News tagged with avoidance strategies


Major bleeding following PCI associated with increased risk of death

In a study that included 3.3 million percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries) procedures, major bleeding after PCI was associated ...

Cardiology created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who avoid scary situations likelier to have anxiety, research finds

Children who avoid situations they find scary are likely to have anxiety a Mayo Clinic study of more than 800 children ages 7 to 18 found. The study published this month in Behavior Therapy presents a new method of measur ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Validated pre-procedure risk score reduces bleeding complications and can shorten stays

A clinical decision support tool helped physicians identify patients at high risk of bleeding complications prior to undergoing a coronary intervention procedure and helped guide the use of bleeding avoidance strategies, ...

Cardiology created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does wisdom really come with age? It depends on the culture

(Medical Xpress)—"Wisdom comes with winters," Oscar Wilde once said. And it's certainly comforting to think that aging benefits the mind, if not the body. But do we really get wiser as time passes?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In the insect brain, dopamine-releasing nerve cells are crucial to the formation of both punished, rewarded memories

Children quickly learn to avoid negative situations and seek positive ones. But humans are not the only species capable of remembering positive and negative events; even the small brain of a fruit fly has ...

Genetics created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pre-PCI bleeding risk score predicts greater risk, higher costs

A pre-procedure bleeding risk score can accurately identify high-risk, high-cost patients and may provide an opportunity to employ bleeding avoidance strategies to improve patient outcomes and reduce total costs related to ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0