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The art of happiness...Is volunteering the blueprint for bliss?
New research indicates that helping others raises quality of life for British Citizens.   view more (2004-09-17)

Psychological and social issues associated with tooth loss
Are feelings of depression overwhelming you? Is your self-esteem an issue? Having problems advancing in life or your career? Maybe you feel nervous or self conscious in social settings? Do you avoid social settings all together? Check your smile; tooth loss could be the culprit and you're not alone.   view more (2008-07-17)

Physical activity after bariatric surgery improves weight loss, quality of life
A new study by researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine suggests increased physical activity after bariatric surgery can yield better postoperative outcomes.   view more (2008-11-18)

A plum assignment
Plums: they're sweet, juicy, and packed with beneficial antioxidants and dietary fiber. Although there are many varieties available to consumers, there are two main types of the small, purple fruit: Japanese plums and European plums.   view more (2008-09-30)

Largest study of unrelated bone marrow transplantation for leukemia serves as benchmark
Together with 16 other institutions in the United States, University of Minnesota researchers led the largest study to date in patients with leukemia and related disorders undergoing bone marrow transplantation from unrelated donors.   view more (2005-08-03)

Transcendental meditation reduces congestive heart failure, new study shows
A widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique significantly decreases the severity of congestive heart failure, according to a first-of-its-kind randomized study published in Ethnicity & Disease (Winter 2007).   view more (2007-03-02)

Program focused on body, mind and spirit helps women with breast cancer cope
Pathfinders, a program designed to care for the whole person -- body, mind and spirit -- has been found to help women with terminal cancer cope and improved their quality of life.   view more (2009-05-18)

Sacral-nerve stimulation could help counteract incontinence (p 1270)
Results of a small trial in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that electrical stimulation of the sacral nerve could be a future treatment option for faecal incontinence. Anal incontinence affects an estimated 2% of the general population. Prevalence rises with age, affecting up to 11% of men and 26% of women after age 50 years. Treatment... view more... (2004-04-14)

Personalized diets may offer relief to advanced cancer patients
It is well known that cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy often experience nausea and loss of appetite. But until now, few researchers have looked into why this happens and what can be done to ensure that cancer patients maintain a healthy diet during treatment.   view more (2007-03-12)

Anxiety and depression lower quality of life in majority of systemic lupus erythematosus patients
92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL).   view more (2009-06-12)

Research to aid sufferers of Parkinson's Disease
Northumbria University in Newcastle is taking part in a collaborative project with European partners to advance research into Parkinson`s Disease following a contract of more than £1 million (1.6 million Euro) from the European Commission. Together with the University of Leuven, Belgium, and the Vrije University of Amsterdam in the... view more... (2002-01-24)

BUDGET FOR INTERFERON BETA FOR MS SUFFERERS WOULD BE BETTER SPENT ON IMPROVED SUPPORTIVE CARE
Dr Raeburn Forbes from Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Dundee along with colleagues from Argyll and Clyde Health Board and the Scottish Health Purchasing Information Centre studied 132 people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and the estimated effect of treating them with interferon beta-1b against existing best practice... view more... (1999-12-08)

Intensive care treatment may be bad for your health
Two articles in the latest issue of Critical Care reveal how intensive care therapy may be beneficial in the short but not in the long term. Being treated in intensive care units may help critically ill patients survive but the quality of life - if they survive - is often severely impaired. It is unclear whether this impairment is a complication... view more... (2002-08-12)

Model helps explore patterns of urban sprawl and implicaitons for quality of life
Americans like living in cities, and according to statistics in the United Nations World Population Database so do an increasing number of people throughout the world.   view more (2007-02-20)

Increasing Positive Experiences Decreases Depression Symptoms in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis, MU Professor Finds
Depression is prevalent among people living with chronic diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Although most people with MS live normal lives, they must manage symptoms and treatments that cause increased emotional and psychological stress on a daily basis. Now, researchers from two universities have found that people with MS who increase... view more... (2008-04-09)

Dry Eye Syndrome affects quality of life for nearly 5 million in the US
As a clinical diagnosis, Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) may not appear to be a major health issue, but in a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers found that DES had a significant impact on quality of life.   view more (2007-03-12)

First-borns get more quality time with parents, study shows
Using data from the American Time Use Survey, Joseph Price, a graduate student in economics at Cornell, found that a first-born child receives 20-30 more minutes of quality time each day with a parent than a second-born child of the same age from a similar family.   view more (2006-12-27)

Doctors neglect insomnia in older patients
The sleep problems of older people are often not addressed by their primary care physicians, even though treatment of those sleep disorders could improve their physical and mental health and enhance their quality of life.   view more (2007-01-04)

CCFA survey finds the majority of ulcerative colitis patients are not compliant with medications
A new, large survey supported by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) finds that 65 percent of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients are less than fully compliant with first-line therapies to treat their disease.   view more (2006-12-20)

Women with breast cancer who choose preventive mastectomies
Most women with cancer in one breast who decide to have the unaffected breast removed along with the diseased breast don't regret the decision and have a quality of life equal to patients who didn't have a preventive mastectomy, according to a survey of breast cancer survivors.   view more (2006-03-20)
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