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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the flurry of activity before the holidays, some well-meaning family members consider buying lottery tickets and scratch cards as affordable, colourful, and potentially promising gift options for the children and teens on their list. http://www.physorg.com/news180112098.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:11:37 EST news180112098 Involving family members of pediatric cancer and hematology patients in medical rounds benefits both the family and the medical team, according to a new Indiana University School of Medicine study. http://www.physorg.com/news178285564.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:46:43 EST news178285564 (AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation. http://www.physorg.com/news176566373.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:01 EST news176566373 (PhysOrg.com) -- Kimberly Eddleston wants to know how the `family` in family-run businesses either serves to constrict or promote a firm`s success. http://www.physorg.com/news174842320.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:30:01 EST news174842320 What happens to a person`s identity when a stroke or a disease profoundly impairs the ability to communicate? In Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Life Stories and the Narrative Self, University of Arkansas researchers challenge readers to explore "the messy but powerful relationships between communication impairment and maintenance of a viable sense of self." http://www.physorg.com/news171612084.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news171612084 (AP) -- Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together. http://www.physorg.com/news164300420.html Technology Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:35 EST news164300420 Viewing a video showing a patient with advanced dementia interacting with family and caregivers may help elderly patients plan for end-of-life care, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. In their report in the journal BMJ, being released online today, the investigators find that participants who watched such a video in addition to listening to a verbal description of the condition were more likely to indicate they would choose only comfort care if they developed advanced dementia and also said they felt the video was helpful to their decision-making process. http://www.physorg.com/news162797459.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 06:31:34 EST news162797459 (PhysOrg.com) -- More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates--it also takes a toll on the health of friends and loved ones left behind. http://www.physorg.com/news159553964.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:33:37 EST news159553964 A collaborative research effort spanning nearly a decade between researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and King`s College London (KCL) has identified a novel gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig`s disease). This is the fourth gene associated with familial forms of the devastating neurological disorder. Two papers, published in the February 27 edition of Science, report mutations in FUS/TLS, a gene known to play a role in DNA repair and the regulation of gene expression. The mutations affect the behavior of the FUS/TLS protein within cells and lead to deposits of abnormal protein within motor neurons. http://www.physorg.com/news154880974.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:30:17 EST news154880974 People who lose a job or who are in the midst a financial crisis often are reluctant to talk about their struggles and may isolate themselves from friends and family. http://www.physorg.com/news151941398.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:57:25 EST news151941398 Critically ill patients frequently have uncertain prognoses, but their families overwhelmingly wish that physicians would address prognostic uncertainty candidly, according to a new study out of the University of San Francisco Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news149749529.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:05:29 EST news149749529 Vaccinating new mothers and other family members against influenza before their newborns leave the hospital creates a "cocooning effect" that may shelter unprotected children from the flu, a virus that can be life-threatening to infants, according to researchers at Duke Children's Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news144238717.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:18:37 EST news144238717 Clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects, has long been thought to have a genetic component. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have found the first gene linked to clubfoot in humans. Their research will be published in the Nov. 7 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. http://www.physorg.com/news143980086.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:28:06 EST news143980086 A family of cancer-fighting molecules helps blood stem cells in mice decide when and how to divide, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Blocking the molecules' function spurs the normally resting cells to begin proliferating strangely - making too much of one kind of cell and not enough of another. Many types of human blood cancers involve a similar disruption in the expression of that same family of molecules. http://www.physorg.com/news142686276.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:04:36 EST news142686276 Family members may experience post-traumatic stress as many as six months after a loved one's stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco. The study, published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that symptoms of anxiety and depression in family members of ICU patients diminished over time, but high rates of post-traumatic stress and complicated grief remained. http://www.physorg.com/news141301837.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:30:37 EST news141301837 Although a growing body of research supports a link between effective communication and patient, family and physician satisfaction, doctors, including oncologists and other specialists who frequently care for terminal patients, do not routinely receive training in end-of-life conversations during medical school, residency training, or after they start to practice medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news135958403.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:13:23 EST news135958403 Mayo Clinic researchers have found a gene mutation linked to one family's hereditary form of atrial fibrillation. Researchers hope this discovery will lead to better understanding of the disease and, eventually, better ways to predict, prevent and treat the heart rhythm problem. http://www.physorg.com/news134903385.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:09:45 EST news134903385