Brief intervention for prenatal alcohol use: a randomized trial.

Objective: To test the effectiveness of a brief intervention in the reduction of prenatal alcohol consumption by women when a partner is included.

Methods: Randomized trial of a single session brief intervention given by the study nurse or principal investigator for 304 pregnant women and their partners. The women had positive T-ACE (Tolerance, Annoyed, Cut down, Eye-opener, an alcohol screening test) results and were at risk for alcohol consumption while pregnant.

Human seminal plasma protein allergy: a diagnosis rarely considered.

Women with seminal plasma protein allergy (SPPA) have an immunologic response to human semen. Symptoms vary from local inflammation and pruritus to systemic anaphylaxis after exposure. The first case was documented in Germany in 1958.