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Case Western Reserve University study looks at mental and physical health of caregivers
02-20-2007 · EurekAlert!Having positive cultural beliefs about caring for elders and strong religious beliefs can ward off depression and other mental health difficulties for female caregivers of spouses and parents with dementia, but sustained elevated levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, puts these women at risk for physical health problems.
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- Case Western Reserve Univerity study looks at mental and physical health of caregivers
02-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
Having positive cultural beliefs about caring for elders and strong religious beliefs can ward off depression and other mental health difficulties for female caregivers of spouses and parents with dementia, but sustained elevated levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, puts these women at risk for physical health problems.
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- Case Western Reserve University study examines changing roles, emotions in caregiving
11-27-2006 · EurekAlert!
The early stages when a spouse or an adult child becomes a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another type of progressive dementia is fraught with a tug-of-war of emotions from resentment to protectiveness, according to a new study from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
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- SARS survivors recover from physical illness, but may experience mental health decline
06-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
Most patients who survived severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) had good physical recovery, but they or their caregivers often reported a decline in mental health one year later, according to a study in the June 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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- Innovative smallpox vaccine research study to be conducted at Case Medical Center
06-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Caregiver support key to improved health, fewer nursing home placements, Jefferson researchers find
11-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
Helping caregivers take care of themselves is key to enabling them to better deal with family members with dementia, a recent study by Thomas Jefferson University researchers shows. In fact, those caregivers who were provided extra, individualized support had less depression and were able to keep family members in adult day services -- and out of nursing homes -- much longer than those who did not get the extra attention.
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- Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss
04-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Members of the National Center for Regenerative Medicine research team, Dr. Robert Miller and Dr. Kumar Alagramam, both of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, published research findings in Developmental Neuroscience which suggest new ways of treating hearing loss. These researchers have isolated "cochlear stem cells" located in the inner ear and already primed for development into ear-related tissue due to their proximity to the ear and expression of certain genes necessary for the development of hearing.
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- Case researcher in RNA biology makes waves by challenging current thinking
01-18-2008 · EurekAlert!
In the Jan. 18 issue of Molecular Cell, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher Kristian E. Baker, Ph.D. challenges molecular biology's established body of evidence and widely-accepted model for nonsense-mediated messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) decay. With her collaborator, Ambro van Hoof, Ph.D. of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Baker directly tested the "faux 3' UTR" model and proved it could not explain how cells recognize and destroy deviant mRNA.
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- Caregivers benefit from cancer support programs, U-M study finds
11-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a targeted intervention aimed at prostate cancer patients and their caregiver spouses provided significant improvements for the spouse in physical and emotional quality of life.
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- USC study examines effects of caregiving
10-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Two new USC studies overturn myths about caregiving. The first shows caregiving is not necessarily harmful to one's mental and physical health. The second shows that lower education levels, rather than cultural factors, are behind caregivers who compromise their health by putting the needs of family over themselves.
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- Religion and healthcare should mix, MU study says
10-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Research shows that religion and spirituality are linked to positive physical and mental health; however, most studies have focused on people with life-threatening diseases. A new study from the University of Missouri-Columbia shows that religion helps many individuals with disabilities adjust to their impairments and gives new meaning to their lives.
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