The News Review:
- Teen drug abuse moves to the medicine cabinet
- … : Takano Choei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in…
- Stressed Out? Grab Hubby’s Hand
- Buildup Of Damaged DNA In Cells Drives Aging
- Bacteria may make people obesity-prone
- Margaret Edson’s Wit and the art of analogy.(Author abstract)
Teen drug abuse moves to the medicine cabinet
Christian Science Monitor - Dec 22, 2006
The newly released Monitoring the Future study, which experts consider to be one of the most definitive in the US, is done by the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It found that teen use of marijuana - their most common drug - declined from 35 percent in 2001 to 29 percent in 2006. “The broad nature of these declines across multiple drugs and alcohol and cigarettes. is a kind of youth movement for the good,” says John Walters, director of National Drug Control Policy at the press conference in Washington. “This shows us that we can as a society push back and make a difference… because I had no clue he was using at all, and this is from someone who’s in prevention and knows what to look for. Walters says that in order to prevent such tragedies there’s something that everyone can do to help deal with the hike in prescription drug abuse. “Go to your medicine cabinet, take unused prescription [medication] and throw them away,” says Walters.
… : Takano Choei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in…
Free with registration - Pacific Affairs - AccessMyLibrary.com - Dec 22, 2006
ISBN 0-674-01952-0. The practical aspect of Western medicine in nineteenth-century Japan seems evident when observing the evolution of “practical learning” in the second half of the eighteenth century, which was characterized by its quest for utility to the country and to the world. Aware of this historical and social background, Ellen Gardner Nakamura draws on the approach of T. Tazaki, who produced a series.
Stressed Out? Grab Hubby’s Hand
Washington Post - Dec 22, 2006
And if you’re spouse-less? Holding any male’s hand is better than none. That’s the conclusion of a study published in the December issue of the journalPsychological Science. “Hand-holding is second nature for kids” when they’re under stress, said James A. Coan, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Virginia, who led the study. “This can also work for adults. “The happier the marriage, the greater the stress-reducing benefit, Coan found. But even a stranger’s hand can help reduce stress, he said… One of my students said, ‘It’s like the brain is contracting out some of the work,’ keeping our brain less stressed. Charles Goodstein, a psychoanalyst at New York University Medical Center and a clinical professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine, said the study gives scientific credence to long-time observations. “Interaction between members of a species can have a momentous impact on emotion, and emotion can have a profound impact on bodily functioning,” he said. Often, Goodstein noted, medications are used to provide relief from anxiety and anticipated anxiety. “This study shows that there is a better way. “More informationTo learn more about social support and its health effects, visit the.
Buildup Of Damaged DNA In Cells Drives Aging
Science Daily - Science Daily (press release) - Dec 22, 2006
22, 2006) — The accumulation of genetic damage in our cells is a major contributor to how we age, according to a study published in the journal Nature by an international group of researchers. The study found that mice completely lacking a critical gene for repairing damaged DNA grow old rapidly and have physical, genetic and hormonal profiles very similar to mice that grow old naturally. Furthermore, the premature aging symptoms of the mice led to the discovery of a new type of human progeria, a rare inherited disease in which affected individuals age rapidly and die prematurely. See also: Health & MedicineGenesHealthy AgingHuman BiologyBreast CancerDiseases and ConditionsHormone Disorders Reference… , assistant professor of molecular genetics and biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and first author of the study. How the researchers came to study the relationship between DNA damage and aging began almost serendipitously in the late 1990s while Dr. Niedernhofer was a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Hoeijmakers’ laboratory at Erasmus Medical Center, a well-known European center for medical genetics, including the diagnosis of people with unusual sensitivity to sunlight. A German physician had contacted the center about a 15-year old Afghan boy who was highly sensitive to the sun and had other debilitating symptoms including weight loss, muscle wasting, hearing loss, visual impairment, anemia, hypertension and kidney failure.
Bacteria may make people obesity-prone
Telegraph.co.uk - Dec 22, 2006
The human digestive system is home to between 10 trillion and 100 trillion bacteria - at least 10 times the number of human cells in the body. Our gastrointestinal tracts house two dominant groups of beneficial bacteria, the Bacteroidetes and the Firmicutes, which help us to break down otherwise indigestible foods. The relative proportion of Bacteroidetes is lower in obese compared with lean people, Prof Jeffrey Gordon of Washington University School of Medicine, Dr Ruth Ley and colleagues report in Nature. And the proportion increases as weight is lost on low calorie diets, revealing how Bacteroidetes could help weight loss. In a second study, the team underlines the role of the microbes by reporting that species in obese mice are better at harvesting calories from food - breaking down otherwise indigestible molecules - than those found in their lean littermates. And the effect is transmissible - when ‘obese microbes’ are transplanted into germ-free mice their total body fat increases more than when ‘lean microbes’ are transplanted. “The amount of calories you consume by eating, and the amount of calories you expend by exercising are key determinants of your tendency to be obese or lean,” said Prof Gordon.
Margaret Edson’s Wit and the art of analogy.(Author abstract)
Free with registration - Style - AccessMyLibrary.com - Dec 22, 2006
Kelekian, the senior specialist, announces to Vivian that she has a terminal illness, his tone is matter-of-fact, devoid of any expression of empathic intuition of what this announcement may mean to her: “Please sit down. Miss Bearing, you have advanced metastatic ovarian cancer” (7). He then continues to explain to her the aggressive nature of her cancer, interrupting his explanation with a tactlessly automatic question–”So far, so good?” (10)–completely disregarding the inadequacy of the literal meaning of good in this context. Furthermore, Kelekian often exhorts Vivian to “keep pushing the fluids. ” as if she were a human machine, and when she returns to hospital very sick, after a short release, Kelekian says: “You’re doing swell. Isolation is no problem.
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