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More effective treatment identified for common childhood vision disorder
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Scientists have found a more effective treatment for a common childhood eye muscle coordination problem called convergence insufficiency (CI). For words on a page to appear in focus a child's eyes must turn inward, or converge. ...
Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.
Home-based cognitive behavioral therapy relieves IBS symptoms
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Persons with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can relieve their symptoms as effectively by following a self-administered, at-home cognitive behavioral program as they can by undergoing a 10-week in-office program administered ...
Use of a restraining device in the subacute phase after a stroke no better than rehabilitation alone
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Restraining the use of some patients' unaffected upper limb during the subacute phase following stroke does not appear to generate greater improvements in motor impairment and capacity than standard rehabilitation alone, ...
Physical therapy is effective for management of low-back pain
Feb 25, 2009 |
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A new review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should help convince many patients with low back pain to consider physical therapy as a first line of treatment for their condit ...
S. Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre
Aug 14, 2009 |
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A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday.
Older Motorists Improve Driving Performance with Physical Conditioning
May 30, 2007 |
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Older people who performed a physical conditioning program developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine were able to maintain or enhance their driving performance, potentially leading to a safer and more independent ...
Breast Cancer Physicians Have Limited Access to Trained Interpreters
Nov 11, 2009 |
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In a new survey of physicians who treat breast cancer patients, only one-third said they had good access to trained medical interpreters or telephone language-interpretation systems when they needed it. Poor access to interpreters ...
Surgeon training found effective in breast cancer sentinel lymph node trial
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Training methods for surgeons who perform breast cancer sentinel lymph node resection were found to be effective in almost 97% of surgeons assessed, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of th ...
Lifting weights reduces lymphedema symptoms following breast cancer surgery
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Breast cancer survivors who lift weights are less likely than their non-weightlifting peers to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema, the arm- and hand-swelling condition that plagues many women following surgery for ...
Medical interpreters break language barriers in health care
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Language barriers in health care settings can decrease access to quality care and diminish comprehension for limited English proficient patients (LEP). These barriers compromise quality of care, and increase ...
Recovering with 4-legged friends requires less pain medication
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International ...
What makes a hero?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at Newcastle University shows that it's not enough to be noble and do a courageous act to be considered a hero. Studying the reactions of the public to five tales of heroism, researchers at Newcastle ...
UNC project helps students with mental illnesses, support services prepare for 'what if' scenarios
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Nationally, an estimated 15 percent of students experience some form of mental illness such as major depression while in college. Many often struggle with where to get support.
Where physician completed obstetrical residency may provide quality-of-care indicator
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A ranking of obstetrics and gynecology training programs based on the maternal complication rates of their graduates' patients found these rankings consistent across individual types of complications, suggesting that these ...
