DURHAM, N.C. -- Telephone-based counseling significantly improved the psychological well-being and quality of life of people awaiting lung transplantation, according to the largest clinical trial of ...

Ever since Angelina Jolie used cancer genetic counseling and testing to learn about her risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, many other women have chosen to do the same. But for women in ...

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A telehealth nursing program used psychological counseling techniques to improve antipsychotic medication adherence, leading to reduced emergency department utilization in a managed Medicaid ...

Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing screening for lung cancer resulted in over a two-fold ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The counseling that goes along with testing for breast cancer risk genes can be delivered just as effectively over the phone as in person, and at lower cost, according to ...

Just four telephone counseling calls can make a difference in whether snuff users kick the habit three and six months later, new research suggests. A study published in the American Journal of Health ...

A telephonic counseling program, directed by a predictive model, reduced end-of-life costs by 4.5% within 2 Medicare Health Support pilot programs. Objectives: To validate a predictive model for ...

One hundred breast cancer survivors with a body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m 2 were randomly assigned to in-person counseling (n = 33), telephone counseling (n = 34), or usual care (UC) (n = 33). In-person ...