Can disclaimer labels or Dove Evolution commercial mitigate negative effects of thin-ideal exposure?

We examined the comparative effectiveness of the Dove Evolution commercial and disclaimer labels as media literacy interventions. Women ( N = 287) viewed thin-ideal images by themselves, preceded by the Dove Evolution commercial, or containing specific or generic disclaimer labels. Participants completed pre- and post-test measures of body satisfaction, post-test social comparison, and media literacy.

Aortic Root Abscess Clearly Shown on 111In-Leukocyte Scan But Less Obvious on Transesophageal Echocardiogram.

A 79-year-old man with history of aortic stenosis, status post bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement, episodes of bacteremia, and endocarditis presented to hospital with fever. Clinical assessment led to suspicion of possible endocarditis. Initial interpretation of transesophageal echocardiogram was inconclusive without vegetation in mitral/aortic valve.

Age differences in body image responses to idealized male figures in music television.

Little is known about how middle-aged and older men are affected by idealized depictions of male singers in music television. A total of 116 males completed pre- and post-test measures of body satisfaction, mood, and social comparison and viewed 5 minutes of clips containing scenery, muscular- or average-looking singers. Negative effects were restricted to young men who viewed the muscular clips.

The distribution of Elongation Factor-1 Alpha (EF-1alpha), Elongation Factor-Like (EFL), and a non-canonical genetic code in the ulvophyceae: discrete genetic characters support a consistent phylogenetic framework.

The systematics of the green algal class Ulvophyceae have been difficult to resolve with ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Therefore, we investigated relationships among ulvophycean orders by determining the distribution of two discrete genetic characters previously identified only in the order Dasycladales. First, Acetabularia acetabulum uses the core translation GTPase Elongation Factor 1alpha (EF-1alpha) while most Chlorophyta instead possess the related GTPase Elongation Factor-Like (EFL).

Development of review criteria for assessing the quality of management of stable angina, adult asthma, and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in general practice.

Objective: To develop review criteria to assess the quality of care for three major chronic diseases: adult asthma, stable angina, and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.

Subjects And Methods: Modified panel process based upon the RAND/UCLA (University College of Los Angeles) appropriateness method. Three multiprofessional panels made up of general practitioners, hospital specialists, and practice nurses.

Comparison of out of hours care provided by patients' own general practitioners and commercial deputising services: a randomised controlled trial. II: The outcome of care.

Objective: To compare the outcome of out of hours care given by general practitioners from patients' own practices and by commercial deputising services.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Four urban areas in Manchester, Salford, Stockport, and Leicester.

Comparison of out of hours care provided by patients' own general practitioners and commercial deputising services: a randomised controlled trial. I: The process of care.

Objective: To compare the process of out of hours care provided by general practitioners from patients' own practices and by commercial deputising services.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Four urban areas in Manchester, Salford, Stockport, and Leicester.

Comparison of outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction aged > 75 years with that in younger patients.

Despite the advancements in reperfusion therapy, elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continue to have higher mortality and complication rates than younger patients. To evaluate this group we reviewed 994 consecutive patients with AMI at our hospital during a 24-month period. There were 307 patients aged > 75 years and 687 younger patients.

Out of hours primary care centres: characteristics of those attending and declining to attend.

Objectives: To study the number, demography, and clinical details of patients who agreed or refused to attend centralised primary care centres for out of hours medical care and to study the satisfaction with the service of those who attended.

Design: Data collected by telephonists and doctors. Satisfaction questionnaires given to patients who attended.

Organisation of primary care services outside normal working hours.

Objective: To determine the use and organisation of out of hours services in primary care.

Design: Telephone survey.

Setting: Family health services authorities in England and Wales.

Randomized prospective evaluation of prolonged versus abbreviated intravenous heparin therapy after coronary angioplasty.

Objectives: This study was designed to prospectively evaluate the routine use of continuous heparin therapy after successful uncomplicated coronary angioplasty.

Background: The use of such therapy varies among institutions and may increase the incidence of complications. Evaluation of the risks and benefits of abbreviated heparin therapy combined with early sheath removal after coronary angioplasty is necessary to determine optimal postprocedure care.

Aggressive treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Management options for various settings.

Multiple lifesaving options are currently available for treatment of acute myocardial infarction as a medical emergency. Serial electrocardiography and continuous ST-segment monitoring, urgent echocardiography, rapid enzyme analysis, and cardiac catheterization may all assist in the accurate and early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Both intravenous thrombolytic therapy and direct infarct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty are of benefit in early treatment.

Outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction who are ineligible for thrombolytic therapy.

Objective: To determine what proportion of patients with acute myocardial infarction are not eligible for thrombolytic therapy and to assess their natural history.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: A large community-based hospital.

The List of Threatening Experiences: the reliability and validity of a brief life events questionnaire.

During the 23 years since the original work of Holmes & Rahe, research into stressful life events on human subjects has tended towards the development of longer and more complex inventories. The List of Threatening Experiences (LTE) of Brugha et al., by virtue of its brevity, overcomes difficulties of clinical application.

Early hospital discharge after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

To determine the safety and efficacy of early hospital discharge after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), 100 patients were studied prospectively. A telemetry observation unit was established to monitor patients having uncomplicated procedures. A total of 170 lesions were dilated, with a procedural success rate of 96% and a clinical success rate of 91%.

A new interstellar polyatomic molecule: detection of propynal in the cold cloud TMC-1.

We report the detection of the acetylene derivative propynal (HC triple bond CCHO) in the cold cloud TMC-1, with an abundance that is very close to that for the related species tricarbon monoxide (C3O). Propadienone, an isomer of propynal with the formula H2C=C=C=O, was not detected and is hence less abundant than either C3O or HC2CHO.

Echocardiographic left ventricular mass and function in the hypertensive baboon.

Nonhuman primates with chronic systemic hypertension provide an ideal model for studying structural and functional alterations associated with compensatory cardiac hypertrophy. Since noninvasive techniques are useful for the longitudinal evaluation of these animals, we sought to critically asses the M-mode echocardiographic estimation of left ventricular mass in the baboon and to characterize estimates of left ventricular size and function in baboons with chronic renal hypertension. In 23 baboons (12 normotensive, 11 chronic hypertensive), M-mode echocardiography-determined left ventricular mass was 73 +/- 13 (SE) g as compared with the necropsy weight of 69 +/- 11 g (p = NS), and the correlation was excellent (r = 0.

Tricarbon monoxide in TMC-1.

We report the measurement of three new lines of C3O in TMC-1. The observed peak antenna temperatures, appropriately corrected for atmospheric and telescope losses, are found to be consistent with a large velocity gradient radiative transfer model whose parameters span the range of standard values for this cloud. The derived fractional abundance for C3O is 1.

Assessment of beta-adrenoceptor selectivity of a new beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, bisoprolol, in man.

Bisoprolol is a new beta-adrenoceptor antagonist which has shown beta-adrenoceptor selectivity in studies in isolated tissues. Bronchial and cardiac beta-adrenoceptor blockade were assessed in eight normal subjects before and after oral ingestion of placebo, bisoprolol 20 and 40 mg, metoprolol 200 mg and propranolol 80 mg in random order. Bronchial beta-adrenoceptor blockade was assessed as the displacement of the bronchodilator dose-response curve to inhaled isoprenaline after each beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug compared to placebo and expressed as the dose ratio.