Few women regret sterilization procedures
...rilization. The study also found that substantial conflict between a woman and her husband increases the risk... sterilization. Women who experienced substantial conflict with their husbands before the husbands' vasectomy were more than 25 times as likely to request that...Emotional problems of children living in war zones not recognised
...s or by watching television, and hearing about the conflict in the media) completed self-report measures of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and fears. More than twice as many directly exposed children (59%) reported post-traumatic stress disorder compared with children not directly exposed (25%). Children exp...Family history of hypertension is related to maladaptive behavioral responses
...son may in part be because certain behaviors, like conflict avoidance and inadequate expression of feelings, w...diovascular disease, early interventions involving conflict management, relaxation, assertiveness and social skills training may be considered for hypertensive ...Under one roof: The risks associated with living in three-generation households
...d author. Dr. Black says there can be a role conflict as the young mother becomes an adult. Is she a teenage daughter or a young mother? She says as they mature, young mothers are often ready to secure a job and move to their own home, to become more independent. The study concludes that it may n...Post-combat syndromes are not unique to the Gulf war
...esting that not all servicemen engaged in the same conflict can be categorised in the same way, say the authors. All modern wars have been associated with a syndrome characterised by unexplained medical syndromes. The ever changing form of these syndromes seems to be related to advances in medical science, th...Strong relationship between peasant farmers and city-dwellers in Zimbabwe
... media generally give of Zimbabwe is that of a big conflict of interests between urban and rural areas. The bl...tile land was also not the most important point of conflict then. The initiators of the war were not landless farmers but the educated whose carreer opportuniti...New study provides mixed report card on informed consent to cancer clinical trials
...o take part in clinical trials are frequently in a conflict situation. On the one hand, they want to further r...viders and investigators appreciate this potential conflict if they are to help participants distinguish research goals from therapeutic intentions, says Jane W...Acupuncture calms nerves, improves heart function
...n their heads and answer aloud, or by a color/word conflict test. In the word test, names of colors are written in ink different from the printed word. Participants must say the name of the color, not read the word. The acupuncture group took the stress test again, but this time acupuncture needles were ...Science, engineering and technology news tips -- August 2001
...ty and Social Psychology."A normal aspect of human conflict is fear and hostility," Shaver says. "You can reduce someone's sense of threat at a deep unconscious level by activating associations to love and security." Borrowing from a theory about infants' attachment behavior with their mother, the researchers...Health service in "political denial" about need for rationing, claims leading economist
... politicians who want more for less, he says. This conflict allows the agenda to be dominated by self-interest and policies that are not rooted in evidence. In the midst of the "ubiquitous cacophony" about lack of money, existing resources are not used properly, he says. Variations in practice and differences......ughtful addition to the ongoing dialogue regarding conflict of interest policies in medical research. The prop...chool announced its intention to retain its strict conflict policies in May. Dr. Martin was urged by many national leaders to create a venue to continue the dia...Media coverage of new drugs is often misleading
...to the drug being studied disclosed this potential conflict of interest. "Major scientific journals require study authors to disclose industry links, as evidence suggests that commercial funding of research may lead to more favorable research outcomes," says Ray Moynihan, the study's lead author, and an award...Emotional support during conflict situations elevates blood pressure in African-American boys
...er problem-solving or no support when dealing with conflict situations, according to scientists at Virginia Co... this is what white adult women prefer and seek in conflict situations. However, the adolescent girls showed no significantly greater blood pressure response ...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
...g managed by the University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies...Photodynamic therapy reduces risk of vision loss in some macular degeneration patients
...he Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interestpolicies....Popular notions about breast cancer-psychology link challenged
...ast cancer and a personality stylecharacterized by conflict avoidance. The research appears in the Septemberissue of Health Psychology. "It's important to note, however, that association is not causation, and basedon the current data we should not infer that by changing these factors women cansubstantially ...Double transplant frees patient from need for immunosuppressive drugs
...fact that, while the effect ofmixed chimerism - no conflict between the donor and recipient immune systems -continues in this patient, the actual chimeric state seems to be disappearing. In fact, donor cells can no longer be found in the recipient's marrow. "Thiskind of transient chimerism had been observed ...UI study finds types of decision-making deficiencies depend on area of brain damage
... cortex cause an individualto have difficulty with conflict situations. These results confirm the SomaticMarker Hypothesis, a theory advanced by Antonio Damasio, M.D., UI professor andhead of neurology. Damasio had proposed that there is a neural circuit criticalfor processing emotional signals. He predicted ...Family Support A Factor In Cardiovascular Responses To Stress
...in. "We found that both during the general and the conflict discussions, people whohad more supportive relationships with their spouse had less cardiovascularresponses to the stressors," Light says. "And for men, this was reflected inlower blood pressure and less constriction of their blood vessels, while for...Stress Patterns In Adolescence Differ Between Boys And Girls
...on among adolescentswho experienced high levels of conflict with others, Rudolph and Hammendiscovered. Girls may be particularly prone to depression during adolescence, Rudolph andHammen say. They "may experience higher levels of the types of stressassociated with depression and [they] may be more reactive ...