "We surveyed 198 adult patients hospitalized with asthma about their beliefs and behaviors regarding their disease," said Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and lead author on the study. "More than half of them ...Newsbriefs from the journal Chest, March 2006
...rk, NY, and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, surveyed 198 adult patients hospitalized with asthma regarding their asthma beliefs and behaviors and characteristics related to their beliefs. More than half of the patients indicated that they only had asthma when they were experiencing symptoms, a belief r...Public support for science and innovation: Productivity Commission report
...lth and medical research, with 82 percent of those surveyed saying it should be a high priority for Government over the next two or three years. Half of those said they would prefer Budget surpluses to go to this area rather than tax cuts....Advice to children with sleep apnea: Wear that night-time breathing device!
...study after six months. In addition, investigators surveyed the parents of the 20 children who completed the study to get their account of usage, and also tallied recorded usage data built into the PAP devices. Comparing baseline and follow-up measures, researchers found a nine-fold average decrease in child...Poor clinical handover threatening patient care
...ace in a dedicated room. During 2005, researchers surveyed house officers on call in general surgery in the 17 hospitals in Wales. In six hospitals there was no allocated place for handover, and in none of the hospitals was handover bleep-free and uninterrupted. Allocated handover time was no longer than 30 ...Corrective cosmetics may not boost quality of life for women with severe facial blemishes
...ority of women that Balkrishnan and his colleagues surveyed had severe facial scarring, acne, melasma a pronounced pigmentation of the upper cheeks, bridge of the nose, forehead and upper lip or hyperpigmentation, a condition in which patches of facial skin become very dark. Most of the women had only one t...Mother's depressive symptoms contribute unfavorably to parenting practices
...ation of Healthy Steps for Young Children and were surveyed about their backgrounds when they entered the study, and then about their depressive symptoms and parenting practices two to four months following the birth of their child....Better procedures needed on care of prisoners in hospitals
...argue doctors in a letter to this week's BMJ. They surveyed 76 consultants and 139 junior doctors at a hospital near a large prison in Dublin to assess practices towards prisoners. Guidelines from the BMA recommend examination and treatment without constraints, and without prison officers present, unless the ...New anti-drug program shows 'phenomenal' success by focusing on positives
...ir alcohol, cigarette and marijuana use. They were surveyed four times over two years: before the intervention program began, at the end of the first school year, in the fall of the second school year, and late spring of the second year. Results showed that in communities with the "Be Under Your Own Influence...Latest research shows how mantrams can even tackle post-traumatic stress disorder
...rsing. 83 per cent of veterans and hospital staff surveyed after a five-week mantram course told researchers from the US Department of Veterans Affairs that they found the technique which involves silently and continuously repeating calming words or phrases throughout the day - useful on a number of occasio...Parents of children with rare diseases benefit from intensive support programmes
...ues. Before the initiative, the parents - who were surveyed before the programme and six and twelve months after it took place - said that their main worries were related to feelings of strain, parental incompetence and social isolation. After the programme, they put greater emphasis on external demands such ...Food experts say public has inadequate understanding of food risk issues
...blished in the Journal of Food Safety. Researchers surveyed 400 food safety experts in Ireland to determine wh...blic and scientists," say researchers. The experts surveyed suggest that early intervention via school curricula is the best method to improve understanding of ...Men in their 50s have more satisfying sex lives than men in their 30s
...ational. A team of experts from Norway and the USA surveyed 1,185 men aged between 20 and 79, asking them abou...Other findings included: 86 per cent of the men surveyed were married or in a sexual relationship and 57 per cent had been sexually active in the last 30 day...Pregnancy, not high-risk behavior, predictor of STD testing among newly homeless youth
...hest risk are not getting tested." The researchers surveyed 261 homeless youth who were aged 12 to 20, had been away from home at least two nights but less than six months and, if under age 17, were away from home without their parents' or guardians' permission or had been kicked out of the house. They were i...India could be facing alarming rise in tobacco use
...ublic Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA) and colleagues surveyed over 11 600 students in the sixth and eight grades about their use of chewing tobacco, cigarettes, and bidis (hand-rolled cigarettes). The investigators found that boys, those in government schools, and in the sixth grade were more likely to use toba...Unexpected high rates of tobacco use
...l and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA) and colleagues surveyed around 750 000 students aged 13-15 years from 131 countries and the Gaza Strip and West Bank about tobacco use. They found that overall nearly 9% of students were current smokers and 11% currently used tobacco products other than cigarettes. They als...Teleconference on largest-ever study examining caregiver burden and widower effect
.... More than 500,000 couples aged 65 and older were surveyed in this study, which examined how an ill spouse and his or her diagnosis affects the wellbeing of their healthy partner. The authors examined the effect of illness in one spouse on the risk of illness in a partner--commonly called the "caregiver bur...Farmworkers' paradox: Stanford study shows field laborers not eating what they grow
...he 10-year period between 1900 and 2000. The study surveyed almost 2,000 Latino women and men from both the community at large and the Latino population within 29 agricultural labor camps. The goal was to detect changes in diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol use as well as cancer health screenings in...