Studies Find Public Policies For Children And Teenagers Not Very Effective
...amily members to improvecommunication about topics concerning sexuality. Evaluations of theprograms that focus on the development of social skills indicatethat they do help students who are not sexually active delay theinitiation of sexual activity. These programs did not, however,keep teenagers who were alread...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...New Target (TNT) study, should provide the answers concerning lower limit of benefit, but results are not expected for another five years. NCEP guidelines call for individuals with elevated cholesterol -- but noevidence of coronary heart disease or other atherosclerosis -- to reduce theirLDL levels to at least ......al, physicians willhope to see preliminary results concerning the safety and efficacy of the drug.However, Druker is cautious, so as not to raise expectations too much at thisstage. "As with all potential medications, the first clinical trials will bedone with a small number of patients for whom there is no oth......s must be conducted to provide convincing evidence concerning healthstatus outcomes, the satisfaction of patients, providers, and trainees, and thecosts of care." Showstack and colleagues discuss the many components involved in evaluating theimpact of hospitalists in the supplement of the February 16 issue of...New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
...hicago, consolidatesthe often conflicting findings concerning the benefits of a healthy diet,regular exercise, and other personal habits or lifestyle choices. In anunusual twist, the costs and benefits of these bad and good habits arecalculated according to how they affect the reader's probable lifespan,express...T-Cell Memory Finding May Provide Key To Cancer, AIDS Vaccines
A basic science discovery concerning how part of the immune system rememberspast opponents may provide the solution to a fundamental problem facing vaccinesto treat AIDS or cancer. Researchers from the University of Chicago report inthe March 12 issue of the journal Science that the cel...... The new data shed light on earlier observations concerning the corpuscallosum, a large body of nerve fibers that connects the right and lefthemispheres of the brain. Those studies showed that women have a relativelylarger corpus callosum than men. The corpus callosum, however, is composed ofwhite matter, the...Men and women agree: love, romance vital part of sexual person
... asked a variety of questions concerning their sexual and romantic history. These findings showed that men'ssexual self-concepts were strongly associated to their sexualand romantic relationships, both past and current, An...New book explores timely social issues of family relationships & raising of children
...nces,children should be provided with some choices concerning their own lives. In"Boundaries of Authority: Should Children Be Able to Divorce Their Parents?"Purdy reviews various current positions on children's rights, focusing inparticular on children's rights to "divorce" their parents. In "Regulating...Phobias deter chronically ill from seeking regular treatment
...eneralpopulation, and that makes this finding both concerning and important." Cooper-Patrick and colleagues studied 963 individuals with chronic diseases whowere getting no regular medical care at follow-up points across 13 years andfound that 44 percent had active psychiatric disorders. The researchers conclud...Conference convenes on ibogaine, a controversial drug to treat heroin addiction
...ocus on theclinical, cultural and political issues concerning its use. The conference was organized by Kenneth Alper MD, Assistant Professor,Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Alper hasrecently published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature on a series ofibogaine-t...Immune system protein may be critical in kidney disorders and other diseases
...s? To addressthis question, Shaw revisited a model concerning CD2AP's potential role in Tcells of the immune system. He developed this model with colleagues Mike L.Dustin, associate professor of pathology, and Paul M. Allen, Ph.D., the RobertL. Kroc Professor of Pathology. T cells defend the body from microbes...Researchers discover potential new approach to treating cystic fibrosis
...ns forward-looking statements, includingstatements concerning the estimated U.S. cystic fibrosis patient populat...osis in the United States, theresults of the study concerning the relationship of AA and DHA in people withcystic fibrosis, the results of efforts to develop a th...UI study shows classification system for evaluating childhood hip disease may be unreliable
...the discovery that there was little published work concerning the reliability of the Stulberg system, a UI investigative team set out to measure how well surgeons agree with themselves and how well they agree with each other when using the system. The UI investigators also wanted to identify and quantify any so...Health risks from impaired drug metabolism
...ffect drug metabolism, researchers raise questions concerning the need for screening tools to identify individuals with traits that affect drug metabolism....Being spiritual may be good for your health
...rituality as the beliefs and values a person holds concerning one's place in the universe and which reflect one's connections with a higher power and social and physical environments. He recommends a balanced approach to material achievement, respect for the environment, volunteer work and caring for family an...Millennium, Aventis Pharma form novel alliance
...illennium's Cambridge, MA facility. All decisions concerning which products advance on to further stages of development will be made jointly. Millennium and Aventis will share the responsibility for and cost of developing, marketing and manufacturing products in North America. The companies will also share pr......aid Linzer. "Periodic surveying of HMO physicians concerning sources of satisfaction and dissatisfaction could allow timely interventions that would maintain quality and preserve the quality of care."......lear presently. Furthermore, much of the evidence concerning a correlation between ApoE4 copy number and the pathological features of AD (e.g. neuronal plaque density and the appearance of neurofibrillary tangles) is contradictory. It has been suggested that patients carrying an ApoE4 allele may have a more s......eliminary 24 week data provide further information concerning the use of the triple nucleoside regimen of Ziagen plus Combivir," said Sophie Matheron, M.D., Hopital Bichat, Paris. The median baseline VL was comparable in both treatment groups (4.2log10 copies/ml in the Ziagen/Combivir group and 4.2 log10 cop...