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Original Source: Stress Management Therapy in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer
RATIONALE: A stress-management program may improve quality of life and reduce anxiety and depression in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well stress management therapy works in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer.
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Why Health IT? Health information technology (Health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information - e...
Health care (or healthcare) is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in...
Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with advanced progressive illness. Management of pain and other symptoms and provision of psychological, social and spiritual support is param...
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PET/CT Scan Evidence for the "Chemo" Brain Syndrome
The nature of "chemo brain" whereby patients being treated for cancer can have memory loss and foggy thinking has only recently been studied in depth (see: New Research Casts Spotlight on "Chemo Brain...
Psychosocial Needs Matter Most at the End of Life
When cure is not an option, psychosocial and spiritual care and having a concerned provider boost the end-of-life quality of life for advanced cancer patients, new research suggests. Medscape Medic...
Addressing Psychosocial Issues in Patients With Hepatitis C
Dr. Jeffrey Weiss looks at key sessions from ICVH 2013 and considers the effects of psychosocial issues on engagement in care and treatment outcomes in patients with HCV infection. Medscape HIV/AIDS
Novartis Foundation symposium discusses psychosocial support for Africa’s children
Healthcare experts assess psychosocial approaches and interventions...
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --U.S. patient and caregiver results derived from the largest multinational psychosocial study of the hemophilia community are being presented at the Natio...
Visual Impairment: Understanding the Psychosocial Impact
Loss of vision not only presents difficult physiologic challenges, it can also exact significant psychosocial costs. Medscape Medical News
Depression, Other Psychosocial Distresses Linked to Stroke
Patients suffering the most psychosocial distress face the highest stroke risk, new study finds. Medscape Medical News
Psychosocial factors predict self-exam behavior
A range of psychosocial factors, such as perceived risk of developing melanoma, influence whether a person is likely to conduct skin self-exams, according to results of a recent study.
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Psychosocial care for cancer patients historically has been overlooked as an aspect of quality clinical care. However, several organizations have recently made strong recommendations for inclusion of...
Mindfulness-based interventions and mindfulness techniques have become increasingly popular in psychosocial care. These interventions have also been increasingly used with cancer patients and surviv...
Assessment of patient care needs in general practice.
Objective: In the German health system general practice has changed drastically in the past few years and patients' opportunities to get medical informations have increased significantly. In light of...
OBJECTIVE: Although the Institute of Medicine provided a vision for effective psychosocial care for cancer survivors, limited guidance exists regarding the essential components of comprehensive care o...
PURPOSE Addressing psychosocial needs, including key components of psychologic distress, physical symptoms, and health promotion, is vital to cancer follow-up care. Yet little is known about who provi...
