News tagged with distress


Study: Some stock repurchase plans just empty promises

Study: Some stock repurchase plans just empty promises

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study backs longtime speculation on Wall Street that companies sometimes ballyhoo stock repurchase programs they never plan to pursue, hoping to stir a buzz that will mislead investors and pump up sagging ...


Study explores how life experiences contribute to the biological changes of Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Rush University Medical Center approximately $5.5 million in grants to study how epigenetic changes - chemical modifications to genes that result from diet, aging, stress, or ...


Researcher identifies new target to prevent fatal flu lung complication

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research led by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chairman of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified a therapeutic target for acute lung injury resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome, a highly ...


Considering usual medical care in clinical trial design

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Liza Dawson (National Institutes of Health) and colleagues discuss the scientific and ethical issues associated with choosing clinical trial designs when there is no consensus on what consti ...


Both distress and fatigue impact resident physician errors, study finds

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers report that distress and fatigue among medical residents are independent contributors to self-perceived medical errors. The findings appear today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...


Healing badly damaged lungs: Distinct set of white blood cells found to set the pace of wound repair

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After more than 50 experiments in mice, medical scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out the basic steps taken by a particular set of white blood cells in setting the pace of recovery after serious lung injury.


Rich people don't need friends

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain.


Acne really is a nightmare for some teens

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young person's worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin condition that affects millions of adolescents. Now a Norwegian study published in the open ...


Depression increases cancer patients' risk of dying

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Depression can affect a cancer patient's likelihood of survival. That is the finding of an analysis published in the November 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The results highli ...


Runaway girls reap strong benefits from nurse interventions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia ...


Artwork at hospitals can help in the healing process

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For most people, a word-association game starting with "hospital" would yield few positive adjectives. Bland. Drab. Depressing. Institutional. And studies have found that these aesthetic unpleasantries can affect patients' ...


Spike in suicide calls due to economy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Economic woes are weighing heavily on some Americans - so much so that the federal government is boosting financial support for suicide prevention centers around the nation.


Stories we tell about national trauma reflect our psychological well-being

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the F. W. Olin College of Engineering finds that in the aftermath of national trauma, the ability to make sense out of what happened has implications ...


Adult cancer survivors at increased risk of psychological distress

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term survivors of cancer that developed in adulthood are at increased risk of experiencing serious psychological distress, according to a report in the July 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.


Rejection for $500, please: Money and its symbolic powers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When we are feeling blue we are told to count our blessings, but according to a study recently published in Psychological Science, counting our money might be a more useful activity. Psychologists Xinyue Zhou, Sun Yat-Se ...