2010-02-04T20:39:26Z <p><b>Angela Fagerlin</b>, PhD, talked with <i>Financial Planning</i> about how research on decision aids in healthcare might be used to help financial planners convey complex information to their clients. She discussed specifics: use of absolute vs relative risk data, frequencies vs. percentages, and graphical representations such as bar graphs and pictographs. Read the article <a href="http://www.financial-planning.com/fp_issues/2010_2/decisions-decisions-healthcare-2665500-1.html" target="_blank" title="here">here</a>. <br></p> 1 988 2010-02-04 decision-aids-for-health-and-finance published 1 2010-02-04T20:40:52Z 2009-12-04T19:07:26Z <p>CBDSM's <b>Angela Fagerlin</b>, PhD, is the lead author on a study showing that women at high risk for breast cancer are unlikely to choose the drug tamoxifen, even if they are well informed about its benefits. Dr. Fagerlin's research has received wide media attention. For a press release summarizing the data, click <a href="http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1393" target="_blank" title="here">here</a></p><p>Additional authors on the article, which appeared in the online journal <i>Breast Cancer Research and Treatment</i>, are <b>Brian Zikmund-Fisher</b>, <b>Dylan Smith</b>, Vijayan Nair, Holly Derry, Paula Lantz, Daniel Hayes, <b>Rosemarie Pitsch</b>, <b>Aleksandra Jankovic</b>, and <b>Peter Ubel</b> from the University of Michigan; Jennifer McClure, Sarah Greene, and Cheryl Wiese from Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle; Azadeh Stark, Sharon Hensley Alford, and Sarah Claud Zweig from Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.</p> 1 984 2009-12-04 at-risk-women-unlikely-to-take-tamoxifen published 0 2009-12-04T19:12:37Z 2009-07-31T15:20:59Z <em><strong><em><strong></strong></em></strong></em>A CBDSM study found that colostomy patients who felt that their condition was irreversible reported better quality of life than those who hoped that they would be cured. For a summary, see this press release and <a href="http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1359" target="_blank" title="video">video</a>. The researchers are <b>Dylan M. Smith</b>, PhD; <b>Peter A. Ubel, </b>MD<b>; Aleksandra Jankovic</b>, MS (all at the University of Michigan); and George Loewenstein, PhD, (of Carnegie Mellon University). <i>Health Psychology</i> will publish the article in mid-November 2009. <br><br>Press coverage of this research has been extensive. Peter Bregman reported on the study in the July 2009 <i>Business Week Online</i>, applying the concepts to help people manage their stressful and unpredictable lives. Read his full article <a title="HERE" href="http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jul2009/ca20090724_002022.htm">here</a>. Preliminary data from this study were cited in the 7th Annual “Year in Ideas” issue of the <i>New York Times Magazine</i> in December 2007. Read recent international media coverage:<br><a href="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/11/10/acceptance-of-chronic-illness-helps-people-move-on.html" target="_blank" title="US News and World Report Health Day">US News and World Report Health Day </a><br><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2009-11-06-voa44.cfm" target="_blank" title="Voice of America Radio">Voice of America Radio</a><br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1225155/Giving-hope-make-patients-living-illness-happier.html" target="_blank" title="Daily Mail UK">Daily Mail UK</a><br><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE5A306520091104" target="_blank" title="Reuters India">Reuters India</a><br> 0 975 22 2009-11-04 hope-and-hopelessness published 0 2010-02-15T18:16:08Z 2009-10-19T14:52:30Z <p>A forthcoming article in the <i>American Journal of Public Health</i> on media messages about the social determinants of health is receiving wide attention. Sarah E. Gollust, PhD, is the lead author on the study, which finds that "Americans' opinions about health policy are polarized on polical partisan lines." The study suggests that "some advocates' proposed strategy of publicizing the social determinants of health will be unlikely to uniformly increase the American public's support for public health policies that target these determinants." Dr. Gollust, who is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, completed her PhD at the University of Michigan, where she worked with the other authors of this article, Paula M. Lantz, PhD (School of Public Health) and <b>Peter A. Ubel</b>, MD (CBDSM and Internal Medicine). Hear Dr. Ubel discuss this important study on <a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1566530/Michigan.News/U.of.M.Study..Political.Beliefs..and..Medical.Research." target="_blank" title="Michigan Radio">Michigan Radio</a>. Read commentaries in the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101603056.html" target="_blank" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a> and at <a href="http://www.scientificblogging.com/science_20/framing_impact_national_health_care_debate" target="_blank" title="Scientific Blogging">Scientific Blogging <br></a></p><p><a href="http://www.scientificblogging.com/science_20/framing_impact_national_health_care_debate" target="_blank" title="Scientific Blogging"><br></a></p><p><a href="http://www.scientificblogging.com/science_20/framing_impact_national_health_care_debate" target="_blank" title="Scientific Blogging"><br></a></p> 0 980 23 2009-10-19 media-messages-on-social-determinants-of-health published 0 2009-12-15T16:17:34Z 2009-05-20T19:10:09Z <p>A study by lead author <strong>Reshma Jagsi</strong>, MD, DPhil, on conflicts of interest in cancer research has received considerable media attention. For the original study in the journal <em>Cancer</em>, go to <a title="click here." href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122381054/abstract?CRETRY=1&amp;SRETRY=0%20">http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122381054/abstract?CRETRY=1&amp;SRETRY=0</a> </p><p>Media reports have appeared in Science Daily, <a title="Science Daily" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511090846.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511090846.htm</a></p><p>on Michigan Radio, <a title="Michigan Radio" href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain?action=article&amp;ARTICLE_ID=1504065&amp;sectionID=1">http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain?action=article&amp;ARTICLE_ID=1504065&amp;sectionID=1</a></p><p>in Health News Digest, <a title="Health News Digest" href="http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Cancer_Issues_660/29_of_Cancer_Studies_Report_Conflict_of_Interest.shtml">http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Cancer_Issues_660/29_of_Cancer_Studies_Report_Conflict_of_Interest.shtml</a></p><p>in the Toronto Globe and Mail, <a title="Toronto Globe and Mail" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wlfreebies12art1832/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wlfreebies12art1832/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home</a></p><p>Additional authors on the study were Nathan Sheets, Aleksandra Jankovic, Amy R. Motomura, Sudha Amarnath, and Peter A. Ubel. </p> 0 969 2009-05-20 jagsi-study-on-conflicts-of-interest published 0 2009-05-20T19:18:46Z 2009-05-19T20:16:02Z <p><strong>Peter A. Ubel</strong>, MD, spoke to the <em>Boston Globe</em> about the science of measuring happiness. Check it out at http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/05/10/perfectly_happy/?page=1</p> 0 968 2009-05-19 perfectly-happy-in-the-boston-globe published 0 2009-09-02T19:43:19Z 2009-04-28T16:39:02Z <p><strong>Peter Ubel</strong>, MD, and Norbert Schwarz, PhD, spoke with Parenting Magazine about how parents of young children can increase their happiness by reconsidering priorities and getting enough sleep.</p><p>To view the full article, <a title="CLICK HERE." href="http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Relax--Recharge/how-to-be-a-happier-mom/1">CLICK HERE. </a><br /> </p> 0 965 2009-04-28 http-www-parenting-com-article-mom-relax-recharge-how-to-be-a-happier-mom-3 published 0 2009-05-19T20:17:00Z 2009-02-23T20:13:53Z <p>CBDSM researcher <strong>Brian Zikmund-Fisher</strong> was cited in the February 23, 2009, edition of Kim Painter's "Your Health" column in <em>USA Today</em> discussing the preliminary findings from the National Survey of Medical Decisions (DECISIONS) project. The column summarized results that were presented by <strong>Mick Couper</strong> and other associated researchers at a recent forum in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the non-profit Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making which funded the research.</p><p>The DECISIONS survey has documented patient reports that in many, but not all, types of medical decisions, they are commonly presented with reasons to do medical interventions ("pros") but often receive little discussion of "cons." Dr. Zikmund-Fisher also noted the DECISIONS finding that many patients report that doctors failed to ask them for their own preferences regarding what to do.</p><p>For more details, see the full story <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2009-02-22-patients-opinions_N.htm">here</a>.</p> 0 939 20 2009-02-23 doctors-often-take-the-decider-role published 0 2009-04-29T17:09:17Z 2009-02-27T14:32:11Z <p>Dr. Kim answers questions about the ethics of surrogate based research and the findings of his national survey on this topic.&#160; For the full article, please see: </p><p><a title="http://www.mlive.com/living/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/02/qa_university_of_michigan_stud.html" href="http://www.mlive.com/living/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/02/qa_university_of_michigan_stud.html">http://www.mlive.com/living/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/02/qa_university_of_michigan_stud.html </a></p> 0 941 2009-02-07 university-of-michigan-study-looks-into-medical-research-consent published 0 2009-02-27T14:32:11Z 2009-01-22T14:48:11Z <p><a title="http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623161" href="http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623161">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_74076.html</a></p><p><a title="http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623161" href="http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623161">http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623161</a></p><p><a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html</a></p><p><a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html">http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Decide-for-Me-When-I-Cant--Most-People-Say-34440-1/</a></p><p><a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html">http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/01/21/hscout623161.html</a></p><p><a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012102648.html">https://www.bromenn.org/health-library/staywell6-623161.aspx</a></p><p><a title="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/01/21/decide-for-me-when-i-cant-most-people-say.html" href="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/01/21/decide-for-me-when-i-cant-most-people-say.html">http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/01/21/decide-for-me-when-i-cant-most-people-say.html</a></p><p><a title="http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/decideformewhenicantmostpeoplesay.html" href="http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/decideformewhenicantmostpeoplesay.html">http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/decideformewhenicantmostpeoplesay.html</a></p><p><a title="http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/decideformewhenicantmostpeoplesay.html" href="http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/decideformewhenicantmostpeoplesay.html">http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=9710880</a></p> 0 935 13 2009-01-21 decide-for-me-when-i-cant-most-people-say published 0 2009-02-11T14:47:39Z 2009-01-19T16:15:35Z <br /><p><a title="http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1024" href="http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1024">http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1024</a></p> 0 934 2009-01-14 most-people-support-alzheimers-research-based-on-family-consent published 0 2009-02-05T15:50:43Z 2009-01-06T02:51:03Z <p>Peter Ubel, MD, sat down with <em>Mind Matters</em> editor,&#160; Jonah Lehrer,&nbsp; to discuss his forthcoming book, <em>Free Market Madness, </em>and to explain how&nbsp; innate optimism, greed (or gluttony), and self-ignorance can depress a perons's financial and physical well-being—and how to commit to change. <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=psychology-economic-downturn">Read the interview</a> at <em>Scientific American</em>.</p> 0 933 19 2008-12-18 ebay-and-the-brain published 0 2009-02-24T18:56:18Z 2008-10-30T21:20:26Z <p>Peter Ubel was one of five panelists on TVOntario's "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" on Thursday, October 30, 2008.&#160; The panel discussed whether or not free market systems accurately reflect human nature.&nbsp; To watch the broadcast online, or for more information about the panel, go to: <a href="http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?video?TAWSP_Dbt_20081030_779359_0">http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?video?TAWSP_Dbt_20081030_779359_0</a></p><p>If you're interested in more information about how people influence free markets (and vice versa), look for Dr. Ubel's book, <em>Free Market Madness</em>--in stores January 2009!</p> 0 922 2008-10-30 peter-ubel-on-the-agenda-with-steve-paikin published 0 2009-02-10T16:28:40Z 2008-11-19T21:59:27Z <p>News outlets across the US picked up on a study showing that 78% of patients treated in emergency rooms leave with deficient comprehension of their care or their discharge instructions. Kristen Engel, MD, now at Northwestern University, is a former Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan. She worked with CBDSM investigators on this research.</p> 0 928 2008-08-12 many-er-patients-leave-in-a-fog published 0 2008-11-19T22:03:52Z 2008-09-22T14:01:35Z Recent research by Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH, finds that only half of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer clearly understand survival and recurrence rates associated with different treatment approaches. The study, in the April 1, 2008, online version of the journal Health Services Research, looked at 1132 women from Detroit and Los Angeles who had undergone surgical treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ, an invasive but not metastatic cancer. Only 51% of the women knew that a mastectomy has the same five-year survival rate as a lumpectomy plus radiation. African American-women, Hispanic women, older women, and women with less education were even less likely to know the survival rate. Dr. Hawley comments, “Even though this information has been publicly available for many years, clearly the information is not being communicated from surgeons to patients in an effective way.” Dr. Hawley’s work has been widely reported in the press. Her collaborators on this research were Angela Fagerlin, Nancy K. Janz, and Steven J. Katz. 0 879 2008-07-02 women-remain-unsure-of-breast-cancer-survival-rates published 0 2008-09-22T14:01:35Z