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Marijuana Abuse Responds to Psychotherapy, Overall Is Hard to Treat

...na abuse or dependence. The researchers measured outcomes such as abstinence from marijuana (cannabis) use, improvements in family and social problems, other drug abuse and continuing treatment to assess the various approaches. “The six studies included in this review show that cannabis dependence is not ...

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

...ietary modification and medications — in improving outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.” The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates research in all aspects of health care. Systematic reviews...

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

...ietary modification and medications — in improving outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.” The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates research in all aspects of health care. Systematic reviews...

Depression - a Puzzle of Many Pieces

... called multiple linear regression analysis. Final outcomes were determined using Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores. The study found that decreases in cordance in the prefrontal brain region during the placebo lead-in period were associated with lower depression-scale scores after eight weeks of ...

Emergency Heart Patients Do Better With Invasive Approach

...pain or a certain type of heart attack have better outcomes if they undergo early invasive treatment// rather ...risks of death, heart attack and other unfavorable outcomes vary widely among patients with these disorders, cardiologists classify them as a single acute coron...

Risk Of Death Increased In Children Of Mothers Subjected To Domestic Violence

...ta for 5,553 married couples and then analyzed the outcomes of 2,199 pregnant women. According to the results, nearly 18 percent of the study participants were physically abused by their husbands during their most recent pregnancy. In comparison, the prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy in the Un...

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

...d little difference. “There is wide variation in outcomes between different surgeons,” said Yorston. “In vie... used for trachoma prevention) did not have better outcomes compared to patients given the usual postsurgical antibiotic, tetracycline eye ointment. An Ethiop...

Medical Center Recognized for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery

...Loss, that demonstrate a track record of favorable outcomes in bariatric surgery. The Chief of Bariatric Sur...processes were closely examined and data on health outcomes was collected. Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), an organization dedicated to pursuing surgical exc...

Marital Therapy Effective Treatment for Female Alcoholics

...p for alcoholism." Most investigations exploring outcomes of treatments for alcoholism have almost exclusively studied male alcoholics. However, because of significant behavioral, social and emotional differences between alcoholic men and women, results of studies on men may not apply to women. Thus, severa...

Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

... a clinical process with measurable objectives and outcomes that are closely monitored by a medical team of therapists or rehabilitation professionals,” he said. Because of his interest and expertise in the field, Airhart is often called on to lead workshops — such as one he led recently at the Memphis Bota...

Children of Different Race Show Different Patterns of Asthma Care

...though there are substantial differences in asthma outcomes between Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans, for example,” Cohen says. “Furthermore, grouping socioeconomically disadvantaged kids together doesn’t necessarily teach us that much about the children we’re seeing in the clinic.” Elizabeth Woods, MD, ...

Personal Growth and Success Dependent on Prenatal Health

... environment. This strongly suggests that economic outcomes are malleable in a way not widely recognized and t... but birth quarter – to analyze the adult economic outcomes of those exposed in utero to the 1918 influenza pandemic. Twenty-five million people in the United S...

Naturopathic Care and Low Back Pain

...control group indicated they did not have positive outcomes during the test period. This study provides evidentiary support for further examination of the link between naturopathic care and treatment of lower back pain among Canadian postal workers.(Source: Newswis)...

Recognition for 75 Years with Type 1 Diabetes!!

...lect Dr. Joslin's dedication to what is now called outcomes research, gathering evidence to support his medical recommendations and refining his approach to diabetes management. By living more than 75 years with type 1 diabetes, "it shows that Dr. Joslin's mission was not in vain, and that my years of test...

New Test For Early-Stage Lung Cancer

...rom early-stage lung cancer patients whose disease outcomes were known. The Duke scientists then validated the genomic test in 129 patients by comparing the test's predictions with the patient's actual outcomes. The test predicted their risk of recurrence with 90 percent accuracy, the study showed. If prove...

Surgeries Performed In The Morning Have Less Post-Op Complications

...om the Duke University, in the US has analysed the outcomes of over 90,000 operations carried out at their hospital, and have concluded that mornings are the best time to have an operation, as they had found that more complications occur when performed in the afternoon. They have published their study in the ...

Naturopathic Care Proves Beneficial for TMD Pain

...sures: Primary: The measures of pain for primary outcomes as estimated by the patient covered the following ...ConclusionsThe results demonstrate that while pain outcomes improved for those undergoing both NM and SDC treatment for TMD, patients undergoing NM care benefit...

Avoid unnecessary screening tests for celiac disease in the absence of symptoms in children with Downs syndrome

... to improve the child's quality of life or improve outcomes from one of the long-term consequences of celiac disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma," said Nancy Swigonski, M.D., M.P.H., the study's first author and an associate professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and affiliated scien...

Prostate Cancer Patients Sought for Database as Part of Joint Effort

... is hypothesized that minorities have worse cancer outcomes than whites because they reside too far from the traditional university setting where clinical trials are readily available. The ULAAC project not only brings clinical studies to the local community, but also helps patients access these trials throug...

African-Americans Pose Less Questions To Treating Doctors

...es in medical care. Racial disparities in cancer outcomes are well documented in the scientific literature. Though biological differences in African-American and Caucasian populations are being investigated, there is a growing body of evidence that indicates distinct treatment patterns based on race may acc...

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