How your health care provider interacts with you is important. Their style can shape how you feel about your treatment. A new study found that people experienced less pain when the treatment provider expected a pain reliever to work. This may have been due, in part, to the provider’s facial expressions. The findings were published… Continue reading A Doctor’s Belief May Influence A Patient’s Response
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Repetition and Your Brain
Researchers report that a computerized study of 36 healthy adult volunteers asked to repeat the same movement over and over became significantly faster when asked to repeat that movement on demand–a result that occurred not because they anticipated the movement, but because of an as yet unknown mechanism that prepared their brains to replicate the… Continue reading Repetition and Your Brain
“Decoy” Molecule Could Be A Lifesaver
A researcher has identified a “decoy” molecule that can halt the body’s dangerous reaction to the influenza virus. The virus can be lethal to those who are infected. But the body’s own reaction to the virus can be just as hazardous. The immune-system response often consists of an inflammatory attack that can be hazardous if… Continue reading “Decoy” Molecule Could Be A Lifesaver
Gender Can Determine Response to Illness
Gender and personality are crucial in how people cope with physical and mental illness, according to a new paper. Researchers from Washington State University and the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, found that while men are less affected by a single-symptom illness, they are more affected by illnesses with a few symptoms. Robert… Continue reading Gender Can Determine Response to Illness
Improved Quality of LIfe for Lung-Cancer Patients
African-American and older patients with advanced lung cancer can be effectively treated with a new, federally approved therapy, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati. Such patients are not good candidates for chemotherapy. The findings were published in the journal Libertas Academica. The treatment the researchers focused on is gefitinib, a drug that’s already… Continue reading Improved Quality of LIfe for Lung-Cancer Patients