Psychoeducational intervention changes patient attitudes on clinical trials participation
Seeking ways to change cancer patients' perceptions and negative attitudes towards clinical trials participation, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center conducted a study offering two different kinds of intervention to two ...
Cancer
Jun 13, 2012 |
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'Personality genes' may help account for longevity
"It's in their genes" is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond. Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a physiological advantage ...
Genetics
May 24, 2012 |
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New evidence that many genes of small effect influence economic decisions and political attitudes
Genetic factors explain some of the variation in a wide range of people's political attitudes and economic decisions – such as preferences toward environmental policy and financial risk taking – but most associations ...
Genetics
May 15, 2012 |
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Alternative approach to medical education may increase interest in and meet demand for careers in geriatric health
(Medical Xpress) -- Medical education that focuses on attitude-based learning may increase interest in geriatric health careers, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of Pittsburgh and ...
Other
May 11, 2012 |
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New study examines what could predict children's snack choices
Attitudes, relationships, intentions and personal behavior control are all factors that could affect a child's decision in either reaching for an apple or grabbing a bag of chips, according to a new study out of the University ...
Health
May 07, 2012 |
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Unhappy work a pain in the back
(Medical Xpress) -- An international researcher based in Perth has found that workers who resign themselves to work in unsatisfactory jobs are more likely to suffer from serious, persistent lower back pain than others with ...
Health
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Babies flick 'anti-risk switch' in women but not men
Unlike women, men don't curb certain risk-taking behaviours when a baby is present, a new psychology study at the University of Warwick suggests.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Exercise and attitude may be thermostat for hot flashes
(Medical Xpress) -- Attitude may play an important role in how exercise affects menopausal women, according to Penn State researchers, who identified two types of women -- one experiences more hot flashes after physical activity, ...
Health
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Homophobia linked to lack of awareness of one's sexual orientation and authoritarian parenting, study shows
Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates. The study is ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2012 |
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Children with Down syndrome faced with implicit stereotyping based on facial features
Photographs of children with Down syndrome elicit less positive attitudes than photographs of typically developing children do, reports new research published Apr. 4 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. This effect was st ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Pediatricians' pain-medication judgments affected by unconscious racial bias, study says
Pediatricians who show an unconscious preference for European Americans tend to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they do for African-American patients, new University of Washington research shows.
Health
Mar 19, 2012 |
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'Unconscious' racial bias among doctors linked to poor communication with patients
New evidence that physician attitudes and stereotypes about race, even if unconscious, affect the doctor-patient relationship in ways that may contribute to racial disparities in health care
Health
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Social disapproval not fear helps smokers quit
Researchers from Canterbury Christ Church University have found that smokers are more likely to stop because of anti-social attitudes towards them than from fear of ill-health.
Health
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Drug 'reduces implicit racial bias,' study suggests
(Medical Xpress) -- Taking a heart disease medication can affect a person's subconscious attitudes towards race, a team of ethicists, psychiatrists and psychologists at Oxford University has found.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Barriers identified to pediatric advance care discussions
(HealthDay) -- Prognostic understanding and parental attitude are significant barriers to advance care discussions (ACD) for children with life-threatening conditions, according to a study published online ...
Other
Mar 05, 2012 |
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