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Referring Dental Patients to Telephone quitlines may Help Them Stop Smoking

...erican Dental Association, the study suggests that intervention of dentists in prompting their patients to quit smoking can play a significant role in decreasing tobacco-related illness and death. "By facilitating engagement in a tobacco-use quitline, dental practitioners can close the gap between patients exp...

Off-label and Untested Use of Drug-coated Stents Appears Widespread

...7,752 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI, balloon angioplasty) between January and June 2005. The study objective was to determine the frequency, safety, and effectiveness of drug-eluting stents for off-label and untested indications. Off-label indications included use of stents for re...

Stress of Deployment Increases Risk of Child Abuse, Neglect in Military Families, UNC Study Shows

... needs of the families. Some kind of additional intervention should be considered, she said. This might include providing more support and educational programs for family members remaining behind during separations, as well as increased monitoring of family function during stressful periods. Rentz also note...

Both Alcohol and Neighborhood Characteristics can Affect Intimate Partner Violence

...pproach to IPV would not only include some form of intervention at the individual or family level, but perhaps also at the neighborhood and community level. We need to understand what makes a given neighborhood or community more accepting of domestic violence and determine the best ways to reduce it."...

Study Tests Depression Treatment for Diabetes Patients

...Together to Increase Vital Exercise) is a two-year intervention feasibility study to test the effectiveness of a combination of exercise and talk therapy as a treatment for depression in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a difficult disease, said Mary de Groot, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology ...

Brain Activity Reflects Variation in Types of Anxiety

...y or biologically and we know that either type of intervention affects both the psychology and the biology of the person these findings are a reminder that you might want to assess people carefully before you embark on a particular type of treatment. The study was supported mainly by the National Institute of...

Older Motorists Improve Driving Performance With Physical Conditioning

... at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Participants in the intervention group received weekly visits for 12 weeks by a phy...home safety, fall prevention and vehicle care. The intervention group also received these materials. Participants completed an on-road driving evaluation on a mix...

Caesarean Births can Be Reduced by Computer Based Decision Analysis

...rogramme group (29percent). The women in the two intervention groups also had lower anxiety scores and higher knowledge scores than those in the usual care group. Satisfaction was also higher in the decision-analysis group. Researchers found that computer based decision aids could reduce decisional conflict ...

Obesity Risk Greater For Children Of Overweight Or Single Parents

... the need to find ways of targeting prevention and intervention efforts for childhood obesity at families with overweight parents, particularly under-resourced single parent families....

Pregnancy and Alcohol - a Dangerous Cocktail Warns BMA Scotland

...iagnosed quickly and get the help they need. Early intervention is crucial in decreasing the risk of additional problems commonly found in individuals affected by these disorders. These include mental health problems, disrupted school experience, alcohol and drug addictions. Healthcare professionals also need t...

Iowa to Receive Grant Funding for Youth Suicide Prevention, Early Intervention

...rovide screening, assessment and referral to early intervention and treatment services for youth suicide prevention within educational settings. Nationwide, someone dies by suicide every 17 minutes. "Suicide is a preventable tragedy for individuals, for families and for communities," said SAMHSA's Administrator...

Clinical Outcomes of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients can Be Classified by New Algorithms

...distinguish between those who will benefit from an intervention from those independent of the planned interventio...Biomarkers predictive for survival benefit from an intervention are much more useful for guiding managementthe authors said.Use of (Protein)signature will reduce ra...

Are Physicians Hesitant to Diagnose Depression?

... and potentially depression. Early recognition and intervention are important to prevent the loss of jobs, damage to relationships or suicidal thoughts," said John Luo, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. The vast majority of clinicians rep...

New York Legislature Highlights for Awareness of Alzheimer's Disease

...alled memory screenings "a safe and cost-effective intervention to direct at-risk individuals to appropriate clinical resources," and noted that "recent advancements in scientific research have demonstrated the benefits of early medical treatment for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, as well as the benefits o...

New Balloon Catheter Available Worldwide for Carotid and Renal Angioplasty

...flation and deflation time during carotid or renal intervention procedures helps to limit the period of distal ischemia, and the low profile may help reduce the risk of plaque disruption and embolization when crossing the lesion. Professor Horst Sievert, Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, perform...

Autism Society of America Gives Top Honor to Treatment Pioneer in Phoenix

...ugh a highly specialized curriculum for both early intervention and through the early stages of adulthood, Dr. Granpeesheh has consistently demonstrated the effectiveness of ABA intervention. ABA is an intensive one-on-one style of therapy that uses careful observation and positive reinforcement to help autisti...

FPG Receives $8 Million for Autism Research

...is rapid increase has placed great demand on early intervention and education agencies to provide effective educational and intervention services for children and their families. 'Research shows that if we intervene early, we can great...

Hospitals in Older Cities Close Down, Blacks Worst Affected

...espairing about their futures." "Our psychiatric intervention program is swamped already," said Ben Carter, chief operating officer of the Detroit Medical Center, one of the health systems that would be most affected. The Detroit area already has a shortage of mental health beds, and the 25 to 30 at the DMC's...

Sleep-related Breathing Disorder may Affect Premature Infants

... allow clinicians to focus on early assessment and intervention for prematurely-born children, reducing their negative developmental consequences," said Montgomery-Downs. Childhood SRBD, a condition associated with snoring that causes frequent sleep disturbance and intermittent hypoxia, is present in approximat...

Anti-smoking Ads at the Movies Doesnt Make Any Impact on Smokers

...finding that a higher proportion of smokers in the intervention group reported they were likely to be smoking in the future suggests that the antismoking advertisement could have in fact increased stated intentions to smoke, they state. Caution must be exercised in the type of advertisement screened as some typ...

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