Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, many health care professionals have been hesitant or unwilling to treat people with HIV. But those attitudes may be changing. The results of a study of first-year medical students at the University of Chicago and the University of New Mexico indicate that barriers to care may be decreasing for people with HIV and AIDS.
Active listening techniques tuaght by many marriage counselors do not work when couples are in conflict. Instead a new study shows that "olnly those newlywed men who are acceptingof influence from their wives are winding up in happy, stable marriages, says John Gottman, University of Washington psychology professor
Stephen Zunes, USF assistant professor of politics and director of the USF Peace and Justice Studies Program, says "The threatened United States military strikes against Iraq are a bad idea..."
"Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses: Issues of Violence and Harassment," a report published by the Core Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC), is being mailed this week to college presidents nationwide. The report is based on surveys from 89,874 students at 171 institutions and describes issues of collegiate violence, harassment and campus climate.
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas believe newly discovered hormones produced in the brain may influence development of obesity and diabetes.
Tip Sheet from New Scientist for 2-18-98
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) received a $4 million award from The Starr Foundation to advance HIV vaccine research and development.
The American Academy of Dermatology urges Americans not to decrease their sunscreen use following a report this week at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) questioning the protective benefits of sunscreen.
A new technique had been developed to treat nerve-related localized and widespread discomfort/pain -- Automated Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ATOIMS) -- performed with a battery-powered device that places a flexible, Teflon pin into trigger points in the muscle, inducing a self-healing cycle for pain relief.
Diuretics, drugs that help lower blood pressure by helping the body to eliminate excess fluid, appear to have an extra weapon against coronary artery disease and stroke, according to a study in this month's Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The common microbe, Chlamydia pneumoniae, which is responsible for pneumonia, bronchitis and sinus infections, is linked with severe high blood pressure, according to a study in this month's Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Bell Labs scientists have combined free-space optics and microscopic mirrors to route and switch individual wavelengths, or colors, of light on optical fiber.
On-line resources to assist reporters in covering Steve Hanke, the Johns Hopkins University economist who is advising Indonesian president Suharto on implementing a currency board.
The corporate practice of managing earnings by carefully timing the sale of investment securities leads analysts to overvalue a company's common stock, says Eric Hirst, an accounting professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
University of Iowa faculty members spend an average of 31.4 hours a week on teaching activities. The study marks the first time that the UI faculty has documented all of its teaching activities, including not only regularly scheduled classes, laboratories and seminars but also time spent preparing for classes, evaluating student assignments, holding office hours, advising students, providing individualized instruction, and working on special projects with honors, masters and doctoral students.
Recent scientific data show that SEROQUEL(R) (quetiapine fumarate) tablets, the latest entrant for the treatment of schizophrenia, offer patients a new treatment option that not only addresses both the positive and negative symptoms of the disease, but does so with few of the traditional side effects of conventional or other atypical antipsychotic medications.
A ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand on February 20, 1998 marks a significant milestone in the U.S. Navy's withdrawal from the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) after 42 years.
Narcolepsy is more common in people over 40 than previously thought by physicians and the general public, according to a study published in the February issue of Neurology, the American Academy of Neurology's scientific journal.
Scientists from several research institutes will aim new detectors at the sun's corona during the February 26 solar eclipse, searching for structures they've never before observed. The scientists will use NSF's C-130 Hercules aircraft to conduct many of their studies.
Taking vitamin B2 every day can help prevent migraines, according to a report in the February issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Recent publicity about a gene mutation found in a family with a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease led families of Parkinson's patients to worry about genetic transmission of the disease to offspring and siblings. A new study puts the discovery in perspective.
Employer market power can be a major force for promoting quality and value of health care for Americans, according to a new report by the federal government's Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).
A controlled burn near Kennedy Space Center in Florida is providing scientists with data for improving a computer model that aims to predict the course of wildfires in realtime, providing a tool for fire fighters and fire prevention efforts.
Departing Punta Arenas, Chile, in mid-February, 26 scientists representing 10 countries will sail aboard the ocean drilling ship JOIDES Resolution to collect core samples from the continental rise and shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula.
More than 300 physicians, nurses, lawyers, scientists, ethicists, consumers, and journalists will gather in Cambridge, Mass., for a conference on the medical, legal, and social impact of new genetic technologies. The conference is sponsored by the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and the George Washington University Medical Center.
Three tips from Los Alamos 1) A textbook for quantum computing. 2) New materials for future space mission detectors. 3) Shake the ground to squeeze out all the oil.
Children without health insurance are more than three times as likely to go without necessary health care as insured children are, according to a new study of nearly 50,000 children nationwide. The study also revealed that uninsured children are six times as likely as insured children not to have a usual source of primary medical care.
Heartstyles, the first-ever study examining the attitudes and behaviors of people with high blood pressure, revealed that hypertensive patients can fall into one of four profiles, providing physicians with insights for new, individualized approaches to treatment and arm patients with a new awareness of the issues that impact their ability to successfully control their hypertension.
White students tend to evaluate essays written by Black students less critically than similar essays written by other White students, according to research to be reported in the March issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
One of the first studies undertaken to examine the effects caregiving has on care recipients found that physically disabled older adults may not always receive the appropriate amount of help they need, and nearly 40 percent reported emotional distress from receiving assistance.
Researchers from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have discovered that the ApoE genetic test for Alzheimer's coupled with a thorough clinical evaluation may help to confirm the diagnosis.
Poised to have one of the more unique views of this month's solar eclipse is Michigan State University astronomer Jeff Kuhn who will watch it through a small hole in a plane, 18,000 feet above the surface of the Earth.
Does your toddler show little interest in communicating with others? Does your 2-year-old not yet communicate with words? Is your 3-year-old's speech difficult to understand? If so, your child may need the services of a speech-language pathologist.
LSU researchers have created a tiny sensor to help determine when bones are healed and a unique instrument to test the health of cartilage.
Scientists from Boston University's College of Engineering have developed the first objective diagnostic tool to determine whether a patient suffers from congestive heart failure. A simple mathematical analysis of the pattern of a person's heartbeat detects the problem with 100 percent accuracy, report the scientists in the February 16th issue of Physical Review Letters.
Where do you look for clues to ancient El Nino floods? In one of the planet's driest spots.
The Internet is revolutionizing the way professors in the humanities teach their students. Prof. Beavers creator of the Exploring Ancient World Cultures Web site, The Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia and limited-area search engines Argos and Hippias--has developed a new site called "the 4th Tetralogy." The site provides English translations of Plato's Republic, the Phaedrus, the Symposium and the Phaedo.
Facial muscle activity may serve as a tell-tale sign of latent personal prejudice, according Emory visiting psychology professor Eric Vanman, who analyzed how facial movements indicate racial bias among white college students in a study he conducted at the University of Southern California (USC).
Sunscreens may not protect users from developing the deadly skin cancer, melanoma -- one of the fastest rising cancers in the United States, reports Dr. Marianne Berwick, an epidemiologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Johns Hopkins researchers have found evidence that some cancer cells are such incredible sugar junkies that they'll self-destruct when deprived of glucose, their biological sweet of choice.
A new study by a Cornell University labor economist found that women have made "substantial progress" in gender equality over the past 25 years, increasing their presence in the labor market and narrowing the wage gap with men, but provides dramatic evidence that the economic status of less-educated women is deteriorating.
Civil engineer Robert Ham believes well-designed landfills can be tools for recycling, rather than tombs that harbor trash for generations.
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Warm Pacific Ocean tempreratures in winter may lead to decreased summer rainfall in New Mexico. That's the message University of New Mexico Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor David Gutzler delivered to members of the American Meteorological Society at their 78th Annual Meeting earlier this month in Phoenix.
Researchers are gaining valuable insight into how Ebola uses glycoproteins to wreak its deadly havoc. Results from this study provide insight into the strategies that Ebola virus uses to evade detection and point to potential antiviral targets. The new findings may also have far-reaching benefits for fighting other illnesses.
Developing nations, including China and India, face an epidemic of heart disease and stroke that could devastate their economies, researchers report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Bacteria found in dental plaque near diseased gums can induce clumping of blood platelets, a University of Minnesota study has found. Such clumping is an early step in the formation of blood clots, the precipitating event in heart attacks. While previous reports have linked bacterial infections to the buildup of atherosclerotic plaque in coronary arteries, the researchers believe this to be the first evidence linking bacteria to the event that directly causes most heart attacks.
Which is the most important factor influencing student performance in mathematics: A good teacher? Innate intelligence? Home environment? Studying hard? They're all important, of course. But differences in how Asians and Americans answer this question help to explain the U.S. disadvantage in math and science achievement.
1) Screening for chlamydia is cost effective versus no screening and subsequent treatment of the disease. 2) Annals of Internal Medicine Launches New Series to help physicians lead the charge to redesign health care. 3) Treatment options, counseling, followup and survelliance skills need to be employed by physicians and other health care workers with individuals that have recently been exposed to HIV via sexual relations. 4) Alendronate, a bisphosphonate, has been shown to prevent bone loss in women without osteoporosis.
Inexpensive screening of all sexually active young women under 30 for Chlamydia trachomatis infection would vastly reduce infertility and the costly medical complications of this sexually transmitted disease, according to results of a Johns Hopkins study.
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