The ABC's of telephone regulation in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI - You need a Doctorate in Acronyms to figure out what's happening these days on the business end of your telephone. Here's a short course in how to read the alphabet soup of government regulatory decisions and what the latest rulings may mean to your home or business: This is Wisconsin's largest local-service telephone company, serving about 70 percent of the sta...MS Patients Improve With Telephone Therapy
Patients suffering from depression resulting form multiple sclerosis had showed marked improvement for depression, after being treated telephone therapy. // The results of the investigation were reported in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Although two-thirds of depressed patients prefer psychotherapy to antidepressants, only 10 to 45 percent ever make a first app...Telephone Counseling Could Help Lung Transplant Patients
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Washington University in St. Louis say that for patients awaiting a lung transplant, telephone-based counseling is a Godsend //. In the study, published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the researchers say that although the counseling made no difference to survival rates or physical functioning in these patients, t...Telephone Outreach Boost CRC Screening In Urban Minority
The findings of a recent study suggest that - Telephone outreach can dramatically increase the incidence of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in an urban minority// population, constituting predominantly of black men and women. Previous studies have shown that black minority does not believe in getting regular CRC screening done. CRC screening, which when conducted regular...Telephone Treatment Works for Rural Stroke Patients
Stroke patients in rural hospitals can get safe, effective treatment with the use of a clot-busting drug when a doctor from a larger hospital is on the telephone guiding// the treatment. These new findings have important implications for overcoming barriers to optimal stroke care in rural settings, according to research. “Expert guidance of this treatment over the telephone appears to...Referring Dental Patients to Telephone quitlines may Help Them Stop Smoking
A pilot study conduced by researchers at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, shows that dentists may help their patients stop smoking by referring them to tobacco-use telephone "quitlines". The researchers randomly assigned eight general dental practitioners to provide either brief counseling regarding smoking cessation, or brief counseling along with referral...