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Emergency Department Strain As Ice Problems Grows

...ng anurgent call to beef up health and social drug intervention services. Two new studies have found that a significant number of patients are presenting to hospitalemergency departments with ice- and other amphetamine-related conditions, including heartproblems and psychosis. Australian hospitals faced a mor...

Breastfeeding Could Cut HIV Risk to Babies

...he researchers said. Breastfeeding remains a key intervention to reduce mortality and is also associated with fe...m mother to child, but breastfeeding remains a key intervention to reduce mortality." Source-IANS...

Hepatic Stellate Cells Found Capable of Tissue Repair

.... This discovery could have implications for early intervention or therapy in liver disease such as cirrhosis or hepatitis. This research was conducted in mouse models at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D. assistant professor in UCSD's Department of Pha...

Vitamin A Deficiency Leads to Large-scale Blindness in North East

...tamin-related problems. Effective primary eye care intervention can certainly prevent such a fate befalling the poor of the North East, a study reveals. There is a singular lack of availability of medicines to meet the situation. Worse awareness level leaves a lot to be desired, says Srimanta Sankaradeva Nethral...

New Blood Thinner May Work Without Bleeding Risk

...nts undergoing cardiac catheterization and related intervention at 77 sites in six countries (including the United States, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany). The University of Kentucky enrolled 32 patients between August 2005 and September 2006. Patient follow-up was completed in January 2007. “W...

Learning Disabilities If Undetected Early Proves Costly Later

...r situation. But he also states that with an early intervention and help, this situation can be averted. Slater also feels discouraged by the insufficient funds from the government to help such kids. According to him, many parents of learning disabled children are not able to afford learning aids or services in...

Motivational Interviewing Could Reduce Excessive Drinking by Students

...n talking about how we could do some kind of brief intervention to ameliorate some of the drinking on campus,” sai...ntrol group. “We didn’t think that this type of intervention would be terribly potent in a group format,” Michael said. “We were surprised to find that students ...

Low-dose Omega-3 Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

...e heart against cardiovascular disease. Several intervention trials have reported positive benefits on blood pressure and cardiovascular disease using omega-3 fatty acids. Indeed, Theobald noted that a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials showed significant decreases in both systolic and diastolic bl...

Low-dose Aspirin Beats High-dose After Cardiac Surgery

... help these patients through prevention, immediate intervention and long-term treatment regimens," said Douglas P. Zipes, M.D., Distinguished Professor of the Indiana University School of Medicine. "As we continue to discover the benefits of these therapies, we expect to see continued and measurable improvements ...

Educational Video Increases Knowledge but Not Behavior

...avior. This approach has been used successfully in intervention trials for exercise, fear of falling, and doctor/p...151 low vision patients into two groups—those (the intervention group) who viewed the video, and those who did not (the control group). They then interviewed each s...

Interactive Digital Television to Monitor Health

...sensors that directly transfer data to the system, intervention by the user hardly being required. Source-Eurekalert PRI...

Program Helps Reduce Binge Drinking

... researchers are reporting success// with a unique intervention program that has significantly reduced the dangero...screened 130 at-risk students six months after the intervention and found that 67 percent of those students no longer fall in the “at-risk” category. About 50 perce...

For ADHD Children, Mother’s Depression, Predict Conduct Problem

... “This research gives us clear targets for early intervention to prevent conduct problems in children with ADHD,” says Andrea Chronis, director of the University of Maryland ADHD Program and professor of psychology who served as lead author on the paper. “In the real world, this could have important implication...

China Opens Doors For Foreign Investments In Hospitals Care System

...rvised by the Chinese government but there will no intervention in the economic management of these hospitals.” Liu Dong, a representative of the International Financial Corporation (IFC), which is affiliated with the World Bank, told the "China Health Care Public-Private Partnership Forum 2007" Wednesday that ...

Managing Emotions to Prevent HIV

...rtner to use a condom should be a priority for HIV intervention programs," Lescano says; "those who work with adolescents should be aware of the need to focus on the emotional aspects of engaging in health-promoting behaviors." Source-Eurekalert PRI...

Wheelchair Raises A Furore

...t the short term funding by saying that short term intervention also would makes a real difference. <...

Garlic Plus Vitamin C may Reduce Blood Pressure

... results, with larger study populations and longer intervention periods necessary. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Weakened Hospital Care During Weekends

... from myocardial infarction. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the recommended procedure for myocardial infarction which will improve their blood flow to the heart. Kostis observed that patients who come to the hospital during weekends were about one third less likely to get PCI than patients who ca...

Hydrolysed Casein Formula may Slash Eczema in Infants

...not for early asthma can be reduced by nutritional intervention in infants at high risk for allergic diseases," wr...istory of allergy and assigned them to one of four intervention groups: formula containing only cow's milk (control), or formulas with partially hydrolyzed whey, ex...

Early Psychosis Is Dangerous

...Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, say assertive intervention in such cases may be easier said than done. Dr K...are present,” says Dr Kalucy. “Whilst assertive intervention may help to reduce homicide rates, it would require an intensive, multidisciplinary input with an of...

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