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University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center survey shows doctors who are overweight or lack training uncomfortable counseling patients about diet and exercise Physicians confidence in their ability to counsel patients on a healthy diet and exercise may be related to their own personal habits, according to a study by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center. Factors that predicted ...

Enrollment stretches UI counseling services

The spike in the University of Iowas enrollment this fall has stretched counseling personnel thin.

Counseling Heart Failure Patients Fails to Improve Outcomes

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who received both educational materials and counseling in an attempt to improve adherence to medical advice did not have a reduced rate of death or hospitalization compared to patients who received educational materials alone. "Patient nonadherence to heart failure drugs ranges from 30 percent to 60 percent and nonadherence to ...