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Computerized order entry/decision support systems: Effective solution to managing imaging utilization

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Providing physicians with a computerized order entry/decision support system that provides immediate feedback regarding imaging appropriateness at the time of ordering may be an effective solution to managing imaging utilization, ...


Drug side effects a key factor in reduced quality of life for kidney transplant patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People who have kidney transplants need longer-term support than most friends, relatives or even healthcare professionals realise, according to a study of 160 patients published in the December issue of the UK-based Journal of ...


Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain?


Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...


Performance reviews are raising council standards, say researchers

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Performance assessment schemes aimed at making local authorities into more effective organisations are having the desired effect, according to new research released by the Economic and Social Research Council. The project ...


Dying from dementia: NEJM editorial advocates for palliative care

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A growing number of older adults are dying from dementia. In an editorial in the October 15, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Greg Sachs, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Genera ...


Outreach van makes sex trade workers safer: research

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A van that circled Vancouver streets frequented by sex trade workers made them feel safer and reduced their likelihood of being attacked, according to a University of British Columbia study.


Lack of social support tied to parental depression

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in rural regions, where mental health ...


Call center optimization

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A research report in the current issue of the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modeling and Simulation suggests that help desks can be optimized by adding very few extra staff.


Doctors' opinions not always welcome in life support decisions

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some caregivers of critical care patients prefer doctors to keep their opinions on life support decisions to themselves, according to new research that challenges long-held beliefs in the critical care community.


Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has grown substantially in the United ...


New management training could lead to improved worker health

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

In an effort to improve worker health, researchers from Michigan State University and Portland State University have created an innovative training program that calls for supervisors to better support their employees' work ...


Lung volume reduction surgery shown to prolong and improve life for some emphysema patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either LVRS or non-surgical medical ...


Social support buffers adolescent depression after terrorist attacks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have conducted a "before and after" study of depression and terrorist attacks in adolescents, demonstrating that strong social support from friends is a buffer from ...


How adolescent girls manage stress

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress. Those were the results of a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University ...