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Computer-based phone calls raise awareness, control of blood pressure
May 05, 2009 |
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A simple, automated feedback system made hypertension patients more aware of their potentially fatal or disabling disease and helped them significantly lower their high blood pressure, according to a report published in Circulation: Ca ...
Home-based diet and exercise intervention improves elderly cancer survivors' physical function
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A home-based program to improve exercise and diet led to significant, clinically meaningful improvement in body weight and physical function among older long-term cancer survivors in preliminary findings from the RENEW (Reach-out ...
Gifts, affirmations boost medication adherence in African-Americans
Nov 11, 2008 |
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A patient education program that included self-affirmation and positive affect in the form of occasional gifts significantly increased medication adherence among African Americans with high blood pressure, according to research ...
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Early and network-oriented care may help adolescents at risk of developing psychosis
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May 14, 2009 |
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Family and network oriented, stress-reducing care improves level of overall functioning and mental health in adolescents at risk of developing psychosis, suggests a recent Finnish study.
Virtual reality games could help bullying victims
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
Health-centered weight control method shows promise
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity - and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a "weight-acceptance" intervention, published in the November ...
Immediate intervention for patients with ACS not always more beneficial
Sep 01, 2009 |
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For some patients with acute coronary syndromes, the strategy of immediate intervention at a medical center does not appear to result in differences in outcomes in comparison with an intervention performed the next working ...
Web-based screening and intervention may reduce drinking in university students
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Exercise therapy best for knee pain
Oct 21, 2009 |
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For patients with severe knee pain, supervised exercise therapy is more effective at reducing pain and improving function than usual care, finds a study published on BMJ.com today.
Team-based care involving a pharmacist improves blood pressure control
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control than those treated without this collaborative approach, ...
Researcher finds Girl Scout meetings provide an opportunity to increase girls' physical activity
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Girls typically are less physically active than boys, but a Kansas State University researcher has found that organizations like Girl Scouts provide an ideal setting to get girls moving early in life and to develop lifelong ...
Research finds schools can help reduce depression
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Jul 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- School-based intervention programs could help curb the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to adolescent boys, UQ research has found.
Internet-based intervention may improve insomnia
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the ...
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