New Book Looks At Those Who Examine Our Sex Lives
Many of us have done it--filled out those magazine surveys asking about our sexlives, partners, and practices. We've read the results with guilty pleasure,and measured our own behavior against them. And we have noted the results ofmore scholarly sex surveys, always comparing our behavior to that of...... Seventeen magazine, which is the most widely read magazine amongadolescent females, or to a no-magazine contr...vated body dissatisfaction: Exposureto the fashion magazine resulted in increased negative affect/depression forthese adolescents. "The discrepancy between o...New research reveals jury bias against whiplash lawsuits
...in July in the Tennessee Law Review and Trial, the magazine of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Hans, working with UD graduate student Nicole Vadino, found that juries are more likely to doubt victims of whiplash than the insurance companies that deny their claims. The Tennessee Law Review study ...NIH awards grant to UCSF and Kaiser to strengthen women's health research
...th in 1996. Additionally, US News and World Report magazine ranked UCSF number two in women's health in its April 2000 issue as part of the magazine's annual listing of top medical schools and medical specialty training programs in the United States. Kaiser's Division of Research for Northern California has ...NIDA clinical toolbox provides the latest information about drug treatment strategies
...vel clinical settings. The toolbox is similar to a magazine file box. Large enough to store all current NIDA drug treatment publications, it also has room for material that will result from future NIDA-sponsored research. As additional reports and materials are developed, NIDA will disseminate them to the t...Cigarette ads target youth, violating $250 billion 1998 settlement
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...earch UK and reported in this week's New Scientist magazine (publication date Saturday 27 July 2002) also suggests that some of the statistical methods currently used for predicting the outcome of breast cancer may be unreliable. Working in Newcastle University's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engin...Study finds Medicare overbilling may be caused by government's faulty reimbursement
...study is similar to the famous tax test that Money magazine conducted a couple of years ago," said Brent Asplin, MD, MPH, author of a related editorial in this issue. "Money sent a hypothetical family's tax return to 46 professional tax preparers and got back 46 different answers, and not a single one was cor...Tissue engineers steering stem cells to produce bone, cartilage
...tion and tissue rejection. MIT's Technology Review magazine recently recognized Elisseeff, 28, as one of the World's Top 100 Young Innovators in technology and business. Her current project, funded by the Arthritis Foundation, builds on work she began as a graduate student in the Harvard University-MIT Divis...Public strong on opinions weaker on knowledge
...media analysis of television, newspaper, radio and magazine content. The survey asked more than 1,000 people what they thought and knew about three topical areas of science: climate change; the MMR vaccine; and human and animal biotechnology. They were also asked how much they trust scientists and the media. ...UCLA professors James Heath, Gary Small named to Scientific Americans list of 50 visionaries
...mes R. Heath has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50" -- the maga...pertise essential to realizing those visions," the magazine states. Heath and his colleagues at UCLA and HP Labs have reported significant progress toward the c...Secret documents reveal how tobacco industry targeted gay men
... company immediately backtracked, denying that the magazine was "gay" and claiming they had no knowledge of the gay market, according to the research team. "Philip Morris wanted to have it both ways," said Smith. "The company was undermining gay men's health by selling them a lethal product, then trying to st...Study: Transferred patients hurt big hospitals' rankings
...creditation organization -- called JCAHO -- to the magazine U.S. News & World Report issuing report cards on hospital quality. The hospitals, in turn, use those scores and rankings to negotiate payment rates with public and private insurers, to attract doctors and staff, and to convince potential patients to...Study: Stereotypes prevail in media coverage of depression
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...Magazine, can be found in the October issue of the magazine hitting newsstands today. The survey, conducted by C&R Research, focuses on how parents handle issues relating to parenting style, cognitive and social development, peer relations, discipline, self-esteem, emotions, nutrition, health and fitness, f...Call for entries: The AAAAI presents the 4th Annual Samter Journalism Award
...eneral public. Trade Print--Includes newspaper, magazine and online publications written for health care professionals. Radio & Television--Includes national and local pieces developed for the general public. Entries will be judged on the quality with which each piece: Raises public awareness about...Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
...y member has appeared on the TR100. Last year, the magazine singled out Jennifer Elisseeff, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, for her research in the field of tissue engineering. Hanes has focused much of his attention on the lungs because they possess several advantages over other drug delivery...