Tag: "opinion" at medical news

Experts in Istanbul Seek Nature and Measure of Happiness

...s, could one day be a more useful policy tool than opinion polls. "We are trying to find out what the government policies actually did to them, not how they judge the government policies." Another promising line of inquiry is neurology, which statisticians could enlist as a tool. "We can link more and ...

NASA Gets Ready To Address Tough Questions

...n almost a taboo topic at NASA. Williams is of the opinion that the question of sex in space is not a matter of crew health but a behavioral issue that will have to be taken up by others at NASA. The agency will have to address the matter sooner or later, says Paul Root Wolpe, a bioethicist at the Universi...

Fertility Rates Felled By Diabetes

...nce information manager at Diabetes UK, was of the opinion that although the study was small the findings were somewhat alarming. "This is the first research to suggest DNA damage maybe occurring at a cellular level and that is cause for great concern. We would welcome further investigation, he was quoted...

Operation on Pillow Angel Violated Laws, Says US Advocacy Group

...parents consulted an attorney and obtained a legal opinion that concluded the treatment was permissible under Washington state law without the need for a court order. This is where our system broke down. We take full responsibility." Ashley, 9, has a condition called static encephalopathy, which means an u...

Mumps Breaks Out In Canada

...vaccine refusal,' he stresses. Dr. Rau is of the opinion that it's difficult to predict how long this disease will last and how far it will spread. About 30 per cent of people who have the mumps show no symptoms. 'It definitely seems to be confined to the university-age population so far,' he said. 'Ther...

Mammogram Rates On The Decline In America

...e to their discomfort. Cancer experts are of the opinion that at present mammography is the only commonly prevailing, convenient and economically feasible method of detecting cancer, MRIs notwithstanding. The American Cancer Society recommends that women from 40 years and over go in for mammograms annually...

Use of MRI and MRS With New Surgical Technique Proves Helpful

... diagnosis of organ-confined (stage T2), or in the opinion of some, limited T3 disease,' said Dr. Gulati. The study included 16 patients with prostate cancer who went on to have RALRP. Of the 16 patients, MRI/MRS correctly staged 12 of 16 patients. In three cases, MRI/MRS demonstrated extension of cancer o...

Sylvester Stallone Regrets Smuggling Banned Substances to Australia

... set a poor example to members of the public whose opinion I cherish dearly. Years go I was diagnosed with a condition and my doctors prescribed human growth hormone and testosterone as treatment. Under medical supervision, I have continued to use both medications. I had in my luggage a significant quant...

'Muscle Noise' may Diagnose Neuromuscular Disease Sans Radiation Exposure

...ties under different conditions. Sabra is of the opinion that analysing more muscles and building up a database of vibration responses may help monitor the progression of muscular diseases. The key advantage of the new technique is that it does not require external sourceslike indentation or ultrasoundto...

New Pill to Suppress Menstrual Bleeding Indefinitely

...ore health psychologist Paula S. Derry wrote in an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal two weeks ago that "menstrual suppression itself is unnatural," and that there's not enough data to determine if it is safe long-term. Sheldon J. Segal, a scientist at the non-profit research group Population Co...

Doctors Urged To Help Close Indigenous Health Gap

...hat a united medical profession could shift public opinion and motivate political will....

DiCaprio Bites Back Over Eco 'Hypocrisy'

... of his personal crusade to change American public opinion about the urgency of the pollution crisis one audience at a time, The 11th Hour attempts to tackle even bigger questions. DiCaprio brings in British physicist Stephen Hawking, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Kenyan Nobel peace laureate W...

Repetition Is Like Chanting The More It is Heard the More You Believe It

...ple people. This finding shows that hearing an opinion multiple times increases the recipients sense of f... some cases gives a listener a false sense that an opinion is more widespread then it actually is. In a series of six experiments that included 1044 student...

Compound Present in Plant may Help to Curb Craving for Cannabis

...addicts overcome their drug problem, and is of the opinion that more options, such as one based on MLA, must be explored. "Each patient is different and what works in one might not work in another," said the researcher....

Most Parents in U.S. Not in Favor of HPV Vaccine Mandates

...hat questions, and gain more insight into parental opinion about new vaccines, the National Poll on Childrens Health, in collaboration with Knowledge Networks, Inc., conducted a national online survey in March 2007. The survey was administered to a random sample of 2,076 adults, ages 18 and older, who are a ...

Scientists Identify New Breast Cancer Gene

...ent of inherited breast cancer, boffins are of the opinion that the Rap80 gene is a candidate to investigate as another breast cancer disease gene in families that though have a history of the disease, do not have such mutations. "Thus Rap80, by interacting with a BRCA1 region that is essential for BRCA tu...

Mexico Supreme Court Accepts Petition To Review Mexico City Law Legalizing Abortion During First Three Months' Gestation

...s a political maneuver to satisfy a certain public opinion over this law," Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said, adding, "But legally, it's got no base". Meanwhile, opponents of the law have said they will protest in front of city hospitals and encourage physicians to be "conscientious objectors," who will ...

Australian PM Wants to Prevent Entry of HIV Positive and Leprosy Affected People

As opinion polls predict a major defeat for the ruling conservatives in Australian federal elections, Prime Minister John Howard is stepping up his rhetoric, projecting himself as a tough man , who would do anything to protect the interests of his electorate. O...

Bush Isolated on Climate Change Heading into G8

...th the surface there are still huge differences of opinion on fundamental policy issues," said Charles Kupchan, a Europe expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, a US think tank. Bush's pre-summit proposal for 10 to 15 countries that blast the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to join forces on ...

Mental Illness Foremost Reason for Absenteeism

...lth service to employees. Mr. Willmott is of the opinion that "Just as crucially, GPs need to work more closely with employers to identify opportunities for phased return-to-work for individuals with mental health problems in less demanding or reduced hours roles as part of their rehabilitation." A retu...

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