Perception in Medical News

For Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Surveyed Rheumatologists and Patients Differ In Their Perception of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Orencia

WALTHAM, Mass., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed rheumatologists' perception of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Orencia is low among rheumatoid arthrit...

Millennium Research Group's New Perception Pulse Product Offers Clients an Innovative New Customer Behavior and Loyalty Tracking Tool

Perception Pulse allows dental implant manufacturers to understand customer purchase behavior, satisfaction, loyalty, AND willingness to recommend the company to colleagues and friends WALTHAM, Mass., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Research Group (MRG) finds that the top five dental manufa...

Manhattan Personal Injury Attorney Blames Insurance Industry For Negative Perception Of Civil Justice System

David Perecman, founder of the personal injury attorney firm in Manhattan, is standing up against insurance companies and big business New York, NY (PRWEB) May 14, 2009 -- New York personal injury lawyers can have a tough time against large pocketed companies such as ...

Researchers to Monitor Public Perception of Swine Flu Outbreaks Using Technology from Realtime Search Engine, OneRiot

Researchers at University of Iowa Leverage OneRiot's Realtime Index of the Social Web to Monitor and Track Anxiety about Infectious Diseases Iowa City, Iowa (vocus) April 29, 2009 -- Researchers at the University of Iowa today announced a major study to track public per...

Controlling our brain's perception of emotional events

Research performed by Nicole Lauzon and Dr. Steven Laviolette of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario has found key processes in the brain that control the emotional significance of our experiences and how we form memories of them. A lack of proper brain...

Media Affects Public Perception of Infectious Diseases

Study found people thought certain illnesses were more dangerous if publicized FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Media coverage greatly influences how people perceive the threat of infectious diseases, Canadian researchers say. For example, diseases that receive extensive coverage...

Tennis Players Ace Perception of Speed, Motion

But outside their game, they see pretty much like everyone else, study finds THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Tennis players are often faster and more accurate at spotting moving tennis balls on the court, but not necessarily at spotting a cat running across the road while they ar...

Spending Doesn't Improve Patients' Perception of Care

Sense of quality higher in low-expenditure areas than in high-expenditure ones, study shows TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of spending on medical care don't improve patients' perceptions of the care they receive, according to researchers who conducted a survey of Med...

New Report Reveals Students Lack Awareness of Resources Needed by Pregnant and Parenting College Students: Perception is Reality

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feminists for Life of America has released Perception is Reality, a study of FFL's first nationwide Pregnancy Resources Survey(TM). FFL's Pregnancy Resources Survey was created to discover students' awareness of resources and support for pre...

Colon cancer risk perception associated with screening behavior

Womens perception of their cancer risk appears to vary by race and may affect how likely they are to undergo screenings, particularly for colon cancer, according to a report in the April 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Risk of developing and dying f...

Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dogs appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new research from Northwestern University suggests that humans also pick up infinitesimal ...

Competition Affects Your Perception of Your Paycheck

If co-workers make more, mind's reward centers are less enthused, brain scans find THURSDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- How you feel when you see your paycheck may have a lot to do with how much your colleagues earn, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany. ...

Neuroscientists demonstrate link between brainwave acticity and visual perception

NEW YORK, April 2, 2009 Can we always see what is in front of us? According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The City College of New York (CCNY), the answer is "no." New research published in "The Journal of Neuroscience " by Professor Ro and colleagues f...

Read my lips: Using multiple senses in speech perception

When someone speaks to you, do you see what they are saying? We tend to think of speech as being something we hear, but recent studies suggest that we use a variety of senses for speech perception - that the brain treats speech as something we hear, see and even feel. In a new report in Current D...

Pitch Patterns Play Greater Role in Speech Perception

Language experience shapes the way the brain stem works, linguist says MONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The pitch of language and sound affects the development of the brain more than previously thought, according to new research. "Everyone has a brain stem, but it's tuned differe...

Area deep within the brain found to play role in sensory perception

The ventrolateral nucleus (VL) of the thalamus is connected to the cerebellum and motor cortex and therefore thought to be involved in motor function. A new study to be published in Annals of Neurology, the official journal of the American Neurological Association, found that the VL also plays a r...

High Blood Pressure Linked to Decreased Pain Perception in Heart Patients

A Canadian researcher has unearthed the relationship between high blood pressure and decreased pain perception in a variety of circumstances , including among individuals with heart disease. Dr. Bianca D' Antono of the Montreal Heart Institute, currently affiliated with the Universite de M...

Women's Skin Tone Influences Perception of Beauty, Health, Age

A new study is revealing that wrinkles aren’t the only cue the human eye looks for to evaluate age. //Facial skin color distribution, or tone, can add 10-12 years to a woman's perceived age. The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, used three-dimen...

Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners

A new study from researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Centre and Brown Medical School, earlier in the week explains its findings that the attitude// of teenagers toward the use of condom with whom they perceive as casual sexual partners as opposed to their main partners is vital fo...

Opioids And Abnormal Pain Perception

A growing number of animal and human studies show that under certain circumstances, opioids can elicit unexpected changes in pain sensitivity, resulting in hyperalgesia (abnormally intense pain in response to painful// stimulation) and allodynia (abnormally intense pain in response to non-painful s...

Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

We always insist that we should feel healthy to actually live healthy. Doctors in England say that following a coronary bypass surgery; the patient’s attitude helps in an early recovery. To justify this argument the researchers conducted a health survey just before coronary bypass operations and as...

Genes Play Major Role in Determining Individual's Sour Taste Perception

Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have revealed that genes play a large role in determining individual differences in sour taste perception. The findings may help researchers identify the still-elusive taste receptor that detects sourness in foods and beverages, just as rece...

Seeing Is Believing Does Not Hold Good For Color Perception

It has been regarded that color perception is dependent on the specialized cells of the eye. This may no longer// be true as the results of a research state that our perception of color is controlled much more by our brains than by our eyes. The number of color-sensitive cones in the human retin...

NATB Announces Partnership With Ronald McDonald House Charities(R)

...s who desired to establish an industry-wide standard of conduct and to create ethical rules and procedures to protect the public and foster a positive perception of the industry. While the goals of the NATB are many, our primary goal is to represent the interests of legitimate ticket brokers by promoting consu...

Worldwide Gap Between Vision Care Attitudes & Behavior

...taly, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States were surveyed to better understand the incidence, practice and perception of eye exams for adults and children around the world. Globally, survey respondents demonstrate a strong belief that good vision positively imp...

Nephrologists Indicate High Interest in AMAG Pharmaceuticals' Newly Approved Feraheme According to Latest BioTrends Report

...a high degree of influence on brand choice in the chronic kidney disease non dialysis (CKD-ND) market as well. This adds importance to Nephrologists' perception that Centocor-Ortho Biotech's Procrit has a competitive advantage over Amgen's Aranesp on "minimal hassles with prior authorizations" and "adequate re...

LSTM leads project to develop HIV/AIDS strategy for Libya

...The disease is still the object of stigma and fear and there is little known about the drivers of the epidemic among those most at risk as well as the perception of risk and knowledge of HIV among influential sectors of the community. A skilled and diverse team will work with Libyan institutions to: formu...

Nutraceutical Reports Fiscal 2009 Q3 Results and Expands Share Repurchase Program

...e impact on sales and earnings due to acts of God, acts of war, terrorism, bio-terrorism or civil unrest, (iii) adverse publicity or negative consumer perception regarding nutritional supplements, (iv) changes in government regulations, (v) product liability claims and litigation, (vi) insurance coverage issues...

More Than Half of Emergency Department Nurses Have Been Physically Assaulted at Work, New Study Finds

...three (67 percent) of emergency nurses rated their perception of safety in the emergency department at five or l... violent incidents. Among those barriers are: the perception that reporting violent incidents might have a nega...l administration, nursing staff or physicians; the perception that reporting incidents was a sign of incompetenc...

Famous Names Get Single Neurons Fired Up

...This work gives us further understanding of how information is processed in the brain, by creating a high level of abstraction, which is important for perception and memory formation, given that we tend to remember abstract concepts and forget irrelevant details," Quian Quiroga said. More information T...

d'Gianni to Unveil Exquisite New Lingerie Collection Aboard New York City Cruise Ship

...ewest d'Gianni line of lingerie," says co-founder of d'Gianni. "The new collection is simply exquisite. Every single piece evokes a certain attitude, perception and frame of mind." The evening voyage around New York City will reveal the intimate details of d'Gianni's latest line of sexy lingerie designe...

President Obama Announces Intention to Sign United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Impacts Accessible ICT

...dent Obama today announced his intention to sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, marking an evolution in the perception of disability as a human rights issue as opposed to a health or social welfare issue. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was a...

Risky driving puts P-platers at high danger of crash

...relationship between risky driving behaviour, risk perception and the risk of crash. They report that young drivers who had a poor risk perception or an inability to recognise driving risks were mo...relationship between risky driving behaviour, risk perception and risk of crash. Additional results due to be re...

St. John's Hospital Acquires Latest Technology in Robotic-Assisted Surgery

...nci robot allows a surgeon to operate through a console adjacent to the operating table that provides a three-dimensional view, allowing for the depth perception necessary to manipulate tissue. Unlike normal laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon has a full-range of motion and the same direct eye-hand instrument al...

Fecal incontinence and quality of life

... Fecal incontinence (FI) is a normal part of aging, or the perception that no treatment is available. Doctors may fail to comprehend patient hint... ask about fecal leakage, perhaps because of their own embarrassment or the perception that FI is a trivial concern. A team led by Lynne Bartlett from James Co...

Lumenis, World's Largest Medical Laser Company, Honored by Premier Healthcare Alliance for 'Exceeding Performance Expectations'

...dentified. We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. Any forward-looking statement...

WIN Global Poll Finds Concern Of Swine Flu Decreasing Despite Not Being Prepared For A Pandemic

...east two world regions. Official data on the incidence of Swine Flu, from the World Health Organization, appears to have little impact on the public's perception within their respective country. WIN data shows strong correlation in that the greater the confidence in a country's preparation the less personal co...

Internet May Be Newest Venue for Teen Tobacco Exposure

... the same effect. "One of the things these researchers are concerned about is the social networking sites," said Moss. "Teens are sensitive to the perception of normalcy in behaviors, and from these sites, they could get a misperception that everyone is smoking." Sward said one of the most important way...

Lumenis' UltraPulse TotalFX Treatment Featured on ABCNews 20/20 as a Secret Weapon for Treating for Burn Scars

...dentified. We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. Any forward-looking statement...

YAI/NIPD Board of Trustees Elects Eliot Green Chair and Sheldon Kwiat Vice Chair

... resources and training materials. YAI/NIPD is recognized as a national advocate whose efforts have played a pivotal role in transforming the public's perception of people with developmental and learning disabilities and in championing human rights. For more information about the YAI/NIPD Network and its servic...