Total family unit Helicobacter pylori eradication and pediatric re-infection rates.

Background: Re-infection with Helicobacter pylori is more common in children than adults, and it is generally accepted that the family unit plays a significant role in primary childhood infection. We investigated whether the family unit plays a significant role in pediatric re-infection and if eradication of H. pylori from the entire family reduces the risk of childhood re-infection.

Long-term effects of pubertal anabolic-androgenic steroid exposure on reproductive and aggressive behaviors in male rats.

The current study examined acute and long-term effects of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) exposure during puberty on copulation, vocalizations, scent marking, and intermale aggression, both with and without tail pinch, in intact male rats. Animals received 5 mg/kg of testosterone, nandrolone, stanozolol, or vehicle, beginning at puberty. After 5 weeks, behavior tests were performed while continuing AAS injections.

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome across cardiorespiratory fitness levels in women.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome across age strata and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels in women.

Research Methods And Procedures: 7104 women underwent a physical examination, including a maximal treadmill exercise test. Participants were divided into CRF quintiles according to age.

The detection and management of vaginal atrophy.

Objective: To support the practitioner in the diagnosis of vaginal atrophy and in the management of the related symptoms.

Options: The modalities of evaluation range from basic pelvic examination, examination of the vulva, and laboratory tests.

Outcomes: A comprehensive approach to the detection of vaginal atrophy and a discussion of available therapeutic and nontherapeutic options.

The impact of cognitive distortions, stress, and adherence on metabolic control in youths with type 1 diabetes.

Purpose: To investigate the role of cognitive distortions in the relationship between adherence behavior, diabetes-specific stress, general stress, and metabolic control.

Methods: Obtained questionnaire data, glucometer readings, and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbgA(1c)) assays from 143 youths (11-18 years old) with type 1 diabetes. Examined path model of relationships between cognitive distortions, stress, adherence behavior, and metabolic control.

Bead-based immunoassays with microelectrode detection.

The suitability of a microelectrode as the detector for a small-volume, bead-based enzyme-labeled immunoassay for later use in a microfluidic device was investigated. The microelectrode helps to overcome consumption of the electroactive species by the electrode (depletion) that is encountered with macroelectrodes such as the rotating disk electrode (RDE) and allows the volume of the detection cell to be reduced. Microelectrodes also allow the chemical reactions to be monitored in real time due to the electrodes' close proximity to the assay site.

AIC model selection using Akaike weights.

The Akaike information criterion (AIC; Akaike, 1973) is a popular method for comparing the adequacy of multiple, possibly nonnested models. Current practice in cognitive psychology is to accept a single model on the basis of only the "raw" AIC values, making it difficult to unambiguously interpret the observed AIC differences in terms of a continuous measure such as probability. Here we demonstrate that AIC values can be easily transformed to so-called Akaike weights (e.

Early childhood mental health: services that can save a life.

The Give a Kid a Chance Omnibus Mental Health Services Act of 2003 (H.R.81) is a worthwhile proposal that endorses mental health services for children, adolescents, and their families.

Picking up the challenge: developing a methodology to enumerate and assess the needs of the street homeless population.

This study represents the first enumeration of the street homeless population in Canada. Past enumeration attempts have been challenged on their significant methodological shortcomings. This enumeration directly addressed the lessons learned from previous attempts, and improvements to the methodology are presented and discussed.

Continence pessaries in the management of urinary incontinence in women.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of continence pessaries for the management of urinary incontinence in women.

Methods: A retrospective review of the records of 100 women who chose to try a pessary to treat their urinary incontinence. Demographic data, presenting symptoms, physical findings, results of objective testing (pad tests and urodynamics), and incontinence outcomes were abstracted.

Augmenting treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with Antonovsky's sense of coherence theory.

Topic: The complex nature of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) necessitates a multifaceted approach to treatment.

Purpose: To examine Antonovsky's sense of coherence theory as a framework for psychotherapy to optimize treatment for individuals with OCD.

Sources: Selective literature review.

Effects of pubertal anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) administration on reproductive and aggressive behaviors in male rats.

Adolescence in human males is a hormonally sensitive period when many adult behaviors develop, including sexual and aggressive behaviors. Using a rat model, the authors examined the effects of three anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) during puberty: testosterone, nandrolone, and stanozolol. Copulation, vocalizations, scent-marking, and aggression were tested following AAS exposure.

Maternal serum screening in Ontario using the triple marker test.

Objectives: To summarise the experience and evaluate the performance of the Ontario maternal serum screening (MSS) programme.

Setting: The Ontario MSS programme between October 1993 and September 2000.

Methods: This study used information collected in the Ontario MSS database, which contains data on each screened pregnancy.

Faculty development: academic opportunities for emergency medicine faculty on education career tracks.

Medical school faculty members who specialize in the scholarship of teaching have unique requirements for academic advancement in universities with clinician-educator series. While excellence in teaching is the cornerstone of achievement, attention to traditional academic pursuits improves the likelihood of a favorable review by the institution's promotion and tenure committee. The teaching portfolio is an effective means to document performance.

Dissimilar items benefit from phonological similarity in serial recall.

In short-term serial recall, similar sounding items are remembered less well than items that do not sound alike. This phonological similarity effect has been observed with lists composed only of similar items, and also with lists that mix together similar and dissimilar items. An additional consistent finding has been what the authors call dissimilar immunity, the finding that ordered recall of dissimilar items is the same whether these items occur in pure dissimilar or mixed lists.

Molecular characterization of an inherited ring (19) demonstrating ring opening.

Ring chromosomes arise following breakage in both chromosome arms and rejoining of the centric segment at the broken ends or by end-to-end fusion of the telomeres. The phenotype of ring carriers is unpredictable, and developmental abnormalities may occur even when the ring appears to be structurally balanced. This is believed to be due to mitotic instability from abnormal segregation and sister chromatid exchange in somatic cells.

RETIRED: Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure.

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