The chapter maps the development of welfare state reforms in Western Europe and Northern America, central and eastern Europe, North East Asia, and Latin America. It identifies specific trends such as the focus on demographics in Asia, new instruments to fight poverty in Latin America, a novel human capital perspective in the Baltic region, the focu...
L'Amérique dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle est cet espace lointain, mieux connu mais encore tellement flou dans les représentations françaises. Est-elle peuplée, dans sa partie septentrionale, par des bons ou des mauvais sauvages ? Est-elle habitée par des colons hardis se bâtant pour la liberté, ou par des cultivateurs paresseux qui ont fu...
Published in Der Radiologe
Die alten randomisiert-kontrollierten Studien erbrachten den Nachweis, dass durch Einladung zur Teilnahme an einem Mammographiescreening mit/ohne klinische Untersuchung der Effekt der Mortalitätsreduktion erreicht wird und unterstreichen die Sensitivität der Mammographie als Detektionstest. Jüngste Kritik hat sich in der wissenschaftlichen Auseinan...
Published in JAMA
These results suggest that women who have ever used earlier formulations of OCs and who also have a first-degree relative with breast cancer may be at particularly high risk for breast cancer. Further studies of women with a strong family history who have used more recent lower-dosage formulations of OCs are needed to determine how women with a fam...
Published in Fertility and sterility
This longitudinal observational study determined the effect of oral contraceptive (OC) use during adolescence on peak bone mass (PBM). The sample comprised 62 non-Hispanic, White females in The Penn State Young Women's Health Study, who were studied for 8 years between the ages of 12 and 20. There were 28 OC users who used OCs for a minimum of 6 mo...
Published in AIDS care
Many over-the-counter microbicidal contraceptive methods reduce the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases. This pilot project compared the use of female controlled barrier methods in an extremely high-risk population of low-income drug abusing women following an intervention designed to promote HIV risk reduction and barrier use. An HIV t...
Published in JAMA
This paper presents the findings of a retrospective review of charts of sexual assault survivors who were offered postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) between April 1998 and November 1999 at San Francisco General Hospital. The total cost of PEP medications was also computed. Overall, it is noted that one-third of the 367 sexual assault survivors chose to...
Published in AIDS weekly
OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OMCM), Miami, Florida, announced it is partnering with Optima WorldWide, Ltd., to launch US testing of a vaginal gel for the potential prevention of pregnancy and the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Surete Gel, which is already being sold in China as a vaginal disinfectant and contraceptive, is being tested...
Published in AIDS weekly
This article reports on the plans of President Clinton to sign a bill establishing a trust fund care for African AIDS victims. Clinton planned to use his weekly radio address to announce the signing. The signing will likely take place in Lake Placid, New York. Clinton also planned to direct Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers to begin negotiations ...
