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Happiness Survey

The survey is a worldwide investigation of sociocultural and ...ging trend is linked to consumerism. Survey after survey has shown that the desire for material goods, which has increased hand in hand with average income, ...

False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives

...will kill 157,000 Americans in 2003.// In a recent survey researchers found that 38 percent of 626 patients they surveyed held this belief. When broken down by race, 61 percent of the black and 29 percent of the white patients at five centers said they believed exposing a tumor to air would cause it to s...

A Reason To Smile

...try (recently approved for use in children) a 2000 survey showed, less than 10 percent of dentists said they use lasers. However, a more recent survey shows 14 percent of dentists plan to buy a laser for hard tissue and 10 percent plan to buy one for ...

Taking Care Of Grandkids Can Give Women more than a Headache

...eam used the Nurses Health Study, a giant, regular survey of nurses that regularly questions them about health, diet and lifestyle. Researchers dip into the data, sorting out trends for a variety of diseases and conditions. Between 1992 and 1996, there were 321 heart attacks in the group. The nurses who wo...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

A new survey conducted by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shows more than half of young breast cancer survivors overestimated their risk for developing treatment-related infertility problems.// Nearly 700 members of the advocacy organization Young Survival Coa...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

A new survey conducted by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shows more than half of young breast cancer survivors overestimated their risk for developing treatment-related infertility problems.// Nearly 700 members of the advocacy organization Young Survival Coa...

Debate On Marriage

...sehold Panel Survey, began in 1991. Results of the survey show cohabitating is good for a man's health, but marriage is better for a woman's . Researchers say men whose relationships with a first partner did not work out reported much poorer mental health than men who remained with their first partner. Men ...

Help For Kids With Difficulty In Sleeping

...oids. Each child’s caregiver filled out a standard survey on sleep-related quality of life before the testing and then again about 120 days after the operation. Results showed significant improvements in quality of life for the children after the surgery. The greatest change was seen in the score for sleep ...

Life Quality For Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

A survey was conducted among about 200 people with multiple...Multiple sclerosis patients in the quality of life survey did report more problems in the areas of physical functioning, vitality, and overall health, they we...

Unnecessary Pap Smears

... they are no longer at risk for cervical cancer. A survey done by researchers on American women found that 6...ance System, an annual, population-based telephone survey of U.S. adults collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that 2...

Parents Should Look For Signs Of Children Becoming Overweight

In a most recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 30 percent of children have a body mass index above the 85th percentile,// and 15 percent of children have a BMI above the 95th percentile, which has doubled over the last 20 years and the Nation...

Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome At Risk of Dying From Heart Disease

...viewed data from 6,255 patients who were part of a survey from 1976 to 1980. They looked at who died and the cause of death over an average of 13 years. The participants were men and women between 30 and 75 years old. 26 percent of the participants had metabolic syndrome and 19.8 percent had a previous card...

Suppressing A Girls Height In Adolescence Could Lead to Fertility Problems

...strogen therapy as girls and completed a fertility survey later in life. About half had actually been treated with estrogen, and the other half was not treated. Overall, women who had been given estrogen as girls were 80-percent more likely to have been unsuccessful in achieving pregnancy after a year of tr...

Negative Emotions Could Lead To Stroke

...gs of a recent study . The research is based on a survey conducted by 200 people who suffered an ischemic stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), also known as a “mini-stroke.” These types of strokes, which are among the most common, occur when blood flow to the brain is reduced. All the participants ...

Acupunture relieves pain and improves function in knee Osteoarthritis

...on were assessed using standard arthritis research survey instruments and measurement tools, such as the Western Ontario McMasters Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Patients' progress was assessed at 4, 8, 14, and 26 weeks. By week 8, participants receiving acupuncture were showing a significant increase in fun...

Poorer Quality of Life Observed In Overweight Kids

...sured health-related quality of life using a short survey completed by a parent and child self-report to assess the physical, emotional, social and academic functioning of the children. About 75 percent of the children studied were not overweight; about 20 percent were overweight; and about 4 percent were ...

The Use Of Alternative Medicine On The Rise

...rchers in Boston compared the results of their own survey taken in 1997 to the National Health Interview Survey taken in 2002. Results showed the total number of Americans using alternative or complementary therapies remained fairly stable at 72 million between 1997 and 2002. However, the types of therapies...

Understanding The Link Between Phobias And Fatal Heart Disease

...xiety were those who scored four or greater on the survey and were at a marginally increased risk of dying suddenly from coronary heart disease in general compared to those in the lowest quarter of the population. Higher scores were associated with an increased risk for sudden cardiac death and fatal hear...

No Steroids for Traumatic Brain Injury

...ciated with significant mortality. According to a survey conducted in 2000, about one-third of all trauma centers in the United States routinely use steroids to treat traumatic brain injury cases. Traumatic brain injury affects about 1.4 million Americans every year and causes 50,000 deaths....

Effective Treatment Option For Dehydrated Kids

...th mild to moderate dehydration. However, a recent survey reveals that most pediatric emergency medicine physicians do not use this therapy instead they use intravenous methods, which are performed by injecting the fluid directly into a vein. In a study conducted to evaluate the two methods patients receiv...

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