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Groundbreaking Asthma Intervention Lessons Help Inner-City Children

...e project as an “important first step to determine barriers that must be overcome to translate a successful cl...the experience gained in the ICAI identified these barriers and found some workable solutions. Although only approximately half of the 4,174 children that wer...

India to Claim Bird Flu-Free Status Next Month

...in of avian flu virus had crossed over the species barriers and already infected humans in 10 countries. So far 231 human cases of avian influenza have been reported with 133 or over 50 percent of them being fatal cases. On the avian flu vaccine developed by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICA...

Do Arthritics Perceive the Importance of Exercise in the Management of Disease?

...in their participation. To identify the perceived barriers to and benefits of exercise among people with arthritis, 68 people with arthritis were divided into 12 focus groups. To help participants feel more comfortable and willing to talk openly, the groups were segmented by exercise status, socioeconomic st...

Blinding-Disease Surgery Is Done Safely in Villages, by Nonphysicians

...teria. “There are multiple personal and societal barriers to surgery for trachoma trichiasis,” said lead author David Yorston, of the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow, Scotland. “By delivering surgery in the community we can reduce the distance barrier, but it is more difficult to eliminate the...

Sub-Saharan Africans With HIV May Achieve Favorable Levels of ART Adherence

...the authors write. The researchers add that the barriers to adherence among impoverished individuals in Nor...re proactively inquire with patients about current barriers or facilitators of adherence to HIV medications,” they write. (Source: Newswis)...

Guide For A Healthy Heart

...you feel. It deals with the myths and motivational barriers associated with physical activity, while providing practical advice and suggestions for getting the most health benefits from a physical activity program. Source: Eurekalert...

Viruses Can Cross Species Barrier

... viruses, like influenza, have also jumped species barriers with frightening results. In one article, researchers estimate that about six people out of every thousand who visit a monkey temple in Bali, Indonesia, will be infected with simian foamy virus (SFV) from a monkey bite. SFV is a primate retrovirus th...

Rise in Use of Female Condoms in South Africa

...condoms in the country was fairly good. At present barriers to the program include a lack of staff training, lack of promotional materials, lack of understanding, lack of access, and bias among medical staff. The first generation female condom, FC1, is presently marketed as a strong, soft, transparent polyu...

Few Medicaid Kids with Asthma Get Recommended Flu Shot

...up.” Studies have shown that two of the greatest barriers to vaccinating high-risk children are physicians’ failure to recommend the vaccine and parents’ lack of knowledge about their child’s risk for serious complications. In order to increase vaccination rates, Dombkowski stresses that there need to be ...

Computer May Improve Pain Relief for Sickle Cell Patients

... patient's life are readily available, significant barriers often impede patient reporting and providers prescribing these treatment methods," she said. "Sickle cell-related pain, however, can be partially or totally relieved through deliberate use of medications and learned behavioral interventions, such as ...

South Asian Men Have More Urinary Problems Than White Men

...rgue that further work is needed to break down the barriers that prevent them from seeking help when they have urinary problems. "The low levels of help-seeking behaviour seen in this study suggest that interventions focused on primary or secondary health care are unlikely to improve treatment rates" adds M...

Getting More Out of Guidelines

...tice.” A second group of researchers studied the barriers to implementing guidelines for the care of patients with renal impairment, using the example of iron management guidelines. Ms Michelle Irving, Senior Research Officer at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, says the guidelines selected for the stu...

Plastic pill – a new treatment for periodontal disease

...and developed are unique in that they can serve as barriers while also repressing any inflammatory response, setting the stage for nature to not only heal these areas, but also to regenerate the tissues that have been lost to the disease," he added. New biomaterial is being tested on several animal systems ...

New guidelines for global heart patient management

...obal perspective that takes into consideration the barriers to transplantation in different countries, reviewing varied healthcare systems and economic factors that influence medical care for heart-failure patients. "While there are several agencies worldwide that review and address guidelines for treatment...

Pharmaceutical Companies Banned from Giving Gifts at Stanford

...niversity of Pennsylvania have also begun erecting barriers between sales representatives and medical staff and students. Earlier prohibitions had already forbidden doctors from accepting gifts valued at more than $100 at most institutions, under guidelines from the American Medical Association. But only no...

"Dynamic Energy Landscape" of enzyme in Catalysis

... reduces the number and dimension of the energetic barriers to these catalytic changes. The study of the struc... kinetic path, where the number and heights of the barriers between consecutive conformations have been minimized." Source-Eurekalert GYT...

This World Heart Day, Be Proactive, Get the Facts

...d other life-threatening illnesses. It is breaking barriers in speed of diagnosis and accuracy, enabling doctors to diagnose and treat patients in the shortest time possible....

Pelvic Exams without Stirrups May Improve Women’s Healt

...iscomfort, or even pain during exams are potential barriers to getting gynecological care. Having the no-stirrups option might encourage more women see their doctors regularly for Pap smears. According to Harvard Women’s Health Watch, doctors may want to see more evidence that Pap smears obtained without st...

Stereotypes Contribute to Older Men Seeking, Receiving Depression Care Less Frequently

...nal approaches to directly address the attitudinal barriers identified in the UC Davis study. One such initial approach might be to de-emphasize professional labels and place more emphasis on symptoms and sources of stress. Health-care providers interviewed by the UC Davis researchers suggested other strategi...

Computer Tool Predicts Effectiveness Of Microbicides

...very, microbicide formulations can act as physical barriers or filters to slow HIV's passage from semen into body tissues, Geonnotti explained. That slowing would give the HIV-neutralizing ingredient in the microbicide layer, as well as the body's natural defenses against HIV, more time to work. If left untre...

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