Screening recommendations for cancer patients

Evidence-based standards provide guidelines for screening, assessment, treatment, and follow-up for cancer-associated symptoms such as fatigue and depression.

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Implementing fall-prevention programs

Fall-prevention programs can be implemented in both medical and community settings, but the programs need to be assessed in different ways.

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Early puberty and delinquency in girls

Early puberty is a risk factor for delinquency in young girls, but nurturing parents can curb aggressive behavior from also developing.

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Posttraumatic distress and physical functioning

There is a reciprocal relationship between physical functioning and mental health after a traumatic injury, so therapies focused on one may have long-term benefits for the other.

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Gun ownership and psychiatric inpatient suicide

Discharged VA psychiatric patients living in states with more restrictive gun laws are significantly less likely in general to commit suicide and less likely to commit suicide with a gun.

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Privately insured patients provided better medical access than others

Access to primary care was better for those with private insurance than for those with Medicaid among randomly selected health care providers in the Washington, D.C. area.

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Finding solutions for complementary and alternative medicines

Some suggest that complimentary and alternative medicines should adopt health services research methods as a solution to problems faced in randomized control trials. However, the unique needs of the field demand caution in following this course of action.

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Evidence-based or culturally specific treatments?

The current literature is insufficient to determine the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments for ethnically diverse youth.

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RAND Health Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) project

Pain, anxiety, and depression likely linked in primary care patients

Awareness of the links between pain, anxiety and depression could be especially helpful in primary care settings.

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August RAND Health Congressional Newsletter

The August RAND Health Congressional newsletter highlights research tying neighborhood economic conditions to the consumption of fruits and vegetables, findings that life expectancy is a better predictor of health care spending than age is, and a report showing that the Institute of Medicine's Quality Improvement framework is useful for behavioral health care.

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