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Widespread adolescent energy drink/shot use strongly associated with substance use
Date: Feb-07-2014Nearly one-third of US adolescents consume high-caffeine energy drinks or "shots," and these teens report higher rates of alcohol, cigarette, or drug use, reports a study in the January/February Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Widespread adolescent energy drink/shot use strongly associated with substance use
Date: Feb-07-2014Nearly one-third of US adolescents consume high-caffeine energy drinks or "shots," and these teens report higher rates of alcohol, cigarette, or drug use, reports a study in the January/February Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
The mood of HIV-positive men affects safe sex; depressive episodes drive up risk
Date: Feb-07-2014Having a good week? It may lead to healthier choices. If you are a man with HIV, you may be more likely to use a condom during sex. In a new study, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health report that HIV-positive men whose moods improved in a given week were more likely to have safe sex than they would in a normal week. In weeks where moods were worse than usual, they were more likely to have unprotected sex.Results appear online in the journal Health Psychology.
The mood of HIV-positive men affects safe sex; depressive episodes drive up risk
Date: Feb-07-2014Having a good week? It may lead to healthier choices. If you are a man with HIV, you may be more likely to use a condom during sex. In a new study, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health report that HIV-positive men whose moods improved in a given week were more likely to have safe sex than they would in a normal week. In weeks where moods were worse than usual, they were more likely to have unprotected sex.Results appear online in the journal Health Psychology.
Maybe we can't stop ourselves from taking risks
Date: Feb-07-2014A new study correlating brain activity with how people make decisions suggests that when individuals engage in risky behavior, such as drunk driving or unsafe sex, it's probably not because their brains' desire systems are too active, but because their self-control systems are not active enough.This might have implications for how health experts treat mental illness and addiction or how the legal system assesses a criminal's likelihood of committing another crime.
Maybe we can't stop ourselves from taking risks
Date: Feb-07-2014A new study correlating brain activity with how people make decisions suggests that when individuals engage in risky behavior, such as drunk driving or unsafe sex, it's probably not because their brains' desire systems are too active, but because their self-control systems are not active enough.This might have implications for how health experts treat mental illness and addiction or how the legal system assesses a criminal's likelihood of committing another crime.
3D mapping biopsy found pockets of prostate cancer previous technique had missed
Date: Feb-07-2014Ultrasound-guided biopsies miss prostate cancers that are detected by the slightly more expensive and slightly more invasive 3D mapping biopsies. For example, in a 2006 study of 180 men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer via ultrasound-guided biopsy, nearly a quarter were upgraded to a more clinically significant stage of disease after 3D mapping biopsy found pockets of cancer the first technique had missed. Now, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study reports the locations of these most-missed pockets of prostate cancer.
Core factors and strategies to turn primary care practices into PCMHs
Date: Feb-07-2014A new study conducted by Robert A. Gabbay, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues identified three core factors and thirteen strategies that increase the probability of getting buy-in from the practice teams within a medical practice to becoming a fully-functioning patient-centered medical home (PCMH). This study was published in the January/ February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine."Having buy-in is critical for any organization, not just in healthcare," explained Dr. Gabbay.
Hospitalizations for nursing home residents can be reduced by telemedicine
Date: Feb-07-2014Telemedicine used at nursing homes during hours when doctors are not typically present is a viable way to reduce avoidable hospitalizations, according to research published in February's issue of Health Affairs.Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are occurring more frequently, and result in complications, morbidity and expensive Medicare costs.
Clues to the mystery of the need for sleep
Date: Feb-07-2014All creatures great and small, including fruitflies, need sleep. Researchers have surmised that sleep - in any species - is necessary for repairing proteins, consolidating memories, and removing wastes from cells. But, really, sleep is still a great mystery.The timing of when we sleep versus are awake is controlled by cells in tune with circadian rhythms of light and dark. Most of the molecular components of that internal clock have been worked out.
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