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Bioscience - any of the sciences that deal with living organisms.  The study of the nature, behavior, and uses of living organisms as applied to biology. Any of the branches of natural scienc...

Fertility

Fertility is the ability of a couple to conceive, but can related to specifically the man or woman. Various reasons can cause a couple to be infertile, and due to the strong desire of these patien...

Follicle stimulating hormone FSH

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) now has become an established means of ovulation induction (OI) as part of assisted reproductive technology (ART). FSH is used to induce development of multiple foll...

Sanitation

Sanitation is promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of waste through proper hygeine. It is important in hospitals to prevent the spread of hospital acquired infection...

Pharma, adherence and motivational interviewing

Précis:  Andrew Tolve explores how the technique of motivational interviewing can improve adherence rates Every day, patients aroun...

Sandy prompts some elderly to seek assisted living

The howling winds and rising waters of Superstorm Sandy may have sparked at least one unintended flood: A race by seniors to find safe housing in assisted-living facilities.

Assisted Living Association to Hold Legislative Reception in Denver

Denver, CO, January 26, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Colorado Assisted Living Association will be hosting a Legislative Reception on January 29th at 5:30 PM. CALA (Colorado Assisted Living Association) is...

The Motivation To Change

Précis:  Dr Anna Baker, Health Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist shares how Motivational Interviewing can be used to help elicit behavi...

Assisted Living board fires CEO Bebo

Senior living facility operator Assisted Living Concepts Inc. has fired CEO Laurie Bebo.The Menomonee Falls-based company on Tuesday named retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dr. Charles H. "Chip" Roadma...

Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Urged Into Mental Health Treatment By Telephone Motivational Interviewing

A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war v...

NY homes for elderly under scrutiny after Sandy

(AP)—A nursing home and an assisted living facility in New York are under scrutiny after The Associated Press disclosed that hundreds of elderly and disabled people forced to evacuate by Superstorm...

UPDATE 1-TPG to take Assisted Living private for about $278 mln

Feb 26 (Reuters) - Assisted Living Concepts Inc said it agreed to be bought by investment firm TPG for about $278 million, months after the senior living residence operator said it was looking for buy...

Counselor motivational interviewing skills and young adult change talk articulation during brief motivational interventions.

The process of eliciting client language toward change (change talk [CT]) is implicated as a causal mechanism in motivational interviewing (MI) and brief motivational interventions (BMI). We investiga...

Experts: despite time constraints, motivational interviewing techniques can have lasting impact on drinkers, drug abusers.

Researchers have found that the Brief Negotiation Interview (BNI), a tool developed at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, can curb harmful drinking in patients when the tool is used with these...

Use of motivational interviewing in smoking cessation at nurse-led chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinics.

efraimsson e.ö., fossum b., ehrenberg a., larsson k. & klang b. (2011) Use of motivational interviewing in smoking cessation at nurse-led chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinics. Journal of Adv...

Smoking cessation interventions with female smokers living with HIV/AIDS: A randomized pilot study of motivational interviewing.

Abstract Smoking among people living with HIV, particularly women living with HIV, is associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates when compared to nonsmoking individuals with HIV. Despite pat...

A critical appraisal of motivational interviewing within the field of alcohol misuse.

ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY: •  A review of the concept of motivational interviewing (MI) encompassing what is MI and the development of MI will be provided. Additionally, focus on the spirit, guiding and...