Publications

immigration and urban change.	this article discusses the relationship between the new immigration (migrants who have arrived in the us since 1965) and the changing economic and ecological characteristics of the cities in which they have settled. the author concentrates on new york, los angeles, chicago, san francisco, and miami, which together contain 46% of all 1965-1980 immigrants. the new immigration began with the hart-cellar act in 1965, which abolished the old country of origins quota, affirmed family connections as ...	1989	12316381
abortion: the continuing controversy.	while most countries of the world practice abortion, government policy, medical opinion, private opinion and actual practice vary widely. although mortality from legal abortions is quite low, complications rise sharply after 12 gestational weeks. no conclusive proof shows adverse postabortion psychological effects. romania, japan and the soviet union experienced declining birth rates when abortion was made available and new york city saw a decline in illegitimacy of approximately 12% from 197 ...	1972	12306354
hepatitis c virus and human immunodeficiency virus-1 co-infection in former heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment.	to investigate hepatitis c (hcv) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1) prevalence in former opiate or heroin addicts currently in methadone maintenance treatment (mmt).	2002	12296502
cdc warns of hiv "clusters" in low-prevalence areas.	the us centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) recently reported an outbreak of hiv infection among a group of young women in rural chautauqua county, new york, who apparently contracted hiv from a single, highly infectious man. although the index case refused to donate blood for analysis, 13 of the 47 women who had sex with the man became infected. the 10 primary contacts who provided blood samples for analysis were infected with highly similar viruses. the 13 women who apparently a ...	1999	12295183
district judge acquits new york state clinic blockaders.	in january 1997, a us district court judge in new york dismissed charges against two anti-abortion protestors who had been obstructing access to a reproductive health care facility. the previous february, the same judge had issued an injunction barring the protestors from violating the freedom of access to clinic entrances act (face). in the current ruling, the judge dismissed contempt charges issued after the protestors violated the injunction because the protestors were a monk and a retired ...	1997	12292102
milton v. cary medical center, 22 february 1988.	in maine, the parents of a viable fetus brought a wrongful death action charging a hospital and physician with negligence resulting in the death of the fetus. the court held that, for the purposes of the state's wrongful death statute, a fetus is not a person and that the action could not be maintained. in 1988, other us courts reached the following decisions: 1) a viable fetus is not a human being as defined by the aggravated vehicular homicide statute of kansas (state vs. trudell); 2) there ...	1988	12289582
planned parenthood federation of america v. bowen, 25 february 1988.	the plaintiffs were family planning (fp) services and physicians who sought a preliminary injunction against enforcement of regulations promulgated by the secretary of health and human services of the us. the regulations prohibited counseling and referral for abortion services by fp services that receive funds under title x of the public health services act. the court held that the regulations exceeded the secretary's authority, since nothing in title x or legislative history relating to its e ...	1988	12289568
doe v. smith, 15 june 1988.	the unmarried natural father of an unborn child applied to the us supreme court for an injunction forbidding the mother of the child to have an abortion. justice stevens, acting as circuit justice, denied the application. he ruled that the father's interest in the unborn child was outweighed by the mother's constitutionally protected right to have an abortion and that serious doubts existed whether there was a federal remedy to the father's request since the mother could obtain an abortion wit ...	1988	12289565
banning of funding for the use of fetal tissue for experimentation, march 1988.	in march 1988 the department of health and human services of the us issued a temporary ban on experimental transplants of fetal tissues. the ban was extended on 1 november 1989. see the new york times, 2 november 1989, section a, p. 1.	1988	12289558
new york state club ass'n v. city of new york, 20 june 1988.	the plaintiffs, a consortium of private clubs, sought an order declaring unconstitutional new york city local law 63. this law stipulates that clubs with more than 400 members that provide regular meal services and regularly receive payment directly or indirectly from or on the behalf of nonmembers for the furtherance of trade or business would not to be considered "distinctly private" and, thus, would be subject to the city's human rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, cr ...	1988	12289263
why schools should make condoms available to teenagers.	the controversy surrounding sex education and condom availability programs in schools in new york city and throughout the us continues because parents worry that such programs encourage teenagers to engage in sexual behavior. but the reality is that more and more teenagers are engaging in sexual behavior anyway. the carnegie council on adolescent development found the 17% of girls and 29% of boys engaged in sexual intercourse by the time they were 16 years old. many parents are ready to blame ...	1994	12287913
the making of an immigrant niche.	"this article speaks to the conceptual and methodological issues in research on the making of an immigrant niche through a case study of immigrant professionals in new york city government." the author argues that "the growth of this immigrant niche resulted from changes in the relative supply of native workers and in the structure of employment, which opened the bureaucracy to immigrants and reduced native/immigrant competition. these shifts opened hiring portals; given the advantages of netw ...	1994	12287276
susan philliber, ph.d.: investigating the decision for sterilization among poor women.	a study conducted by dr. susan philliber with support from the national institute of child health and human development, "sterilization decision making and consequences among poor women," offers important information for family planning counselors. this study, which was carried out in 1985-89, involved interviews with 1800 women at public hospitals clinics in atlanta, new york city, and pittsburgh. unique was the longitudinal design of the study, which enabled multiple interviews with subjects o ...	1992	12285570
economic woes mean cuts to family planning services.	due to budget cuts at the federal, state, and local levels, family planning clinics that rely in public funding are facing financial hardship. in 1980, the federal government provided $162 million for family planning under title 10. but for 1991, the allocation was down to $140 million. compared to 1980, there are 100 fewer government-funded clinics providing family planning. many health clinics have simply ceased providing such services. the community family planning council in new yor ...	1991	12284064
[american policy (1986-1989): results and limits].	although the american program to legalize illegal immigrants succeeded in giving legal status to over 3 million foreigners between 1987-88, the experience contributes to understanding of the limitations in a state's ability to control illegal immigration. some part of the illegal population entitled to legalization failed to apply to 1 of the 110 offices opened for the purpose, but the proportion is debatable because in the us as elsewhere the exact numbers and characteristics of the illegal po ...	1990	12283120
africa and the aids myth.	the recently released television documentary, "monkey business, aids: the african story," has created controversy in europe with its premise that aids did not originate in africa. although aids 1st appeared in new york in 1981 and was not recorded in africa until 1983, researchers and the media have promoted the theory that aids came from africa through human contact with the green monkey. subsequent research forced the original champions of this "green monkey connection" theory to acknowledge ...	1990	12282947
family planning services and population research act.	the senate human resources subcommittee under the chairmanship of senator alan cranston has completed its work on the family planning services and population research amendments of 1973 (s. 1708) and has referred the bill to the senate labor and public welfare committee. right-to-life activists are zeroing in on committee members in hopes of amending the bill to prohibit federal funds for sterilization and continued research on abortifacient drugs. if such provisions were to be approved, it w ...	1973	12276914
deaths in world trade center terrorist attacks--new york city, 2001.	on september 11, 2001, terrorists flew two hijacked airplanes into the world trade center (wtc) in lower manhattan in new york city (nyc), destroying both towers of the wtc. this report presents preliminary vital statistics on the deaths caused by the terrorist attacks and describes the procedures developed by the new york city department of health and mental hygiene (nycdohmh) to issue death certificates in response to the attacks. these data underscore the need for legal mechanisms to expedite ...	2002	12238537
prevalence and determinants of burnout among physical and occupational therapists.	it is generally speculated that the ongoing changes in the health care system may increase the incidence of burnout among health care providers. the purposes of this cross-sectional study were to determine (1) the prevalence of burnout among physical therapists (pts) and occupational therapists (ots), (2) sociodemographic and work-related factors associated with emotional exhaustion (ee), depersonalization (dp), and personal achievement (pa) traits of pts and ots. in fall 1998, 169 pts and 138 o ...	2002	12227263
vaccines to treat encephalitis lethargica: human experiments at the neurological institute of new york, 1929-1940.	encephalitis lethargica, first observed in 1915, became a pandemic. because of its presumed infectious basis, there were early attempts to treat it with vaccines. the history of the use of these vaccines has not been analyzed.	2002	12223039
american immigration policy, chinese immigration, and chinese concentration in new york city.	this article explores the relationship between us immigration laws, chinese immigrants' initial choices of residences and occupations in new york city, and the recent expansion of new york's chinatown. data were obtained from a questionnaire administered to 121 chinese immigrants in new york in 1980. it was hypothesized that a high degree of immigrant concentration in areas such as chinatown is a result of migration policies that favor chain migration. during the period of time (1943-65) when ...	1985	12222470
regular use of aspirin and pancreatic cancer risk.	regular use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) has been consistently associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma, and there is some evidence for a protective effect for other types of cancer. as experimental studies reveal a possible role for nsaids is reducing the risk of pancreatic cancer, epidemiological studies examining similar associations in human populations become more important.	2002	12213184
ergonomic exposures in apple harvesting: preliminary observations.	recent research on occupational injury to apple harvest workers in new york and pennsylvania indicates that muscle strain is one of their leading problems. a descriptive study of ergonomic risks for strains of the shoulder and lower back among apple harvesters was carried out to identify opportunities for intervention.	2002	12210676
invalidated state regulations violated subjects' rights.		2000	12201314
court said irb had too much power to make consent decisions for minors.		2000	12199227
informed consent for research is related to basic legal rights of all individuals.		2000	12199224
public health impact of reemergence of rabies, new york.	this report summarizes the spread of a raccoon rabies epizootic into new york in the 1990s, the species of animals affected, and human postexposure treatments (pet). a total of 57,008 specimens were submitted to the state laboratory from 1993 to 1998; 8,858 (16%) animals were confirmed rabid, with raccoons the most common species (75%). after exposure to 11,769 animals, 18,238 (45%) persons received pet, mostly because of contact with saliva or nervous tissue. we analyzed expenditure reports to ...	2002	12194765
new york state laws on protection of human subjects conflict with each other.		1999	12194198
systemic lupus erythematosus disease severity in men and women: a case-control study.	to assess the severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) in men compared to women.	2002	12180728
the new york times ad.	feminization of patriarchal institutions is necessary in order to eliminate the exclusivity and mutuality of hierarchical, gender, class, and race stratification. the aim of this paper is to explain the history and activities surrounding the new york times ad on sunday, october 7, 1984 (the catholic statement on pluralism and abortion signed by barbara ferraro and patricia hussey of the sisters of note dame de namur, rose dominic trapasso of the maryknoll sisters, and 67 other signers). the si ...	1993	12178920
nursing the chronically critically ill patient.	the provision of care to the cci patient is complex, challenging, and unique. the advanced practice nursing model at mount sinai hospital is one successful care delivery model that fills the needs of both cci patients and the nurses who work with them. the following transferable aspects of the rcu add to the unit's successful outcomes: (1) an interdisciplinary approach assures that all aspects of care are included in the clinical plan; (2) clinical care pathways, algorithms, and standard protoco ...	2002	12140910
poliovirus advance sparks fears of data curbs.		2002	12124589
classic articles of 19th-century american neurologists: a critical review.	the purpose of this article is to critically review citation classics of 19th-century members of the american neurological association (ana), and to elaborate what these works contributed and why they continue to be important. most classic articles of 19th-century american neurologists were initial or early descriptions of clinical conditions, diseases, or procedures. these include descriptions by beard of the jumping frenchmen of maine; by sachs of "amaurotic family idiocy" (tay-sachs disease); ...	2002	12122807
parent to parent: preventing adolescent exposure to hiv.	a 2-year pilot program implemented by public health nurses (phns) in partnership with the leaders of parent associations of 10 urban high schools encouraged communication about health-promoting sexual behavior between adults and adolescents. the purpose was to assess the feasibility of involving parents in health promotion efforts in schools. during the first year, phns prepared a cohort of 17 parent trainers to make presentations to parent groups about the reality of teens' risk for human immun ...	1999	12119981
apartment residents' and day care workers' exposures to tetrachloroethylene and deficits in visual contrast sensitivity.	tetrachloroethylene (also called perchloroethylene, or perc), a volatile organic compound, has been the predominant solvent used by the dry-cleaning industry for many years. the u.s. environmental protection agency (epa) classified perc as a hazardous air pollutant because of its potential adverse impact on human health. several occupational studies have indicated that chronic, airborne perc exposure adversely affects neurobehavioral functions in workers, particularly visual color discrimination ...	2002	12117642
familial dysautonomia: detection of the ikbkap ivs20(+6t --> c) and r696p mutations and frequencies among ashkenazi jews.	familial dysautonomia (fd) is an autosomal recessive congenital neuropathy that occurs almost exclusively in the ashkenazi jewish (aj) population. mutations in the ikappab kinase complex-associated protein (ikbkap) gene cause fd. two ikbkap mutations, ivs20(+6t --> c) and r696p, have been identified in fd patients of aj descent. the splice site mutation ivs20(+6t --> c) is responsible for > 99.5% of known aj patients with fd, and haplotype analyses were consistent with a common founder. in contr ...	2002	12116234
bridging child welfare and juvenile justice: preventing unnecessary detention of foster children.	gaps in service coordination between child welfare and other child-serving agencies are well documented. this article examines the gap between the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and discusses a program, project confirm, designed to reduce the problems associated with this gap. project confirm aims to improve cooperation between juvenile justice and child welfare agencies to prevent the unnecessary detention of arrested foster children in secure facilities. the program's design is out ...	2002	12092669
seroprevalence of antibodies that react with anaplasma phagocytophila, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, in different populations in westchester county, new york.	we determined the frequencies of antibodies to anaplasma phagocytophila, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge), in different groups of adults and children from westchester county, new york. the groups included 159 adult blood donors and 215 children who were seronegative for borrelia burgdorferi antibodies, 118 adult patients and 57 children who were seropositive for b. burgdorferi antibodies, and 42 adult patients with culture-confirmed erythema migrans. eighteen (11.3%) of the blo ...	2002	12089287
protection of human subjects. effective 1 sep 1975.		1975	12085891
prospective study of infective endocarditis among injection drug users.	to determine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and other factors on infective endocarditis (ie) among injection drug users (idus), the incidence of ie was determined according to hiv status in a cohort of idus. a nested case-control study assessed ie risk factors. ie incidence (117 cases) was higher among hiv-seropositive than hiv-seronegative idus (13.8 vs. 3.3 cases/1000 person-years) during 1988-1998. multivariate analysis of hiv-infected case patients revealed an inv ...	2002	12085322
high prevalence of hepatitis c infection among patients receiving hemodialysis at an urban dialysis center.	to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection among patients at an urban outpatient hemodialysis center.	2002	12083235
the emergence of west nile virus in north america: ecology, epidemiology, and surveillance.	in late summer 1999, the first domestically acquired human cases of wn encephalitis were documented in the usa. aggressive vector-control and public education efforts by state and local public health officials limited the extent of human involvement. the discovery of virus-infected, overwintering mosquitoes during the winter of 1999-2000, predicted renewed virus activity for the following spring, and prompted early season vector-control activities and disease surveillance efforts in nyc and the ...	2002	12082991
construction and characterization of subgenomic replicons of new york strain of west nile virus.	the lineage i strain of west nile virus (wnv) frequently causes human epidemics, including the recent outbreak in north america (lanciotti et al., 1999, science 286:2333-2337). as an initial step in studying the replication and pathogenesis of wnv, we constructed several cdna clones of a wnv replicon derived from an epidemic strain (lineage i) isolated from the epicenter of new york city in the year 2000. replicon rnas were in vitro transcribed from cdna plasmids and transfected into bhk-21 cell ...	2002	12069521
the man in the wooden box.		2002	12064263
rust v. sullivan.	the federal public health service act specifies that no title x funds used for family planning services "shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning." in 1988, the secretary of health and human services promulgated regulations that prohibited title x projects from abortion counseling, referral, or advocacy. various title x doctors sued, alleging violations of their first and fifth amendment rights. the supreme court found the regulations to be a permissible constru ...	1991	12041295
north shore university hospital v. rosa.	the new york court of appeals upheld the lower appellate court's decision that a dental clinic's "isolation treatment" protocol did not violate the state human rights law. the clinic's protocol applied to any patient either known or perceived to be an intravenous drug abuser, a recipient of multiple blood transfusions, a hemodialysis patient, a male homosexual, a prostitute, or patient infected with hiv, hepatitis b, mononucleosis or tuberculosis. under the protocol, the patient was placed in an ...	1995	12041263
hecht v. kaplan.	the new york supreme court, appellate division, reversed the lower trial court and dismissed a patient's complaint that the unauthorized testing of her blood for a contagious disease violated her bodily integrity, constituted unauthorized human research, and breached a duty to warn her husband. trudy hecht had consented to blood withdrawal for cytomegalovirus (cmv) testing. at the time, an additional tube of blood was drawn from the same needle and puncture site. the second vial, however, was no ...	1996	12041121
t.d. v. new york state office of mental health.	the new york supreme court for new york county determined that a state regulation allowing substituted consent to research on mentally ill individuals by a spouse, parent, adult child or sibling, guardian, or authorized committee did not apply to nonfederally funded research. the court was asked by a group of involuntary state mental patients to decide on the validity of state regulations concerning participation in potentially high risk experimentation without consent. the patients, who were in ...	1995	12041120
t.d. v. new york state office of mental health.	the new york supreme court, appellate division, affirmed a lower court decision that invalidated a state regulation concerning informed consent by children or adults incapable of consent to experimentation with more than minimal risk. the new york mental health regulation had allowed third parties such as a spouse, parent, adult child, adult sibling, guardian, or authorized committee to make decisions about research participation by involuntarily committed state mental patients. at best possibly ...	1996	12041119
in re finn.	the new york supreme court, albany county, invalidated portions of new york's do not resuscitate (dnr) law for vagueness and rescinded a dnr order written for a sixty-seven year old profoundly retarded man with many ailments, none life threatening. the new york dnr law permits orders to be written for the incompetent when two physicians concur that the order is in the patient's best interests and that to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, (1) the patient has a terminal condition, (2) the ...	1995	12041114
increased use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among manhattan, new york, residents after the september 11th terrorist attacks.	the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the largest human-made disaster in the united states since the civil war. studies after earlier disasters have reported rates of psychological disorders in the acute postdisaster period. however, data on postdisaster increases in substance use are sparse. a random digit dial telephone survey was conducted to estimate the prevalence of increased cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and marijuana use among residents of manhattan, new york city, 5-8 ...	2002	12034577
birth-weight-specific infant and neonatal mortality: effects of heterogeneity in the birth cohort.	birth-weight-specific infant mortality is examined using a novel statistical procedure, parametric mixtures of logistic regressions. the results indicate that birth cohorts are composed of two or more subpopulations that are heterogeneous with respect to infant mortality. one subpopulation appears to account for the "normal" process of fetal development, while the other, which accounts for the majority of births at both low and high birth weights, may represent fetuses that were "disturbed" duri ...	2002	12030647
named reporting and mandatory partner notification in new york state: the effect on consent for perinatal hiv testing.	the impact of the implementation of named reporting and mandatory partner notification on the percentage of patients not accepting prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing or deferring prenatal care has been examined in only a preliminary fashion. this retrospective, population-based cohort study of 5,007 patients admitted to a tertiary care labor-and-delivery unit in central new york state between december 15, 1999, and march 14, 2001, is the first study to address the impact of name ...	2002	12023499
state trends in health risk factors and receipt of clinical preventive services among us adults during the 1990s.	monitoring trends is essential for evaluating past activities and guiding current preventive health program and policy efforts. although tracking progress toward national health goals is helpful, use of national estimates is limited because most preventive health care activities, policies, and other efforts occur at the state or community level. there may be important state trends that are obscured by national data.	2002	12020301
regression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and loss of human papillomavirus (hpv) infection is associated with cell-mediated immune responses to an hpv type 16 e7 peptide.	most human papillomavirus (hpv)-associated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia(cin) lesions in normal women regress spontaneously, but a small number persist and may progress to invasive cancer. to evaluate the role of immunity to hpv and the outcome of cin and associated hpv infection, we examined cell-mediated immune (cmi) responses to hpv 16 e6 and e7 peptides. one hundred thirty-six women with biopsy-confirmed cin i or cin ii were followed for 1 year at 3 month intervals. study subjects were ...	2002	12010863
where will i go? displaced nurses relate their experiences.	registered nurses have been experiencing displacement, the nonvoluntary transfer or reassignment of the registered nurse to another unit or position, or layoff, termination, and severing of nursing personnel as a result of the closure of hospitals and other agencies and the physical relocation of departments or units. the purpose of this qualitative study is to describe the human experience of change from the perspective of displaced nurses. thirteen registered nurses employed at eight metropoli ...	2000	12004526
essentials for effective communication in oncology nursing: assertiveness, conflict management, delegation, and motivation.	the ability to communicate effectively with a multidisciplinary team in an assertive manner to resolve conflict, motivate others, and delegate tasks is a prerequisite skill to promote a harmonious work environment. acquisition of this skill is often a combination of inherent attributes and learned experiences. this article describes a program on assertiveness, conflict resolution, motivation of others, and delegation. nurses are encouraged to seek expertise from other departments (e.g., human re ...	2001	11998676
more dollars for new york.	with the shock from sept. 11 still fresh, the greater new york hospital association, led by kenneth raske, left, went ahead and did what had to be done, crunching numbers to attempt to quantify the staggering loss. last week its hard work paid off when hhs announced another round of emergency funding to healthcare organizations that suffered direct losses from the terrorist attacks.	2002	11989347
relationship between cytokine levels and coronary artery disease in women.	inflammation is thought to have a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (cad), and the measurement of markers of inflammation has been suggested to improve the identification of individuals at risk for this disease. the incidence of cad in women is not accounted for by conventional risk factors, and the association of cad and the antiinflammatory cytokine transforming growth factor beta1 (tgf-beta1) in this population is unknown. associations among tgf-beta1, the in ...	2001	11975775
the effect of ethnicity and maternal birthplace on small-for-gestational-age deliveries to hiv-infected women.	to examine the relative role of ethnicity and maternal birthplace on small-for-gestational-age (sga) deliveries of a cohort of mothers in new york who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus.	2002	11937623
still falling: a community-wide infant walker injury prevention initiative.	despite the well-known risk of injury associated with use of infant walkers, they remain popular, leading to large numbers of walker-related injuries. a coalition of health care providers and educators, with the assistance of retailers and medical and human service agencies, undertook an intensive multifaceted, community-wide intervention to educate the general and health care public regarding the dangers of infant walker use and thereby reduce the number of walker-related injuries in our commun ...	2002	11932114
nature's impartiality, man's inhumanity: reflections on terrorism and world crisis in a context of historical disaster.	this paper compares the terrorist outrages of 11 september 2001 in new york city and washington to the lisbon earthquake of 1 november 1755. both events occurred, literally out of the blue, at critical junctures in history and both struck at the heart of large trading networks. both affected public attitudes towards disaster as, not only did they cause unparalleled destruction, but they also represented symbolic victories of chaos over order, and of moral catastrophism over a benign view of huma ...	2002	11929156
novel cryptosporidium genotypes in sporadic cryptosporidiosis cases: first report of human infections with a cervine genotype.	in this study, we genotyped parasites from the fecal specimens of sporadic cryptosporidiosis cases in british columbia from 1995 to 1999. genotyping was conducted by polymerase chain amplification of the internal transcribed spacer region, a hypervariable region in the 18s rrna gene and the cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene. subsequent analysis was by restriction fragment length polymorphism and dna sequencing. we identified two new cryptosporidium genotypes in humans. one of these genoty ...	2002	11927023
research regulations on subjects' "capacity to give consent" were unconstitutional.		2000	11917940
human rabies--california, georgia, minnesota, new york, and wisconsin, 2000.	on september 20, october 9, 10, 25, and november 1, 2000, persons who resided in california, new york, georgia, minnesota, and wisconsin, respectively, died of rabies. this report summarizes the case investigations.	2000	11917926
occurrence of salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium dt104a in retail ground beef.	surveillance data of cattle and human isolates of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium dt104 indicate that this pathogen emerged worldwide in the 1980s, particularly in cattle. studies were conducted to determine the prevalence of salmonella typhimurium dt104 in ground beef. samples were also tested for the presence of generic escherichia coli. a total of 404 fresh ground beef samples obtained at retail stores from new york, san francisco, philadelphia, denver, atlanta, houston, and chicago w ...	2002	11848574
carrier screening for mucolipidosis type iv in the american ashkenazi jewish population.	mutations in the mcoln1 gene cause mucolipidosis type iv (mliv), a severely debilitating, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder. approximately 80% of patients with mliv are of ashkenazi jewish (aj) descent, and two mutations, ivs3-2a-->g and 511del6434, account for >95% of the mutant alleles in this population. to determine the carrier frequencies of these two mutations, 2,029 anonymous, unrelated, unaffected aj individuals from the greater new york metropolitan area were screened. a m ...	2002	11845410
liver function tests in sickle cell disease.	we investigated the prevalence of positive viral hepatitis titres in sickle cell disease (scd) and the relationship of abnormal liver function tests (lfts) to transfusions and ferritin levels. charts from 141 patients with scd were reviewed and recent laboratory data on serum ferritin, hepatitis serology, units of packed red blood cells transfused and lfts were collected. hepatitis b core antibodies were positive in 14% of patients (12/86) and hepatitis c viral antibody titres were positive in 1 ...	2002	11843894
new opportunities and proven approaches in complementary and alternative medicine research at the national institutes of health.	this presentation describes some of the issues that arise when applying the clinical-trial approach of conventional medicine to complementary and alternative medicine (cam) modalities. conventional medicine has been making the evolution to using an evidence base and to making recommendations only when the evidence is strong. the national center for complementary medicine (nccam), one of twenty-five institutes or centers of the national institutes of health (nih), is working to hold cam to the sa ...	2001	11822636
exposures associated with serum organochlorine levels among postmenopausal women from western new york state.	organochlorines, such as 2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (dde), polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), and hexachlorobenzene (hcb) are lipophilic compounds that are ubiquitous in the environment and may cause adverse health effects in humans.	2002	11813215
hiv-1 infection and risk of vulvovaginal and perianal condylomata acuminata and intraepithelial neoplasia: a prospective cohort study.	information about vulvovaginal and perianal condylomata acuminata and intraepithelial neoplasia in women infected with hiv-1 is needed to develop guidelines for clinical care. our aim was to investigate the incidence of these lesions in hiv-1-positive and hiv-1-negative women and to examine risk factors for disease.	2002	11809252
alfred p. southwick, mds, dds: dental practitioner, educator and originator of electrical executions.	the search for a modern, humane method of criminal execution was triggered by a freak accident which occurred in buffalo, new york in 1881. dr. alfred p. southwick (a former steam-boat engineer, noted dentist and dental educator) happened to witness an intoxicated man die after he inadvertently touched a live generator terminal. southwick's initial reaction was shock. later, as he pondered this tragic event, he concluded that electrocution was, at least, a quick and seemingly painless way to dep ...	2000	11806253
vector surveillance for west nile virus.	west nile virus (wnv) was detected in the metropolitan new york city (nyc) area during the summer and fall of 1999. sixty-two human cases, including seven fatalities, were documented. the new york state department of health (nysdoh) initiated and implemented a statewide mosquito and wnv surveillance system. we developed a wnv response plan designed to provide local health departments (lhd) a standardized means to begin to assess basic mosquito population data and to detect wnv circulation in mos ...	2001	11797806
"neon needles" in a haystack: the advantages of passive surveillance for west nile virus.	passive surveillance is usually viewed as less efficient for case ascertainment than active surveillance. however, for diseases with nonhuman animal reservoirs, active surveillance can be like looking for a needle in a haystack and may be prohibitively expensive. fortunately for surveillance of west nile virus (wnv) in the northeast us, the dead crows have served as "neon needles in a haystack"--indicators of viral activity that call attention to themselves. in 2000, laboratory testing of dead b ...	2001	11797803
west nile virus human surveillance in nassau county, new york: 1999-2000.		2001	11797796
west nile virus: uganda, 1937, to new york city, 1999.	west nile virus, first isolated in 1937, is among the earliest arthropod-borne viruses discovered by humans. its broad geographical distribution, not uncommon infection of humans, transmission by mosquitoes, and association with wild birds as enzootic hosts were well documented by the mid-1960s. however, west nile virus was not considered to be a significant human pathogen because most infections appeared to result in asymptomatic or only mild febrile disease. several epidemics had been document ...	2001	11797781
what do pharmacists think about new york state's new nonprescription syringe sale program? results of a survey.	access to sterile syringes can prevent transmission of blood-borne diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis b and c. we conducted survey of attitudes of pharmacists to aid in development of the expanded syringe access demonstration program (esap) in new york state. esap is an hiv prevention initiative that authorizes nonprescription sale of hypodermic needles and syringes by registered pharmacies in new york state beginning january 1, 2001. as part of planning for progra ...	2001	11796814
a brief sexual barrier intervention for women living with aids: acceptability, use, and ethnicity.	interventions aimed at reducing sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted diseases (hiv/stds) have focused primarily on male condom use among seronegative men and women. however, female-controlled sexual barriers (female condoms and vaginal microbicides) offer women living with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) alternative methods to protect themselves and others from disease transmission. a pilot behavioral intervention was conducted to increase sexual bar ...	2001	11796806
just coercion? detention of nonadherent tuberculosis patients.	the need to balance the rights of individuals and to protect the public health will bring with it demands for the restriction of individuals' liberty. three points should always be considered when these measures are adopted: (1) the lack of evidence that detention benefits the public health; (2) the risk that fundamental human rights may be overridden unnecessarily; and (3) that coercive practices may act as a smokescreen for improved, but more complex or more costly, public health responses to ...	2001	11795415
innovations in collaboration for the public's health through the turning point initiative: the w.k. kellogg foundation perspective.	the need for a more integrated public health system led the w. k. kellogg foundation (wkkf) to establish turning point (tp): collaborating for a new century in public health, with a goal of transforming and strengthening the current public health infrastructure. wkkf partners with the robert wood johnson foundation (rwjf), the national association of county and city health officials, the university of washington, the lewin group, and the new york academy of medicine to support activities of 41 c ...	2002	11789040
hhs responds to terrorist attacks.		2001	11785494
alcohol use, drug use and alcohol-related problems among men who have sex with men: the urban men's health study.	to measure the prevalence and independent associations of heavy and problematic use of alcohol and recreational drugs among a household-based sample of urban msm (men who have sex with men).	2001	11784456
residential status and hiv risk behaviors among puerto rican drug injectors in new york and puerto rico.	this article investigates the association between residential status and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) risk behaviors among island and new york puerto rican injection drug users (idus). we assigned 561 subjects from new york city and 312 from puerto rico to five residential status categories: living in parent's home, living in own home, living in other's home, living in temporary housing (hotel, single-room occupancy [sro] hotels), and homeless (living in streets/shelters). dependent variab ...	2001	11727885
lyme disease in new york state: spatial pattern at a regional scale.	lyme disease occurs commonly in new york state, but its geographic distribution is heterogeneous. over each of nine consecutive years, incidence rates from 57 new york state counties were subjected to spatial autocorrelation analysis. although the epidemic advanced during the study period, the analyses reveal a consistent pattern of spatial dependence. the correlation distance, the distance over which incidence rates covary positively, remained near 120 km over the nine years. a local spatial an ...	2001	11716111
a founder mutation in presenilin 1 causing early-onset alzheimer disease in unrelated caribbean hispanic families.	genetic determinants of alzheimer disease (ad) have not been comprehensively examined in caribbean hispanics, a population in the united states in whom the frequency of ad is higher compared with non-hispanic whites.	2001	11710891
sept. 11's lessons in disaster care.		2001	11688112
the association between local fish consumption and dde, mirex, and hcb concentrations in the breast milk of mohawk women at akwesasne.	a study was conducted to assess the extent to which the consumption of local fish contaminated with p,p'-dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (p,p'-dde), mirex, and hexachlorobenzene (hcb) has impacted the concentrations of these compounds in the milk of nursing mohawk women residing along the st. lawrence river. from 1986 to 1992, 97 mohawk women were interviewed, and each donated a one-time sample of at least 50 ml of breast milk. the comparison population consisted of 154 caucasians from other r ...	2001	11687911
west nile virus: a case study in how ny state health information infrastructure facilitates preparation and response to disease outbreaks.	new york's (ny) health information network (hin) provided timely access to west nile virus (wnv) data during the initial outbreak in the late summer 1999. in december 1999, ny developed a plan to deal with wnv in 2000 that required an integrated surveillance system for humans, birds, mammals, and mosquitoes. the hin infrastructure allowed ny to deploy this system statewide in three months. local health departments throughout ny used the system to report, track, and retrieve surveillance data as ...	2001	11680034
[hiv law project. immigrants get informed!].		2001	11678079
post-traumatic infection.		2001	11668849
medical treatment of minors under new york law: committee report.		1980	11665153
constitutional law--abortion--statute defining "justifiable abortional act" not unconstitutional--constitution does not confer or require legal personality for unborn.		1973	11664235
byrn and roe: the threshold question and juridical review.		1978	11664059
amendment no. 336.		1975	11663619
abortion: the five-year revolution and its impact.		1973	11663390
protecting rights of subjects in psychological research in the u.s.a.		1979	11661907
health policy--ensuring informed consent in human experimentation: a comparison of the approaches of two states.		1979	11661816
court says state agency avoided usual way of reporting problems with human subjects: t.d. v. new york state office of mental health (part ii)		2000	11660763
new york state laws on protection of human subjects versus federal regulations: t.d. v. new york state office of mental health (part iii)		1999	11660760
beyond nuremberg: fifty years later, the debate continues on informed consent.		1997	11660466