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Study examines use of creative arts therapies among patients with cancer

Creative arts therapies (CATs) can improve anxiety, depression, pain symptoms and quality of life among cancer patients, although the effect was reduced during follow-up in a study by Timothy W. Puetz, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the ...

Cancer created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Relationship of medical interventions in childhood and prevalence of later intellectual disability

A study by Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Miami, Florida, and colleagues examines the relationship between medical interventions in early childhood and the increasing prevalence of later intellectual ...

Pediatrics created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines methods, procedures for improved diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy

For women with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding during early pregnancy, patient history and clinical examination alone are insufficient to indicate or eliminate the possibility of ectopic pregnancy, while transvaginal sonography ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover gene mutation that causes children to be born without spleen

The spleen is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of researchers led by scientists ...

Genetics created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is medical therapy a better and safer choice than angioplasty

The decision to perform an invasive procedure to open clogged arteries in the heart instead of first trying medication and lifestyle changes may not reduce a patient's risk of death or of a major cardiac ...

Cardiology created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New findings point to the importance of illness behavior

A paper by a group of Italian investigators in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides new data on the role of illness behavior in determining the illness impact.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parent-focused classes may help tots at risk for ADHD

(HealthDay)—Parent behavior training is an effective and well-studied intervention for preschoolers at risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new review shows.

Attention deficit disorders created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Review article examines sublingual immunotherapy for treatment of allergic rhinitis and asthma

In an examination of a type of treatment for allergic rhinitis and asthma that is used in Europe but not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, researchers found moderate strength in the evidence from previous ...

Immunology created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds data on experience-related outcomes limited in children's surgery

A review of the available medical literature suggests that data on experience-related outcomes in children's surgery are limited and vary widely in methodologic quality, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pe ...

Pediatrics created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mortality for acute aortic dissection near one percent per hour during initial onset

The belief among medical professionals in the 1950s that the mortality rate for type A acute aortic dissection during the initial 24 hours was one to two percent per hour appears to hold true in the contemporary era of treatment, ...

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

Research connects early childhood with pain, depression in adulthood

(Medical Xpress)—It's common knowledge that a child who misses a meal can't concentrate in school. But what happens years down the road? Does that missed meal have any bearing on health in adulthood?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medical myth: Stress can turn hair grey overnight

The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales which could nearly be true. There are certainly cases in medical literature of ra ...

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Catheters linked with high risk of infections, heart problems, and death in dialysis patients

Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access, according to an analysis appearing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fish oil may protect dialysis patients from sudden cardiac death

Medical literature long has touted the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids for the heart. But until now, researchers have not studied the potential benefit for people on hemodialysis, who are among the highest-risk patients for ...

Cardiology created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are gender and ethnicity risk factors for metabolic syndrome in children?

Metabolic syndrome is more likely to affect children who are obese than overweight or non-overweight and who have other characteristics associated with the disorder, such as high blood pressure or insulin ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0