Boys, too, suffer long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse
...l abuse had similar effects on males regardless of whether the perpetrator was a man or woman. "Thus, the vulnerability of boys to perpetration of [childhood sexual abuse] by both males and females deserves increased national attention," notes the study....Canada lags behind in caregiver support
...ter detail how these policies are administered and whether they will work for Canada." Dr Keefe's work will be presented at a symposium being organized by the HCIC project team and hosted by Trent University in Peterborough....Federal NIH office clears Ohio State research program
...ns about the program's design, its methodology and whether the institution had adequately searched for alternatives to using animals in the project. Through a series of letters between the university and OLAW over four months, officials outlined the safeguards and procedures followed by the Institutional Lab...'Virtual' asthma clinic helps patients manage disease online
... and peak flow rates, and forces them to recognize whether their asthma is controlled or not." Their symptoms...period, and patients receive recommendations about whether they should change their therapy. "The asthma educator provides human oversight to these recommendat...The anatomy of sarcasm: Researchers reveal how the brain handles this complex communication
...isticated social thinking and "theory of mind," or whether we understand that everyone thinks different thoughts. As an example of what happens when "theory of mind" is limited or missing, autistic children have problems interpreting irony, the more general category of social communication into which sarcas...UCLA study tackles aging issues of adults with developmental disabilities
...ges ranged from 19 to 79. The study aimed to test whether a comprehensive assessment followed by quarterly in-home visits over a year by a nurse practitioner could improve this population's health. The team found a wide array of health problems among the research group, including: Only 32 percent of 16...Moderate to severe sleep apnea significantly raises stroke risk, study finds
... Dr. Bradley said. "It also raises the question of whether people with sleep apnea should be put on aspirin therapy or given other anti-clotting drugs, which is what is done for other people with stroke risk. This is an issue that needs further research."...Medication errors continue even in highly computerized hospital
...zation desirous of preventing ADEs should consider whether candidate computerized medication systems offer decision support functions that address the most troublesome aspects of the medication administration process."...Muscle-derived stem cell culture doesn't need to be pure for incontinence treatment
...chanism by which leak point pressure was improved, whether it be muscle regeneration from the MDC or a bulking effect from the fibroblasts is still being investigated. Prior animal model studies by the University of Pittsburgh group have found that MDC were able to regenerate deficient urethral muscle. In ad...Relationships improve quality of life for prostate cancer patients
...iagnosed and treated for prostate cancer to assess whether relationships impacted quality of life after prostate cancer diagnosis. The authors found that a personal relationship independently improved the patient's quality of life and mitigated the psychological and physical impacts of cancer, its treatment ...... virtually the same, but included questions asking whether the terrorist attacks affected their homeownership plans, such as their likelihood of moving and where they would like to move. One of the most surprising findings, Morrow-Jones said, was that one-quarter of the respondents expected a terrorist atta...New national effort seeks a more rational organ allocation system for kidney transplants
...e typing and immune system profiles that determine whether an organ will be accepted or rejected; and a review of kidney allocation systems in other countries. Says Dr. Stegall, "The goal in carefully analyzing all these issues in an open and inclusive process is to improve the lives of patients with end-sta...Study helps doctors ID intimate partner violence abuse victims
...onth and lifetime IPV for a given patient based on whether she presents with these conditions, this study gives clinicians information that can help them identify patients at risk for IPV. ABOUT THE STUDY These findings were drawn from the Women and Family Life Project, a government-funded study that exami...Measuring hormone cuts antibiotic use in half in pneumonia patients
...ment in order to wait for lab results to tell them whether a patient's pneumonia is bacterial or viral, so th...diseases, Dr. Tamm and colleagues decided to study whether measuring levels of the hormone could eliminate or reduce antibiotic use in patients with bacterial ...Female lung transplant recipients at greater risk of acute lung injury
...r. Kuntz said. "We need to look at factors such as whether the women have gone through menopause, and how many children they've had." According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) there are currently 3,688 Americans waiting for a lung transplant for diseases including cystic fibrosis, chronic obst...Physical activity associated with improved survival for women with breast cancer
...oston, and colleagues conducted a study to examine whether higher levels of physical activity after a breast cancer diagnosis would be associated with longer survival. The study was based on responses from 2,987 female registered nurses in the Nurses' Health Study who were diagnosed with stage I, II, or III...Breathing disorders during sleep are common among asthmatics, may help predict severe asthma
...th asthma, their doctors need to look at more than whether they are taking enough puffs from their inhalers." Researchers examined the connection between sleep-related breathing disorders by giving questionnaires to patients with asthma. Of the 115 subjects included in the study so far, most were in one of t...A 'mind-reading' mum - rich or poor - is key to baby's progress
...h support a mother had from family and friends, or whether she suffered from maternal depression, had little effect on the child's talking and playing abilities. However, the study found a definite link between 'mind-minded' mothers and children's development by the age of two. Youngsters whose mothers could...A warning for women on HRT don't skip your next mammogram
...RT on mammography before they make decisions about whether or not to start on HRT." Chief Executive Officer of BreastScreen Victoria, Ms Onella Stagoll, called on all women over 50, and particularly those on HRT, to make regular two-yearly screening a priority. "A BreastScreen mammogram every two years is t...Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
... at Penn. These studies were designed to determine whether COX-2 inhibitors limited the development of benign...d. "We need to determine how this might occur, and whether we can manage this risk by developing tests that reflect the process." Earlier animal studies by Pen...