Nurses today are learning how to mix a little cultural understanding with the medical care they offer. Purdue University expert Sharon Posey says nurses adjust their nursing care to the sensitivities of people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
The American Psychiatric Association's Institute on Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting Westin Bonaventure Hotel, San Francisco Ballroom, Level 2 Los Angeles, CA 213-624-1000
Advances in research and medicine in antipsychotic treatments have helped to transform the lives of people with schizophrenia. Conventional antipsychotics have had limited effectiveness and tolerability due to their tendency to cause side effects, such as tardive dyskinesia .
Researchers at Ohio State have become the first to grow healthy human placental cells in the laboratory. This represents a critical first step toward finding a way to test the safety of drugs that a woman can take during pregnancy without harming her fetus.
New research from Ohio State shows one out of four patients leave the hospital without knowing what a newly prescribed drug is for and how to take that drug.
Supplements that help the body create a particular antioxidant may also prevent some of the damaging physical effects caused by malnourishment, a new Ohio State study has shown. The finding may ultimately help provide relief to millions of people.
For patients left paralyzed and unable to speak from a spinal cord injury or stroke, communication is a constant challenge that threatens one's independence, emotional well being and health. A neurosurgeon at Emory University has been working for over eight years to develop a neurotrophic electrode that can be placed in the brain and help patients communicate through a computer and will present his research at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 1998 Annual Meeting, October 3-7.
The results of a two-year study on the efficacy of dexanabinol (HU-211), an analog of the active agent in marijuana, in treating severe head injury patients will be presented at this year's Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons will hold its 48th Annual Meeting October 3-8, 1998 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington.
The application of a morphine-based analgesic paste to the exposed dura and nerve roots during lumbar decompression surgery provides immediate and long-term relief in post operative pain. Results of this research will be presented at this year's Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
An optical mammography technique developed at the University of Illinois now is being tested for more powerful diagnostic capabilities. The technique uses near-infrared light to probe breast tissue for hidden growths, and has the potential to distinguish between malignant and benign tumors.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report in the Oct. 2 issue of Science magazine that increasing the amount of drug therapy early in the treatment of hepatitis C patients dramatically reduces production of the virus and strongly suggests that a new, more effective treatment strategy may readily be available.
In the first study of its kind, researchers in the department of urology at Boston University School of Medicine have determined that pharmaceutical agents are effective in modifying the ability of clitoral corpal smooth muscle to relax following stimulation, they reported in the September issue of Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
Are lesbians at higher risk for breast cancer? The question has been posed at many gay and lesbian medical conferences and the issue has been explored in both the mainstream and gay press. But no scientific study had been reported--until now.
1. Use of multivitamins containing folic acid appears to reduce the risk of colon cancer. 2. Preferential access to heart care documented in Ontario, Canada 3. Parental Responsibilities affect careers of medical faculty, particularly women. 4. New diagnostic test to detect mutations in familial mediterranean fever has anthropologic and historical implications.
Highlights of the American Dietetic Association's 81st annual meeting and exhibition October 19-22, 1998, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO.
Developments in food and nutrition affecting everyone's lives occur daily -- from advances in scientific and medical research to new consumer products. And many of the people responsible for making that news will be in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 19-22, for The American Dietetic Association's 81st Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
A new study of open-heart surgery patients found that filtering leukocytes (white blood cells) from blood reduces the risks associated with this life-saving surgery and improves patient outcomes.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center physicians and researchers today announced their participation in the upcoming around-the-world manned balloon attempt sponsored by RE/MAX International.
When treating a football player with a neck injury, helmet pads and shoulder pads should be either both left on or both removed to avoid cervical spine injury, according to the October issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine. A study of nearly 6,000 motorcycle crashes shows that motorcycle riders who wear helmets are less likely to disfigure their faces in a crash.
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