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As hospitals look for ways to improve patient satisfaction and boost their Medicare reimbursement, a Henry Ford Hospital study found that an inpatient pharmacist-directed anticoagulation service (PDAS) might be an unexpected opportunity. [more...]
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“The risk of developing breast cancer is about 25% lower in highly physically active women than in the least active”, Beata Peplonska, MD PhD, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, argues after having reviewed epidemiological data on the association between physical activity and breast cancer. Physical activity is found to be a preventative factor in both pre- and postmenopausal women. In the journal “Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation” Peplonska gives an overview of the current epidemiological knowledge of breast cancer reduction and physical activity, explains possible biological mechanisms underlying the association and illustrates current public health recommendations. [more...]
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Working on a team is always a challenge, but a new study highlights a particular challenge to women: how much they credit themselves in a joint success. Women will devalue their contributions when working with men but not with other women, according to the new research. The study suggests yet another reason why women still tend to be under-represented at the highest echelons of many organizations. [more...]
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For nearly a decade, doctors have used an implanted electronic stimulator to treat severe depression in people who don't respond to standard antidepressant therapy. [more...]
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Children on dialysis for severe kidney disease have a dramatically reduced risk of death compared to 20 years ago, a new study shows. The findings, from a study led by Dr. Bethany Foster from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), are very encouraging for children with end-stage kidney disease. These children face a significantly shortened life expectancy, with dialysis as the only life-saving therapy while they await transplant. This study was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). [more...]
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Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups, suggesting that the disorder may have a different brain-based manifestation based on sex. [more...]
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Media reports about substances that are supposedly hazardous to health may cause suggestible people to develop symptoms of a disease even though there is no objective reason for doing so. This is the conclusion of a study of the phenomenon known as electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Those affected report experiencing certain symptoms on exposure to electromagnetic waves, such as those emitted by cell phones, and these take the form of physical reactions. With the help of magnetic resonance imaging, it has been demonstrated that the regions of the brain responsible for pain processing are active in such cases. "Despite this, there is a considerable body of evidence that electromagnetic hypersensitivity might actually be the result of a so-called nocebo effect," explained Dr. Michael Witthöft of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). "The mere anticipation of possible injury may actually trigger pain or disorders. This is the opposite of the analgesic effects we know can be associated with exposure to placebos." The new study illustrates how media reports about health risks may trigger or amplify nocebo effects in some people. [more...]
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Giving positive feedback for actions and achievements at work is crucial for conjuring employees’ motivation. Sentences like “You’ve done well!” are commonly used in this manner. But they are not as commonly appreciated, Claude-Hélène Mayer, Doctorate in Cultural Anthropology at Georg-August-University Goettingen, and Christian Martin Boness, Doctorate in education, specializing in intercultural didactics, Georg-August-University Goettingen, argue. Turning to Marshall B. Rosenberg’s concept of non-violent communication, the authors explain why a smile and a “thank you” might be a better way to express appreciation and how non-violent communication principles apply especially to managing transcultural organizations. [more...]
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High stress-levels among college students are an issue of concern since they may predict academic functioning and performance. High drop-out rates, especially at the early stage, call for the need for intervention. In a recent study, David B. Feldman et al. (2012) address the topic from a salutogenic perspective. It is the difference in Sense of coherence, Self-efficacy and Hope that predict students’ perceptions of academic stress and their reactions to it, the researchers argue. Based on these constructs the authors derived a successful 90-min. intervention program called ‘Hope Workshop’ to help students set - and achieve – academic goals. The authors report details in the new publication “Exploring Mental Health – Theoretical and Empirical Discourses”. [more...]
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Even bacteria have a kind of “immune system” they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders – in their case, viruses. Scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, were now able to show that this defense system is much more diverse than previously thought and that it comes in multiple versions. Their goal is to use the various newly discovered versions of the CRISPR-Cas gene for the targeted manipulation of genetic information, particularly for medical purposes. [more...]
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