Pregnancy during residency.

To identify possible barriers to women physicians who wish to combine parenting with medical careers, we studied 56 of 64 pregnancies from the past 10 years in 63 of 66 Harvard-affiliated residency programs. Pregnancies during residency were common (one in eight married women in 1983) and were usually planned (77 percent). Most institutions were unprepared for pregnancies among members of the house staff; four fifths of the programs had no maternity-leave policy.

Preparation of a modified glucose oxidase reagent for the polarographic determinationof glucose with the Beckman "glucose analyzer".

In this modification, glucose oxidase, 140-180 U/ml, is dissolved in acetate buffer (pH 6):ethanol (96%):glycerol (80:10:10 by vol). Iodine and molybdate are used as catalysts, formaldehyde and mercuric iodide as preservatives, and octanol as an antifoaming agent. The reagent is suitable for use in the Beckman "Glucose Analyzer", it is stable at room temperature for at least six months, it is sensitive, it has a lubricating effect, and its cost is less than a fifth as much as the "Certified" Beckman reagent.