A longitudinal study of the expectations of nurse practitioner (Primex) students at UCLA and their job evaluations (before, during, and after training and preceptorship) reported more interest, variety, and creativity without corresponding salary increases in their new roles. However, the role of nurse practitioner was more stressful and less…

Sequential urinalysis of four premature infants with marked physiologic anemia demonstrated no erythropoietin (substances which may stimulate red blood cell formulation). (CL)

Levels of serum IgE (an immunoglobulin carrying reaginic antibody activity) were investigated in 16 Down's syndrome adolescents (12-to 18-years old) and in an equal number of retardates matched for age and sex residing in the same institution. (CL)

Banding techniques were used in follow-up chromosome studies on two adult institutionalized retardates who had been previously described as having a low ridge count due to a high number of arches on the fingertips associated with undefined chromosomal abnormalities. (CL)

This report summarizes advances in the understanding of Alzheimer's disease, the major cause of mental disability among older Americans. The demography of the disease is discussed, noting that approximately 2.5 million American adults are afflicted with the disease and that the large increase in the number of Alzheimer's disease patients is due to…

The objective of research in contraceptive evaluation is to improve the ability of individuals to choose contraceptive methods best suited to their needs and circumstances and to provide information that will lead to the development of safer and more effective methods. There are usually three considerations in judging the importance of a method of…

Six 4- to 37-year-old patients with tuberosis sclerosis (a chronic condition characterized by siezures, intercranial calcification, a reddish-yellow sebaceous glandular mass on the face, and frequent crises in early years), did not exhibit an elevation of the (alpha + beta) globulin fraction in their serum. (Author/MC)

This article reviews the implications elicited from questionnaires and interviews of male and female college students who had experienced paruresis or periodic inability to initiate micturition. (JS)

Presented is the case history of a newborn infant in which death from jaundice was probably connected with maternal ingestion of fava beans and large dosages of Vitamin C. (DB)

Evaluation of 222 infants with imperforate anus found an incidence of cardiovascular malformations 20 times greater than would be expected. (DB)