A student's inability to keep pace with the demands of the classroom can produce feelings of inadequacy, performance anxiety, depleted motivation, and even behavioral maladjustment. Too often, schools respond to such students with well-intentioned procedures or guidelines that fail to meet the needs of the thwarted learner. However, in recent…

Universities have much to contribute to the improvement of health delivery, research, and teaching/learning. In progressing health reform, the Government should be mindful of the need to: (1) strengthen high quality medical research; (2) promote translation of research to teaching, population health and health services; and (3) address Health…

With National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Aging (NIH/NIA) (R15/AREA) funding, the authors offered a four-credit hour undergraduate research course that was cross-listed in gerontology and sociology. This capstone course was aimed at providing students with the opportunity to (1) gain knowledge about diabetes and racial/ethnic…

The biggest breakthrough in medical research may well be the broad-spectrum drugs called prostaglandins. (Editor)

Our understanding of mind-brain interaction has been vastly altered by studies that now offer a clearer picture of the two brain hemispheres and their specialized forms of intellect. (Editor)

Contained are 15 papers presented at the sixth annual AMA Congress on Environmental Health. Three papers are concerned with noise induced hearing loss as it relates to pathological effects, the role of physicians in workmen's compensation cases, and exposure to steady-state noise. Five papers deal with noise control as it relates to medical…

This article discusses the sale of various biofeedback systems. (RC)

On January 1, 1977, the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research commenced operations as part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Though some aspects of the research it is undertaking is a new departure, the Institute itself is by no means new. Discusses its early history, recent development, and the content of its…

Various studies indicate that Vitamin C does not prevent or cure a cold, but it may ameliorate symptoms in some individuals. The development of a balanced life-style is more effective towards cold prevention. (DF)

The definition of comparative medicine is discussed, and a review of its history is given along with examples of its use. The author asserts that comparative medicine should be centered on disease phenomena, not on humans. (CB)

Ways in which medical successes have come about are reviewed, including who and what were responsible for the clinical advances, what sped or held them back, and lessons that decrease the likelihood of failure. Consideration is given to clinical application, the use of task forces and commissions, and scientific literature. (LBH)

Discussed is the author's concern with the regulatory functioning of the Food and Drug Administration in the approval of psychoactive and other drugs for children and adults. (DB)

In children with myelomeningocele, paralysis and loss of sensation occur below the level of the spinal cord lesion. Since upper extremity functioning does not seem to be impaired in these cases, this study describes hand function and relationships between hand function and motor, sensory, and intellectual levels. (JA)