Public Awareness and Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Prevention: a Cross-Sectional Survey.

We aimed to investigate awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) lifestyle risk factors, willingness to participate in CRC screening, and preferences concerning channels for information on CRC prevention in the general population, including the target age of the upcoming Norwegian national CRC screening program. The present study was a cross-sectional online survey of adults aged 39 to 55 years registered as Kantar Web Panel respondents in Norway. The survey included demographic characteristics, multiple choice knowledge questions of lifestyle risk factors for CRC, attitudes towards CRC screening, and preferred channels for receiving information on CRC prevention.

'This is not psychoanalysis': on the stony way of the Danish Psychoanalytical Society.

When Freud founded the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), he wanted a network of local groups responsible for psychoanalytic training. The groups would function as 'headquarters whose business it would be to declare: "All this nonsense is nothing to do with analysis; this is not psychoanalysis".' Today, with psychoanalytic pluralism, Tuckett (in press) has asked 'Does anything go?' He has pointed out that the psychoanalytic community has been increasingly willing to accept within its ranks apparently very varied approaches to theory and practice, and that this increasing diversity has many negative consequences for psychoanalytic institutions and especially for training schemas.

Vascular nursing Internet resources: tools for cyberspace.

An older, more complex patient population, rapidly changing treatment modalities, and nontraditional venues for health care delivery have become commonplace in managing patients with vascular disorders. The delay in dissemination of information by conventional publishing and problems in accessibility create obstacles for nurses caring for this high-risk population. The Internet provides us with many valuable resources in addressing this problem.

In vitro evaluations of condoms with and without nonoxynol 9 as physical and chemical barriers against Chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus type 2, and human immunodeficiency virus.

Simulated in vitro intercourse conditions demonstrated that unlubricated latex condoms provide an effective physical barrier to high concentrations of Chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus type 2, and human immunodeficiency virus. However, since condoms can be damaged after manufacturing inspection and prior to use, latex condoms alone should not be perceived as absolute protection against STDs. Nonoxynol 9 used in conjunction with condoms provided additional, yet still not foolproof, protection against the three viruses.