Publications

informed choice: physicians' duty to disclose nonreadily available alternatives.		1993	11659829
force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners: a framework for analysis.		1983	11658424
state regulations on protecting mentally disabled research subjects are ruled invalid.		1999	11658062
state law on human research did not protect subjects' rights: t.d. v. new york state office of mental health (part i)		2000	11658037
irbs under the microscope.		1998	11656936
community-based aids research.		1990	11656281
understanding abortion via different scholarly methodologies: book review essay.	erde review three works that in his opinion have made important contributions to the abortion debate: abortion policy: an evaluation of the consequences for maternal and infant health, by jerome s. legge, jr. (albany: state university of new york press; 1985); abortion and the politics of motherhood, by kristen luker (berkeley: university of california press; 1984); and abortion: moral and legal perspective, edited by j.l. garfield and p. hennessey (amherst: university of massachusetts press; ...	1986	11655806
physicians and the death penalty.		1995	11654617
choosing death: the ethics of assisted suicide.		1996	11654382
ethical conflict among clinical psychologists and other mental health workers.		1982	11653682
disabled infant's parents win again.		1984	11653558
acog, ama object to new 'baby doe' rule.		1984	11653543
baby jane doe ruling upheld; suit fails.		1983	11653509
perspectives of protocol reviewers.		1994	11653327
management of hiv infection in new york state prisons.		1990	11652177
prenatal wrongful death.	in tebbutt v. virostek (1985), the new york court of appeals dismissed a suit for emotional distress caused by the stillbirth of an infant allegedly resulting from medical malpractice. steinbock argues that parents should be able to recover for emotional anguish in cases like tebbutt. some states currently allow them to do so by recognizing prenatal wrongful death suits, which focus on the unborn. steinbock maintains that a better legal approach would be to allow recovery for the negligent in ...	1987	11651905
recent governmental action regarding the treatment of seriously ill newborns.		1985	11651864
infant doe and baby jane doe: medical treatment of the handicapped newborn.		1985	11651855
community consultation and aids clinical trials; part ii.		1991	11651480
community consultation and aids clinical trials, part i.		1991	11651047
researchers and subpoenas: the troubling precedent of the selikoff case.		1989	11650287
doe v. city of new york.	the plaintiff, john doe, together with other former pan am airlines employees, interviewed for a position with delta airlines. when he was refused a job, doe filed a complaint with new york city's human rights commission charging that delta discriminated against him because he was a single gay male suspected of being hiv positive. the commission, delta, and doe reached a conciliation agreement that included a confidentiality clause providing that, except as required by law or with doe's consent, ...	1994	11648619
barrett v. united states.	in considering a suit brought against the u.s. government and other officials arising from the 1953 death of a civilian who unknowingly served as a subject for an army chemical warfare experiment, the u.s. district court for the southern district of new york dismissed some claims and permitted the rest to proceed to trial. the victim, while a patient at the new york state psychiatric institute, had been injected with a mescaline derivative to determine the effects of psychoactive drugs on psych ...	1985	11648533
united states v. university hospital, state univ. of new york.	the united states brought suit against the university hospital, suny-stony brook, to gain access by the department of health and human services to the medical records of baby jane doe, claiming that the hospital had violated the federal rehabilitation act by discriminating against the infant as a handicapped person. the u.s. court of appeals held that the statute was not applicable to a decision for medical treatment. although the hospital was ready to perform corrective surgery on the infant, ...	1984	11648496
new york v. bowen.	the state of new york brought suit against the secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services, seeking to declare unconstitutional regulations that denied title x funding to clinics that counseled women about abortion or referred them to abortion clinics. the u.s. district court noted that, while the statutory language authorizing the secretary to promulgate regulations did not speak directly to the issue, the legislative history and subsequent legislation manifested no clear con ...	1988	11648393
new york v. sullivan.	the plaintiffs challenged regulations promulgated by the u.s. secretary of health and human services, under title x of the public health service act, that bar federal funding to programs where abortion is a method of family planning. the regulations prohibit funding activities, including counseling, that 'assist' a woman to obtain an abortion. the regulations also demand separation of funded projects from projects that encourage abortion. the plaintiffs argued that the regulations impermissib ...	1989	11648392
u.s. v. university hospital, state univ. of new york.	the defendant hospital was the setting for treatment of an infant suffering from spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and other serious defects. after the infant's parents opted for a conservative form of treatment rather than surgery, the federal government, in response to a complaint, launched an investigation to determine if the hospital's failure to treat the infant surgically constituted discrimination against a handicapped person in violation of the federal rehabilitation act. after the defendan ...	1983	11648241
state of new york v. schweiker.	in a suit challenging the legality of u.s. department of health and human services (dhhs) regulations requiring federally-funded family planning services to notify parents or guardians when contraceptives were prescribed for an unemancipated minor, the u.s. district court temporarily prohibited the secretary of dhhs from enforcing the regulations. the court ruled that the plaintiff physicians had demonstrated that their patients would suffer irreparable harm if the regulations were permitted to ...	1983	11648206
study or human experiment? face-lift project stirs ethical concerns.		1998	11648090
health panel seeks sweeping changes in fertility therapy.		1998	11648069
not bad enough to die: laws force life support on a man who never could consent.		1997	11648059
new york seeks to tighten rules on medical research.		1996	11648036
judge tells health department to stop experiments on patients.		1995	11648000
jailing of man with aids spurs legal debate.		1993	11647933
man sues wife on abortion done without his knowing.		1988	11647847
man accused of assisting wife's suicide.		1999	11647669
arrests put focus on human organs from china.		1998	11647606
u.s. says 2 chinese offered organs from the executed.		1998	11647604
souter questions a curb on doctors: justices skeptical of federal bar to advice on abortion.		1990	11647430
experiments on children are reviewed: research involved now-banned drug.		1998	11647299
state court expands human rights law.		1996	11647178
man will get prison term for helping his wife kill herself.		1996	11647128
man who helped wife die to serve six months.		1996	11647116
after helping wife die, man considers plea deal.		1996	11647091
frozen embryos' fate awaits l.i. custody battle.		1994	11647038
researchers admit study with drugs had no o.k.		1993	11646994
tb carriers see clash of liberty and health: tuberculosis -- a killer returns.		1992	11646941
court orders blue cross to pay for transplant in an aids case.		1990	11646773
waiting in line for life.		1988	11646672
judge bars birth control notification.		1983	11646363
decision to pursue baby doe case born in confusion at hhs.		1983	11646342
new york state association for retarded children, inc. v. rockefeller. 10 apr 1973.		1973	11646030
'baby doe' proposed reg suffers setback in court.		1983	11645566
inquiry clears ethics of child aggression study.		1999	11645153
in jail for refusing to testify: is forced feeding justified?	on 16 november 1983, a u.s. district court judge granted the federal government's request that prison officials be allowed to force feed ramon sanchez, a hunger striking prisoner. levine briefly describes the events leading to the court's involvement and summarizes the reasoning behind its decision. declining to draw an analogy between the prisoner's refusing food and a patient's refusing life-prolonging treatment, the judge ruled that force feeding was permissible because sanchez's hunger str ...	1984	11644129
"baby doe" squad adviser says hhs was insensitive.	the department of health and human services has been accused of "insensitive and arbitrary" behavior while investigating a possible violation of its "baby doe" regulations by a rochester, n.y., hospital. dr. frederick wirth, a virginia neonatologist who had agreed to advise dhhs teams on the care of handicapped newborns, was sent to rochester without special authority to review patients' records in new york. dhhs personnel were already at the hospital, examining medical records without permiss ...	1983	11644005
health rights issue emerges in el salvador.	institute of medicine members alfred gellhorn and robert lawrence visited el salvador in january as observers for the american association for the advancement of science, the national academy of sciences, the new york academy of sciences, and the international league for human rights. their findings paralleled those of an earlier delegation--"a virtually complete breakdown of the health system" and continuing violence against health professionals. a number of scientific organizations in the u. ...	1983	11643956
[the rockefeller foundation, the carlsberg foundation and danish medical biology in the interwar years. effects on research and education throughout the 20th century].	three large scientific institutes were built in copenhagen, denmark, between 1928 and 1938 supported by the rockefeller foundation in new york. the three institutes were: the rockefeller institute of copenhagen, juliane mariesvej, the biological institute of the carlsberg foundation, and the institute of human genetics, both on tagensvej (the carlsberg foundation in copenhagen participated in the financing of the two first ones.) in the same period the rockefeller foundation supported the constr ...	1999	11639166
the impact of the beat generation and popular culture on the development of martha rogers's theory of the science of unitary beings.	in the 1940s and 1950s, greenwich village, and new york city in general, were places that were participating in great change. beat generation writers, pop artists and contemporary musicians were redefining their crafts. in the midst of all this lived martha rogers, who was redefining her craft, nursing. in this paper the author argues, in what could be defined as a beginning and informal hermeneutic analysis, that in order to fully understand the science of unitary human beings it is necessary t ...	1999	11624214
"the man who made peekskill famous": dr. c.r. johnston--first blind chiropractor.	can a blind person be taught the art and science of chiropractic? if so, can a blind chiropractor be successful in practice? in 1918, charles robinson "c.r." johnston, at the age of thirty-nine, was graduated from the palmer school of chiropractic--becoming not only the first blind d.c., but also one of the best known and most successful of his era. he practiced for twenty-five years in the small hudson valley community of peekskill, new york, where his reputation as a "miracle healer" attracte ...	1998	11623685
william a. hammond, the dynamograph, and bogus neurologic testimony in old new york.	april 25, 1870, court of general sessions, new york city, doctor william a. hammond, neurologist and former surgeon general of the united states army, testified at the trial of his patient daniel mcfarland. mcfarland had fatally wounded famous journalist albert richardson in november of 1869. dr. hammond said mcfarland suffered from temporary insanity due to cerebral congestion from over use of the brain. hammond told the jury he had, "devoted the last five years of his professional life exclusi ...	1997	11619862
spitzka and spitzka on the brains of the assassins of presidents.	although four american presidents have been assassinated (lincoln, garfield, mckinley, kennedy), only the assassins of garfield (charles julius guiteau) and mckinley (leon franz czolgosz) were tried, convicted, and executed for their crime. in 1882 edward charles spitzka, a young new york neurologist with a growing reputation as an alienist, testified at the trial of guiteau. he was the only expert witness who was asked, based on his personal examination of the prisoner, a direct question concer ...	1995	11619027
relapse in persons treated for drug-susceptible tuberculosis in a population with high coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus in new york city.	the optimal duration of tuberculosis treatment for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) has been debated. a cohort of 4571 culture-positive drug-susceptible patients who received > or =24 weeks of standard 4-drug tuberculosis treatment were assessed to determine the incidence of tuberculosis relapse. tuberculosis "recurrence" was defined as having a positive culture < 30 days after the last treatment date and "relapse" as having a positive culture > or =30 days after the last ...	2001	11595988
west nile encephalitis: an emerging disease in the united states.	in 1999, an epidemic of west nile virus (wnv) encephalitis occurred in new york city (nyc) and 2 surrounding new york counties. simultaneously, an epizootic among american crows and other bird species occurred in 4 states. indigenous transmission of wnv had never been documented in the western hemisphere until this epidemic. in 2000, the epizootic expanded to 12 states and the district of columbia, and the epidemic continued in nyc, 5 new jersey counties, and 1 connecticut county. in addition to ...	2001	11595987
the applications of capture-recapture models to epidemiological data.	capture-recapture methodology, originally developed for estimating demographic parameters of animal populations, has been applied to human populations. this tutorial reviews various closed capture-recapture models which are applicable to ascertainment data for estimating the size of a target population based on several incomplete lists of individuals. most epidemiological approaches merging different lists and eliminating duplicate cases are likely to be biased downwards. that is, the final merg ...	2001	11590637
west nile virus infection in mosquitoes, birds, horses, and humans, staten island, new york, 2000.	west nile (wn) virus transmission in the united states during 2000 was most intense on staten island, new york, where 10 neurologic illnesses among humans and 2 among horses occurred. wn virus was isolated from aedes vexans, culex pipiens, cx. salinarius, ochlerotatus triseriatus, and psorophora ferox, and wn viral rna was detected in anopheles punctipennis. an elevated weekly minimum infection rate (mir) for cx. pipiens and increased dead bird density were present for 2 weeks before the first h ...	2001	11589172
quality of life and risk perception among predominantly heterosexual, minority individuals with hiv/aids.	the objective of this study was to examine the quality-of-life concerns of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected individuals and to assess their perceptions of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) and the need for safer sex, in light of treatment advances. respondents were recruited from seven aids service organizations in new york city, and the total sample consisted of 196 hiv-infected individuals. the sample consisted largely of heterosexual, african americans, and latinos. respon ...	2001	11587634
highly active antiretroviral therapy associated with improved anemia among hiv-infected women.	anemia is common during human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and is associated with increased mortality. we conducted a study to examine the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) on anemia in a multicenter cohort of hiv-positive women, the human immunodeficiency virus epidemiology research (her) study. among women receiving haart (n = 188), non-haart monotherapy or combination antiretroviral therapy (art) (n = 111), or who had no reported treatment (n = 62), the prevalen ...	2001	11587633
west nile virus outbreak among horses in new york state, 1999 and 2000.	west nile (wn) virus was identified in the western hemisphere in 1999. along with human encephalitis cases, 20 equine cases of wn virus were detected in 1999 and 23 equine cases in 2000 in new york. during both years, the equine cases occurred after human cases in new york had been identified.	2001	11585543
exposure of domestic mammals to west nile virus during an outbreak of human encephalitis, new york city, 1999.	we evaluated west nile (wn) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in new york city after an outbreak of human wn virus encephalitis in 1999. two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested positive for wn virus-neutralizing antibodies. domestic mammals should be evaluated as sentinels for local wn virus activity and predictors of the infection in humans.	2001	11585540
west nile virus infection in birds and mosquitoes, new york state, 2000.	west nile (wn) virus was found throughout new york state in 2000, with the epicenter in new york city and surrounding counties. we tested 3,403 dead birds and 9,954 mosquito pools for wn virus during the transmission season. sixty-three avian species, representing 30 families and 14 orders, tested positive for wn virus. the highest proportion of dead birds that tested positive for wn virus was in american crows in the epicenter (67% positive, n=907). eight mosquito species, representing four gen ...	2001	11585532
dead crow densities and human cases of west nile virus, new york state, 2000.	in 2000, staten island, new york, reported 10 human west nile virus cases and high densities of dead crows. surrounding counties with <2 human cases had moderate dead crow densities, and upstate counties with no human cases had low dead crow densities. monitoring such densities may be helpful because this factor may be determined without the delays associated with specimen collection and testing.	2001	11585529
mosquito surveillance and polymerase chain reaction detection of west nile virus, new york state.	west nile (wn) virus was detected in the metropolitan new york city (nyc) area during the summer and fall of 1999. sixty-two human cases, 7 fatal, were documented. the new york state department of health initiated a departmental effort to implement a statewide mosquito and virus surveillance system. during the 2000 arbovirus surveillance season, we collected 317,676 mosquitoes, submitted 9,952 pools for virus testing, and detected 363 wn virus-positive pools by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). e ...	2001	11585526
dead bird surveillance as an early warning system for west nile virus.	as part of west nile (wn) virus surveillance in new york state in 2000, 71,332 ill or dead birds were reported; 17,571 (24.6%) of these were american crows. of 3,976 dead birds tested, 1,263 (31.8%) were positive for wn virus. viral activity was first confirmed in 60 of the state's 62 counties with wn virus-positive dead birds. pathologic findings compatible with wn virus were seen in 1,576 birds (39.6% of those tested), of which 832 (52.8%) were positive for wn virus. dead crow reports preceded ...	2001	11585524
crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for west nile virus in the northeastern united states, 1999.	in addition to human encephalitis and meningitis cases, the west nile (wn) virus outbreak in the summer and fall of 1999 in new york state resulted in bird deaths in new york, new jersey, and connecticut. from august to december 1999, 295 dead birds were laboratory-confirmed with wn virus infection; 262 (89%) were american crows (corvus brachyrhynchos). the new york state department of health received reports of 17,339 dead birds, including 5,697 (33%) crows; in connecticut 1,040 dead crows were ...	2001	11585521
cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening and observed preventive therapy for active drug injectors at a syringe-exchange program.	this study examined whether costs associated with tuberculosis (tb) screening and directly observed preventive therapy (dopt) among drug injectors attending a syringe exchange are justified by cases and costs of active tb cases prevented and examined the impact of monetary incentives to promote adherence on cost-effectiveness. we examined program costs and projected savings using observed adherence and prevalence rates and literature estimates of isoniazid (inh) preventive therapy efficacy, expe ...	2001	11564856
reactivity of serum samples of dogs and horses tested by use of class-specific recombinant-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of granulocytic ehrlichiosis.	to test serum samples of dogs and horses by use of class-specific recombinant-based elisa for establishing a diagnosis of granulocytic ehrlichiosis attributable to infection with organisms from the ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup.	2001	11560261
coney island hospital focuses on healthcare for ethnic groups.	since its beginnings as a first aid station on the famous new york beach, coney island hospital has evolved as a well-known public hospital serving a multi-cultural community. part of the new york city health and hospitals corp. it has made extensive efforts to provide "ethnically correct" services to all of its constituents. these measures have been covered by national public radio and recognized as a "best practices" example by the u.s. department of health and human services. profile's articl ...	2001	11552591
reducing incidence of low-back injuries reduces cost.	to reduce musculoskeletal injuries in employees and to lower the financial costs associated with them, a 525-bed county nursing home in upstate new york initiated a five-step ergonomics program and purchased mechanical lifting devices. the five steps in the program were (1) creation of a resident transfer evaluation team, (2) establishment of an accident review committee, (3) mandatory ergonomics training for new nursing aides, (4) regular maintenance checks for lifting equipment, and (5) direct ...	2001	11549145
influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in persons 65 years or older in minnesota, new york, and oregon: data from 3 health plans.	this study developed methods and determined the impact of influenza vaccination on elderly persons in 3 large health plans: kaiser permanente northwest, healthpartners, and oxford health plans. data for the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 seasons were extracted from administrative databases. subjects were health plan members > or = 65 years old. comorbid conditions collected from the preceding year were used for risk adjustment with logistic regression. the virus-vaccine match was excellent for year 1 a ...	2001	11517426
respiratory syncytial virus infections in previously healthy working adults.	during 1975-1995, a total of 2960 healthy adults, 18-60 years of age, were prospectively evaluated for respiratory virus infections. of these subjects, 211 (7%) acquired respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) infection. the infections were symptomatic in 84% of subjects, involved only the upper respiratory tract in 74%, and included lower respiratory tract symptoms in 26%. overall, 40% of the subjects were febrile. lower respiratory tract signs developed in 26%. rsv illnesses were more prolonged than ...	2001	11512084
the amdd program: history, focus and structure.	the amdd (averting maternal death and disability) program was established at the mailman school of public health in 1999. in this article, we discuss four key aspects of the program: the focus on emergency obstetric care; the use of process indicators; working with partners; and applying human rights.	2001	11502285
negotiation of hiv preventive behaviors in divorced and separated women reentering the sexual arena.	the purpose of this study was to understand divorced and separated women's experience of negotiating human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) preventive behaviors when resuming sexual activity following long-term monogamous relationships. a little-studied but large group, these women are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, have low rates of protective behaviors, and have not been targeted for prevention education. seven women entering a sexual milieu altered by the presence of hiv after at leas ...	2001	11486718
charles g. pease, dds, md: anti-tobacco crusader and clean life advocate.	dr. charles giffin pease, a colorful, feisty, new york city reformer practiced both dentistry and medicine and lectured in various dental and medical schools. at several new york dental institutions, he taught oral surgery, materia medica, therapeutics and pathology. from the age of 12 until his death (a 75 year span) pease waged an unrelenting war against "everything that harms the human race." he wrote and lectured unceasingly railing against what he believed to be life damaging behaviors. the ...	2001	11484318
pneumococcal immunizations at flu clinics: the impact of community-wide outreach.	this study examined the effectiveness of a community-wide outreach campaign to promote the use of pneumococcal vaccine at public flu immunization clinics, and assessed whether this intervention was more effective than simply making pneumococcal vaccination available at such clinics. in 1997, a community-wide outreach campaign promoting pneumococcal and influenza immunizations was launched in a 17 zip code area of dutchess county, ny. the campaign was aimed at 7,961 medicare beneficiaries urging ...	2001	11478565
fingerprinting pcb patterns among mohawk women.	this study examined the association of contaminated fish consumption and polychlorinated biphenyl (pcb) body burden by comparing the similarity of the congener pattern in yellow perch, caught near the point source of industrial pollution, and in other local fish to the pattern found in the breast milk of mohawk women from akwesasne, a native american community located along the st. lawrence river in new york, ontario, and quebec. the similarity is defined by the weighted euclidean distance betwe ...	2001	11477516
hiv incidence among young men who have sex with men--seven u.s. cities, 1994-2000.	twenty years after the first report on human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in the united states, studies of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) and sexual behaviors suggest a resurgent hiv epidemic among men who have sex with men (msm). however, few recent studies have measured hiv incidence in this population. to determine hiv incidence among young msm, cdc analyzed data from the young men's survey (yms), a study that found a high prevalence of hiv and associated risks among msm aged ...	2001	11475380
experience during the first fifteen months of new york state expedited human immunodeficiency virus testing.		2001	11465855
a little magic works wonders.		2001	11452806
the columbia university single-ion microbeam.	a single-ion microbeam facility has been constructed at the columbia university radiological research accelerator facility. the system was designed to deliver defined numbers of helium or hydrogen ions produced by a van de graaff accelerator, covering a range of let from 30 to 220 kev/microm, into an area smaller than the nuclei of human cells growing in culture on thin plastic films. the beam is collimated by a pair of laser-drilled apertures that form the beam-line exit. an integrated computer ...	2001	11448243
sexual transmission risk among noninjecting heroin users infected with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis c virus.	to assess whether human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected and/or hepatitis c virus (hcv)-infected noninjecting heroin users (nius) are a potential sexual transmission bridge to "lower risk" partners, 180 hiv- or hcv-infected nius recruited in new york city were interviewed about their sexual behaviors and partnerships. sixty-two percent were former injecting drug users (idus). partners reported not to be hiv infected, idus, or men who have sex with men were defined as lower risk. among 54 hi ...	2001	11443564
attitudes on end-of-life care and advance care planning in the lesbian and gay community.	gay men and lesbians have special interests in documenting their preferences regarding advance care planning and end-of-life care. a 64-item survey instrument was developed to ascertain the preferences of this community regarding approaches to end-of-life care, viewpoints on physician-assisted suicide (pas) and euthanasia, and practices regarding advance care planning. the survey was completed by 575 participants recruited through community-based health care and social service organizations serv ...	2001	11441626
the control of mosquito-borne diseases in new york city.	mosquito control began in new york city in 1901. large-scale efforts to drain marshlands occurred through the 1930s, and aerial application of pesticide occurred as early as 1956. components of early mosquito-borne disease control were reimplemented in 1999-2000 in response to an outbreak of west nile virus, and included promoting public and health professional awareness regarding disease causation and prevention, providing free government laboratory testing, case reporting, mapping of mosquito ...	2001	11419586
human west nile virus surveillance--connecticut, new jersey, and new york, 2000.	west nile virus (wnv), a mosquitoborne arbovirus identified in new york in 1999, has become enzootic in the northeastern united states, affecting humans, birds, horses, and other mammals. although no human wnv infection was identified in connecticut or new jersey in 1999, 62 persons with wnv illness, including seven deaths, were detected in new york city (nyc) and nearby new york counties. in 2000, these jurisdictions implemented active surveillance (as) and enhanced passive surveillance (eps) t ...	2001	11411831
update: newborn screening for sickle cell disease--california, illinois, and new york, 1998.	sickle cell disease (scd) is a common single-gene disorder that affects three of every 1000 black newborns and approximately 50,000 persons in the united states. children affected with scd are at increased risk for severe morbidity (e.g., severe hemolytic anemia, splenic dysfunction, pain crises, and bacterial infections) and mortality, especially during the first 3 years of life. in 1993, california, illinois, and new york collectively accounted for approximately 20% of all births to blacks. al ...	2000	11411826
corporations and non-profits partner to help seniors & their working caregivers.	building relationships provides significant human benefits and a solid return on investment.	2001	11409082
molecular epidemiologic features and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of various ribotypes of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from humans and ruminants.	to assess automated ribotyping for characterization of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates and to identify their type prevalence and geographic distribution.	2001	11400842
serologic evidence of rickettsia akari infection among dogs in a metropolitan city.	to determine whether dogs in new york, ny are naturally infected with rickettsia akari, the causative agent of rickettsialpox in humans.	2001	11394829
prevalence of the t215y mutation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected pregnant women in a new york cohort, 1995--1999.	from 1997 through 1999, the prevalence of the zidovudine resistance mutation t215y was 9.7% among pregnant women, and the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) load in those with resistant virus was higher than that measured in women with wild-type hiv-1. all mutations were noted in women with zidovudine experience, which suggests that monotherapy may not be adequate prophylaxis for vertical transmission of hiv-1 infection in the current era.	2001	11389511
ourselves, our bodies, our realities: an hiv prevention intervention for women with severe mental illness.	this paper describes a 10-session behavioral intervention introducing female-initiated methods of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) prevention to reduce vulnerability to hiv infection for women with severe mental illness. in a pilot test of the intervention, 35 women were randomly placed in the experimental intervention group or an hiv education control. subjective norms, intentions to use, perceived efficacy, and attitudes toward the male condom, female condom, and a microbicide were assessed ...	2001	11368195