| a decision-theoretic reconstruction of roe v. wade. | | 1991 | 11656064 |
| it wasn't about race. or was it? | hope barrows, a partner at the national accounting firm fuller fenton, drove to the office on sunday and swiped her access card to enter the parking garage. she noticed that another car followed her in--without using an access card. hope could see that the driver was a man, but she didn't recognize him. concerned for her safety, she got out and asked to see his id. dillon johnson, an associate at the same firm, was rushing to meet a colleague to review a client's file. seeing the garage door was ... | 2000 | 11143153 |
| gross anatomy course content and teaching methodology in allied health: clinicians' experiences and recommendations. | the purpose of this study was to sample the experiences and recommendations of clinicians in allied health fields about gross anatomy courses. the objective was to determine if practicing clinicians recommended a course in gross anatomy, and, if so, their recommendations for course content and teaching methodology. questionnaires were mailed to a random selection of occupational therapists (ots), physician assistants (pas), and physical therapists (pts) licensed in the state of texas. in additio ... | 2001 | 11241751 |
| a major locus for fasting insulin concentrations and insulin resistance on chromosome 6q with strong pleiotropic effects on obesity-related phenotypes in nondiabetic mexican americans. | insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are strong correlates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, but little is known about their genetic determinants. using data on nondiabetics from mexican american families and a multipoint linkage approach, we scanned the genome and identified a major locus near marker d6s403 for fasting "true" insulin levels (lod score 4.1, empirical p<.0001), which do not crossreact with insulin precursors. insulin resistance, as assessed by the homeostasis model using fasting ... | 2001 | 11283790 |
| systemic sclerosis in 3 us ethnic groups: a comparison of clinical, sociodemographic, serologic, and immunogenetic determinants. | to determine whether ethnic factors influence the presentation, serologic expression and immunogenetics of systemic sclerosis (ssc), patients from 3 ethnic groups were compared for clinical features, ssc-associated autoantibodies, and human leukocyte antigen (hla) class ii alleles. | 2001 | 11303306 |
| houston man with aids loses job after co-workers vote to expel him. | an employee sued a houston machine shop that held a companywide vote culminating in the firing of the employee because he had aids. the lawsuit contended that the employee was able to perform his duties at the shop and that the shop had violated the texas health and safety code by disclosing his aids illness to his co-workers without his consent. the equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc) found that all the evidence indicated that the sole reason for the employee's firing was due to his ... | 1995 | 11362240 |
| complying with the health insurance portability and accountability act. privacy standards. | the privacy rule: limits the use and disclosure of phi to purposes of treatment, payment, or routine health care operations. requires covered entities to provide advance notice to the public of its policy governing disclosure of phi. requires entities covered by the standard to secure general client consent to use and to disclose phi for treatment, payment, or routine health care operations and to obtain specific client authorization to use or to disclose phi for all other purposes unless the di ... | 2001 | 11760704 |
| no more on-time delivery. | | 2001 | 11762089 |
| texas medicine. rounds. hhs to fund ut-san antonio research on u.s.-mexico border health care. | | 2001 | 11767460 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 2000. | during 2000, 49 states, the district of columbia, and puerto rico reported 7,364 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 5 cases in human beings to the centers for disease control and prevention, an increase of 4.3% from 7,067 cases in nonhuman animals reported in 1999. ninety-three percent (6,855 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 6.9% (509 cases) were in domestic species (compared wth 91.5% in wild animals and 8.5% in domestic species in 1999). compared with cases reported in 1999, the numbe ... | 2001 | 11767918 |
| houston authorizes presentation of hiv videos in city jails. | the houston city council voted to begin showing hiv prevention videos in city jails. the city's health and human services department determined that inmates need the information but the plan was challenged by critics within the city council and some citizens of the houston area. a study found six percent of inmates in the county jail tested positive for hiv, compared to less than one percent of the population as a whole. | 1997 | 11364231 |
| molecular characterization of a novel recombinant strain of human astrovirus associated with gastroenteritis in children. | we report a naturally occurring human astrovirus (hastv) strain detected in two different geographic locations. we identified two isolates of this strain in a diarrhea outbreak at a child care center in houston, texas; and two isolates in diarrhea stool samples from two children in mexico city. all four isolates were detected in stool samples by enzyme immunoassay (eia). one of the mexican isolates was typed by eia and all four isolates were hastv-5 by typing rt-pcr. the four isolates were >97% ... | 2001 | 11811685 |
| court says hiv-infected penis, semen are deadly weapons. | the texas court of appeals, 3rd district, upheld the conviction of an hiv-positive man charged with using his penis and semen as deadly weapons. jose fonesca najera was convicted by a jury for aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child and is currently serving life in prison. najera had sex with the 16-year-old victim, known as maria e, and forced a young boy living at his house, oscar p., to have sex with her as well. during the appeal, attorney carlos garcia claimed that the state fa ... | 1997 | 11364899 |
| thurman cool to names reporting, backs needle swaps. | at the national aids update conference, white house aids policy director sandra thurman stated that she is unconvinced that names reporting is essential to track the spread of the aids epidemic. health and human services secretary donna shalala shares the view. thurman feels that people will be discouraged from providing names due to fears of exposure, discrimination, and stigmatization. the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), whose guidelines are now three months late, was critici ... | 1998 | 11365309 |
| empowerment, span of control, and safety performance in work teams after workforce reduction. | relationships of empowerment and span of control with 2 safety measures (unsafe behaviors and accidents) were investigated among 24 workgroups comprising 531 employees of a large chemical company in 3 u.s. states. the company recently implemented a reengineering process. data were from an anonymous survey (unsafe behaviors), company records (accidents, span of control), and trained expert raters (empowerment). span of control (positively) and level of empowerment (negatively) correlated with bot ... | 2001 | 11605822 |
| to err is human: iom report implications. | | 2000 | 11949092 |
| ethnic divergence and linkage disequilibrium of novel snps in the human nli-if gene: evidence of human origin and lack of association with tuberculosis susceptibility. | sequence variation in the human genome has been used as a tool in studying human diseases and the evolutionary history of man. a human inherited predisposition to tuberculosis has been suggested and studied; however. genetic mechanisms are still ambiguous. in the present study, we scanned the regulatory and coding region of nuclear lim interactor-interacting factor gene (nli-if), which is physically close to the tuberculosis-associated gene nramp1. thirteen biallelic single-nucleotide polymorphi ... | 2002 | 11950066 |
| vitamin k deficiency. the waterbirth and hospitalization of amanda. | | 2000 | 11984900 |
| tropical storm allison rapid needs assessment--houston, texas, june 2001. | on june 5, 2001, tropical storm allison made landfall on galveston island, texas. during the next 2 days, the system soaked much of southeast texas and south-central louisiana with more than 10 inches of rain as it moved slowly northward. on june 7, the storm made a clockwise loop back to the southwest, bringing even more rain to already drenched areas. the record rainfall caused billions of dollars in flood-related damage and approximately 25 deaths and led to a presidential disaster, declarati ... | 2002 | 12018382 |
| napwa applauds ruling. | the health care finance administration (hcfa) has reversed a previous statement concerning medicaid reimbursement for serostim, the first biotechnology drug to be approved for treatment of aids wasting. the original ruling said serostim could be a drug used for cosmetic weight gain. this gave states the right to refuse medicaid reimbursement when the drug was used in treating aids wasting. however, after efforts by the national association for people with aids, in concert with serono laboratorie ... | 1999 | 11366312 |
| hcfa reverses ruling on aids wasting treatment. health care financing administration. | the texas health care financing administration (hcfa) had denied medicaid coverage of serostim as a cosmetic treatment, but reversed that decision following a food and drug administration (fda) letter that said the drug was approved for aids wasting. the drug, produced by serono laboratories, is used as a treatment for aids wasting, which is a contributing factor in the death rate of patients with aids. serostim is a human growth hormone which causes a significant increase in lean body mass and ... | 1999 | 11366412 |
| prenatal hiv testing in private ob-gyn practices in texas. | this study evaluates the prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing behaviors of private obstetrics and gynecology practitioners in texas. a statewide telephone survey of 614 providers of prenatal care determined the level of hiv testing, how testing is offered, and patient acceptance of the test. ninety-nine percent of the practices offered hiv testing to all their pregnant patients, and 96% of the practices included hiv testing in the routine panel of tests for pregnant patients. more ... | 2002 | 12043395 |
| a possible trend suggesting increased abuse from coricidin exposures reported to the texas poison network: comparing 1998 to 1999. | coricidin products seemed to be one of the over-the-counter medications being reportedly abused by adolescents, as observed from the texas poison center network data. this retrospective chart review investigated the occurrence of abuse, developed a patient profile, and defined the clinical effects resulting from the abuse of coricidin products. data collected from the texas poison center network toxic exposure surveillance system database included human exposures between 1998 and 1999, patients ... | 2002 | 12046973 |
| "managing the unmanageable" the u.s. department of health and human services, 1989-1993. | the author served as the 17th u.s. secretary of health and human services, from march 1, 1989 until january 20, 1993. the department had 250 programs and 38 percent of the expenditures of the federal government ($600.0 billion), the fourth largest budget in the world. the history of the department included the fact that the tenure of previous secretaries had ranged from only eight months up to 37 months, and had averaged 27.5 months, resulting in the view that the department was unmanageable. th ... | 2002 | 12053720 |
| prevalence of visual symptoms among patients with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus retinitis. | to determine the prevalence and type of visual symptoms among human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive patients with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus (cmv) retinitis. | 2002 | 12055459 |
| presence of the human leukocyte antigen class ii gene drb1*1101 predicts interferon gamma levels and disease recurrence in melanoma patients. | increased interferon gamma (ifn-gamma) levels are an independent predictor of melanoma recurrence. human leukocyte antigen (hla) class ii genes can regulate cytokine production; we investigated whether these genes would predict ifn-gamma levels and recurrence in melanoma patients. | 2002 | 12095976 |
| high prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) infection in south texas children. | human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8), also known as kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, is etiologically associated with kaposi's sarcoma and other rare malignancies. hhv-8 infection is common in certain areas of africa and italy, but occurs in only 0-15% of populations in north america and europe. the epidemiology and prevalence of hhv-8 infection among children in the united states has not been determined, but is assumed to be low based on limited studies. the objective of this study was to determ ... | 2002 | 12116002 |
| the impact of influenza in children. | the highest infection rates with influenza virus occur in young children because of their lack of prior immunity and prior exposure to the virus. most children with influenza virus infection are healthy otherwise. previously healthy children who have influenza in their first year of life have a substantial risk for developing serious disease. an underlying chronic medical condition further increases this risk. infants, young children, and children with underlying conditions have the highest rate ... | 2002 | 12122955 |
| man sentenced in case hinging on fetal rights. | | 1996 | 11647508 |
| transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis in texas and mexico. | to examine the transmission of drug-resistant (dr) tuberculosis between texas and mexico, mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates resistant to one or more of the first-line antimycobacterial drugs were obtained from 606 patients who resided in texas and 313 patients who resided in mexico, primarily within the state of tamaulipas. the isolates were genotyped by is6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analysis and spoligotyping. of the 919 isolates genotyped, 413 (45%) grouped int ... | 2002 | 12149319 |
| epstein-barr virus in gastric adenocarcinomas: association with ethnicity and cdkn2a promoter methylation. | it has been shown previously (by immunohistochemistry) that gastric adenocarcinomas harbouring epstein-barr virus (ebv) frequently lose p16 protein. this study aimed to examine the mechanisms of inactivation of the cdkn2a gene and correlate the results with clinicopathological features. | 2002 | 12194996 |
| after protests, hcfa requires coverage of anti-wasting drug. health care financing administration. | the u.s. health care financing administration (hcfa) reversed an earlier decision and ruled that texas cannot deny medicaid coverage for serostim, the first biotechnology drug approved for aids wasting. hcfa previously ruled that serostim was used for cosmetic weight gain, but now agrees that the drug has many clinical benefits against wasting. the national association of people with aids pressed for the policy reversal. texas had argued that section 1927 of the social security act denied medica ... | 1999 | 11366530 |
| failed bias-by-association lawsuit costs plaintiff $29,000. | u.s. district judge joe kendall ruled that the plaintiff's discrimination lawsuit was filed frivolously, and that he had to pay his former employer more than $29,000 for attorney's fees incurred in its defense against the lawsuit. the plaintiff was unable to show that charter furniture rental inc. was aware of his sexual orientation or his partner's aids-related illness. the plaintiff made every effort to conceal his homosexuality. he claimed his live-in partner was just a roommate. the plaintif ... | 1999 | 11366535 |
| chaney v. heckler. | eight prison inmates under death sentence in texas and oklahoma brought suit claiming that the use of certain drugs for execution by lethal injection without approval by the food and drug administration violated the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act. in overturning a lower court ruling, the u.s. court of appeals held that the fda had improperly refused to exercise its enforcement discretion to determine the safety and effectiveness of the drugs for lethal injection. as a result, the prisone ... | 1983 | 11648203 |
| insurance scam. | twenty-eight people with hiv or aids were indicted in dallas for lying about their medical status to obtain life insurance and then selling those policies through a viatical settlement arrangement conducted by an insurance company. forgery and fraud indictments were obtained against three insurance brokers and agents and michael lee davis, the vice president of southwest viatical inc. people working with davis arranged for the purchase of $12 million in insurance policies for applicants even tho ... | 1999 | 11366600 |
| 5' dinucleotide repeat polymorphism of nramp1 and susceptibility to tuberculosis among caucasian patients in houston, texas. | houston tuberculosis initiative (hti) and baylor college of medicine, houston, texas. | 2002 | 12234138 |
| ergonomics & retention. | the visiting nurse association of texas found that the impact of repetitive motion injuries on their office staff was costing them almost $200,000 a year. they formed a committee to design a cumulative trauma disorder prevention program. since that time repetitive motion injuries have decreased dramatically and the program has assisted in staff retention. | 2002 | 12244808 |
| mother v. her unborn child: where should texas draw the line? | | 1987 | 11649225 |
| difficult decisions: ethics and aids. | | 1991 | 11652311 |
| potential labor force supply and replacement in mexico and the states of the mexican cession and texas: 1980-2000. | "the purpose of this article is to carry forward the examination of potential labor force supply and replacement of men in mexico into the 1980-1990 and 1990-2000 decades so that the possible future course of international migration between that country and the united states may be better anticipated. in addition, to provide a degree of developmental perspective, trends in potential labor force supply and replacement in mexico since 1930-40 are presented." as a contrast, "ratios of potential l ... | 1983 | 12279723 |
| [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 |
| court affirms $234,000 verdict against free-spending caregiver. | lawrence white, a man with aids, transferred his inherited money to his live-in caregiver, clortis roberts. white executed a power of attorney in roberts' favor, and made her executrix of his will. one month after roberts spent white's inheritance, she ordered him out of her home. white sued roberts for breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and fraud in a harris county, tx, court. white was awarded actual and exemplary damages. on appeal, roberts argued that there was insufficient evidence to su ... | 1996 | 11363683 |
| 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 |
| sharing the earth: case studies on population, wildlife, and the environment. | in 1988 the national audubon society's population program began to develop a joint project on the issues of human population growth and wildlife management by comparing sites in the united states and overseas to identify actions necessary for a sustainable ecosystem. eight us sites were matched with eight sites in other countries. the audubon wildlife managers visited their partners' international settings and then hosted their counterparts at their own sanctuaries in the us. all sites involv ... | 1994 | 12290864 |
| combination of antibodies shown to block transmission of hiv-like virus across mucous membranes. vertical transmission. | researchers at the dana-farber cancer institute suggest the use of combined antibodies to block transmission of hiv-like virus across the mucous membranes. this passive immunization, wherein a combination of 3 potent human antibodies is administered shortly before delivery and after birth, aims to reduce the transmission of the virus. this method was first tested on monkeys who were exposed to a virus containing parts of the human and monkey aids viruses. it was observed that throughout the 6 ... | 2000 | 12295706 |
| prevalence of sparganosis by county of origin in florida feral swine. | sparganosis is a parasitic infection in amphibians, reptiles and mammals including feral swine and man. it is caused by migration of the metacestode (spargana) of spirometra. the primary objective of this study was the determination of the prevalence of gross sparganosis in florida county of origin in slaughtered feral swine. tracebacks to county of origin were conducted for florida feral swine with and without gross sparganosis. feral swine trapped in florida and presented for slaughter in a te ... | 2001 | 11390076 |
| prevalence of neuroendocrine dysfunction in patients recovering from traumatic brain injury. | although hypopituitarism is a known complication of head injury, it may be underrecognized due to its subtle clinical manifestations. the nonspecific symptoms may be masked by and may contribute to the physical and psychological sequelae of brain trauma. this study examines the prevalence of neuroendocrine abnormalities in patients rehabilitating from traumatic brain injury. seventy adults (mean age, 31.5 +/- 1.1 yr; range, 18--58; 46 men and 24 women) with traumatic brain injury an average of 4 ... | 2001 | 11397882 |
| ethical issues in community-based cancer control: considerations in designing interventions. | intervention studies are essential in the drive to reduce the burden of cancer in the united states. the means to accomplish primary and secondary cancer prevention is possible through health education focused on smoking, dietary changes, and the judicious application of screening technologies. the goal is to demonstrate these can work in the "real world" of the community workplace. the challenge of designing and conducting effective studies must include practical solutions to ethical as well as ... | 2001 | 11401624 |
| syringe type and drug injector risk for hiv infection: a case study in texas. | studies of accidental needlestick exposure to blood containing human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) have shown that the volume of blood in an exposure is a strong predictor of subsequent infection. illicit drug injectors, a group at elevated risk for hiv transmission, use syringes manufactured in two styles, one of which (the integral cannula type) retains substantially less blood after intravenous use than the other (the detachable needle type). in this report, we examine some of the factors asso ... | 2002 | 12365524 |
| laparoscopic versus open retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a cost analysis. | laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection is significantly less morbid than open retroperitoneal lymph node dissection but it is generally more costly due to longer operative time and disposable equipment. in response to budgetary pressure at our large county hospital we identified the cost components of laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection that could be targeted to decrease procedure costs before expanding our laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection program. | 2002 | 12394682 |
| lack of p21(cip1) dna methylation in acute lymphocytic leukemia. | | 2002 | 12412576 |
| theobald smith--the discoverer of ticks as vectors of disease. | the cause of texas fever in cattle, which is characterised by lysis of erythrocytes leading to anaemia, icterus, haemoglobinuria, and death, remained unsolved for many decades and assorted theories were proposed as an explanation for a disease being transmitted by apparently healthy animals. from 1889 to 1893, theobald smith and frederick l. kilbourne could demonstrate in elegantly conducted experiments how the disease was spread from cattle to cattle by ticks serving as the vector of transmissi ... | 2002 | 12422586 |
| water hardness and sodium trends in texas aquifers. | median hardness and sodium levels in groundwater were calculated for 244 texas counties from measurements at 7728 water wells. the data were mapped and analyzed with a geographic information system (gis). county median hardness levels varied widely, from 4-2304 mg l-1. more than 60% of the counties had hardness medians above 180 mg l-1. county medium sodium concentrations ranged from 6-1170 mg l-1, with more than 90% of those values exceeding 20 mg l-1. there was a significant positive correlati ... | 2001 | 11411143 |
| usefulness of cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men with systemic hypertension. | there is an inverse gradient of mortality across levels of cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy adults; however, the association of fitness to mortality in persons with comorbidities such as hypertension is not fully understood. this study quantifies the relation of cardiorespiratory fitness to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (cvd) mortality in hypertensive men. in this observational cohort study, we calculated death rates for low, moderate, and high fitness categories in normoten ... | 2001 | 11564389 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 2001. | during 2001, 49 states and puerto rico reported 7,437 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 1 case in a human being to the centers for disease control and prevention, an increase of < 1% from 7,364 cases in nonhuman animals and 5 human cases reported in 2000. more than 93% (6,939 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 6.7% (497 cases) were in domestic species (compared with 93.0% in wild animals and 6.9% in domestic species in 2000). the number of cases reported in 2001 increased among bats, cat ... | 2002 | 12494966 |
| exploring large employers' and small employers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on breastfeeding support in the workplace. | human resource professionals from different industries participated in focus groups in austin, texas. from a social marketing perspective, employers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices in providing breastfeeding support for lactating employees were explored. employers knew about the benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and children. however, they did not place a high priority on providing breastfeeding support. employers identified the barriers to and motivators for providing breastfeeding sup ... | 2001 | 11847850 |
| man convicted of viatical fraud wins reduction in restitution. | | 2002 | 11905173 |
| common deletion of smad4 in juvenile polyposis is a mutational hotspot. | juvenile polyposis (jp) is an autosomal dominant syndrome in which affected patients develop upper- and/or lower-gastrointestinal (gi) polyps. a subset of families with jp have germline mutations in the smad4 (madh4) gene and are at increased risk of gi cancers. to date, six families with jp have been described as having the same smad4 deletion (1244-1247delagac). the objective of the present study is to determine whether this deletion is a common ancestral mutation or a mutational hotspot. dna ... | 2002 | 11920286 |
| texas lifestyle limits transmission of dengue virus. | urban dengue is common in most countries of the americas, but has been rare in the united states for more than half a century. in 1999 we investigated an outbreak of the disease that affected nuevo laredo, tamaulipas, mexico, and laredo, texas, united states, contiguous cities that straddle the international border. the incidence of recent cases, indicated by immunoglobulin m antibody serosurvey, was higher in nuevo laredo, although the vector, aedes aegypti, was more abundant in laredo. environ ... | 2003 | 12533286 |
| the u.s.-mexico border infectious disease surveillance project: establishing bi-national border surveillance. | in 1997, the centers for disease control and prevention, the mexican secretariat of health, and border health officials began the development of the border infectious disease surveillance (bids) project, a surveillance system for infectious diseases along the u.s.-mexico border. during a 3-year period, a binational team implemented an active, sentinel surveillance system for hepatitis and febrile exanthems at 13 clinical sites. the network developed surveillance protocols, trained nine surveilla ... | 2003 | 12533288 |
| ethical issues in migrant farmworker studies. | | 2000 | 12542044 |
| geographic association of rickettsia felis-infected opossums with human murine typhus, texas. | application of molecular diagnostic technology in the past 10 years has resulted in the discovery of several new species of pathogenic rickettsiae, including rickettsia felis. as more sequence information for rickettsial genes has become available, the data have been used to reclassify rickettsial species and to develop new diagnostic tools for analysis of mixed rickettsial pathogens. r. felis has been associated with opossums and their fleas in texas and california. because r. felis can cause h ... | 2002 | 12023908 |
| cross-sectional survey of the extent and indicators of hepatitis c virus infection in houston department of health and human services' sexually transmitted disease clinics. | to evaluate the prevalence and indicators of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in houston and determine the effectiveness of targeted hcv screening in sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics. we performed a cross-sectional survey in low-risk and high-risk groups in houston. this included a blinded survey of hcv conducted in 1010 std clinic clients having serological syphilis tests, and 1885 multi-speciality group practice patients having metabolic blood work. this was followed with a targeted ... | 2003 | 12614470 |
| roe v. wade. 22 jan 1973. | | 1973 | 12038376 |
| the clinical epidemiology of hodgkin lymphoma in hiv-infected patients in the highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) era. | studies conducted before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) suggested that the risk of hodgkin lymphoma in persons with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection was increased. however, little is known about the features of this malignancy in patients receiving haart. from january 1996 through december 2001, 23 cases of hodgkin lymphoma were diagnosed among 3,945 hiv infected patients attending the harris county hospital district in houston, texas. twenty (87%) o ... | 2003 | 12640183 |
| downregulation of metabolic gene expression in failing human heart before and after mechanical unloading. | we have previously shown that several metabolic genes are downregulated in the failing human heart. we now tested the hypothesis that mechanical unloading might reverse this process. | 2002 | 12145475 |
| a collaborative program between a school of public health and a local health department to increase hiv testing of pregnant women. | this study evaluates the effectiveness of a continuing medical education (cme) program that sought to increase hiv testing of women attending maternity clinics of the city of houston department of health and human services (hdhhs). the cme program consisted of 14 training sessions given in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2000. educational objectives included increasing patient knowledge of hiv perinatal testing, increasing patient appreciation of the importance of hiv testing, and developing staff s ... | 2001 | 12196618 |
| an association between nqo1 genetic polymorphism and risk of bladder cancer. | nad(p)h:quinone oxidoreductase (nqo1) is a detoxification enzyme that plays a critical role in protecting cells against chemically induced oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity. nqo1 protects cells from oxidative damage by preventing the generation of reactive oxygen species and reducing certain environmental carcinogens, such as nitroaromatic compounds, heterocyclic amines, and possible cigarette smoke condensate. a c-->t single nucleotide polymorphism in exon 6 was ... | 2003 | 12694753 |
| therapeutic assessment of a man with "add". | in this article i present the first published complete case study of a psychological assessment done by the methods of therapeutic assessment. a client-therapist pair had been working together for several years but felt "stuck" in the treatment. the man had been previously diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (add) and sought help for disorganization and difficulties in romantic relationships. the therapist asked for diagnostic clarification but gradually revealed a deeper confusion about h ... | 2003 | 12700015 |
| 'lyme disease': ancient engine of an unrecognized borreliosis pandemic? | unexpectedly we have found large numbers of chronically ill borrelia burgdorferi pcr- and seropositive patients in houston, texas, a zoonotically 'non-endemic' area. in order to understand this finding prior to sufficient data availability, we chose to examine critically currently accepted but troublesome 'lyme disease' concepts. our method was to analyze each foundation 'lyme disease' premise within the context of available medical and veterinary literature, then to reconstruct the disease mode ... | 2003 | 12710914 |
| evaluating the context-dependent effect of family history of stroke in a genome scan for hypertension. | hypertension is an important risk factor for stroke, and the 2 diseases may share susceptibility genes in common. we sought to identify genomic regions influencing susceptibility to both hypertension and stroke. | 2003 | 12714704 |
| low-income minority women at risk for cervical cancer: a process to improve adherence to follow-up recommendations. | the houston department of health and human services (hdhhs) has a centralized process for notifying and setting up follow-up appointments for women with abnormal pap smears who are clients of hdhhs health centers. faculty and a student from the university of texas school of public health and hdhhs personnel jointly conducted a study to evaluate the process and performance of the system. | 2001 | 12196621 |
| postmolar surveillance at a trophoblastic disease center that serves indigent women. | the purpose of this study was to determine compliance with postmolar pregnancy surveillance in our indigent population. | 2003 | 12748460 |
| prevalence of gastric lesions in racing alaskan sled dogs. | human and equine athletes are reported to have a high prevalence of gastric disease, and anecdotal evidence suggests a similar phenomenon applies to racing sled dogs. to investigate the prevalence of gastric disease in racing sled dogs, we conducted 2 gastroscopy studies on dogs competing in the annual iditarod sled dog race. a pilot study of dogs that were either dropped from the 2000 iditarod sled dog race because of illness or that finished the race indicated that, approximately 5 days after ... | 2003 | 12774971 |
| epidemiology and molecular characterization of co-circulating influenza a/h3n2 virus variants in children: houston, texas, 1997-8. | co-circulating variants of influenza a/h3n2 viruses in children were studied in houston, texas between october 1997 and march 1998 to assess the effects of a new variant strain on the severity of clinical illness. influenza a virus was isolated from the nasal wash or nasal aspirate specimens collected from children at two tertiary care hospitals, and 271 isolates were available for variant-specific subtyping using rt-pcr and restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analysis. we classified ... | 2003 | 12825738 |
| the sam and ann barshop center for longevity and aging studies: the university of texas health science center at san antonio. | the sam and ann barshop center for longevity and aging studies is a focal point for advanced research designed exclusively to study the genes involved in aging and the diseases of aging. the research performed at the barshop center is based on a solid foundation of nearly twenty-five years of aging research at the university of texas health science center at san antonio. internationally recognized scientists in aging are now leading innovative research programs using state-of-the-art technologie ... | 2002 | 12213546 |
| rickettsia honei: a spotted fever group rickettsia on three continents. | rickettsia honei (also known as strain tt-118) has been detected on three continents. originally isolated in thailand in 1962 (and confirmed in 2001), it has also been detected on flinders island (australia) in 1993 and in texas (usa) in 1998. on each continent it has been associated with a different species of tick. the original isolate (thai tick typhus strain tt-118) was from a pool of larval ixodes and rhipicephalus ticks. later it was detected in i. granulatus from rattus rattus. its pathog ... | 2003 | 12860601 |
| mycobacterium simiae pseudo-outbreak resulting from a contaminated hospital water supply in houston, texas. | various species of nontuberculous mycobacteria are known to cause nosocomial pseudo-outbreaks, but there have been no detailed reports of nosocomial mycobacterium simiae pseudo-outbreaks. from april 1997 through february 2001, we recovered 65 m. simiae isolates from 62 patients at a community teaching hospital in houston, texas. the organism was grown in various water samples obtained in the hospital building and in professional building 1 but not in professional building 2, which has a separate ... | 2002 | 12228816 |
| disability benefits. disability denial reversed for man who suffered hiv drug reactions. | | 2003 | 12913973 |
| outbreaks of aseptic meningitis associated with echoviruses 9 and 30 and preliminary surveillance reports on enterovirus activity--united states, 2003. | aseptic or viral meningitis is the most common type of meningitis and is associated with an estimated 26,000--42,000 hospitalizations each year in the united states. enteroviruses are the most common cause of aseptic meningitis. echovirus 9 (e9) and echovirus 30 (e30) have been associated frequently with outbreaks of aseptic meningitis. during march 2003, several state public health departments noted increased reports of aseptic meningitis and, as of august 7, seven states (arizona, california, ... | 2003 | 12917581 |
| fimbrial prosthesis trials continue. | simultaneous experiments with laboratory animals in leuven, belgium, and san antonio, texas, are being conducted to test an experimental fimbrial prosthesis for temporary or reversible female sterilization. results so far indicate that the prosthesis succeeds in preventing pregnancy. 1 experimenter hopes to apply the prosthesis to and remove it from human fallopian tubes via minilaparotomy. such a device would be highly acceptable in family planning programs if an 80% reversibility could be d ... | 1979 | 12261371 |
| factors that influence adherence to hiv medications: perceptions of women and health care providers. | the purpose of this pilot study was to explore factors that influence adherence to antiretroviral therapy (art) in women with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease. antiretroviral medications that reduce viral count and prolong the time between a diagnosis of hiv disease and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) are expensive, numerous, and have multiple side effects. common reasons for not adhering to the medication regimen include art side effects and a dosage schedule that disrupts d ... | 2003 | 12953613 |
| a blogger in their midst. | it was five minutes before show time, and only 15 people had wandered into the conference room to hear lancaster-webb ceo will somerset introduce the company's latest line of surgical gloves. more important, sales prospect samuel taylor, medical director of the houston clinic, had failed to show. will walked out of the ballroom to steady his nerves and noticed a spillover crowd down the hall. he made a "what's up?" gesture to judy chen, lancaster-webb's communications chief. she came over to him ... | 2003 | 12964391 |
| chronic toxicity of ethylene oxide. a study of human responses to long-term low-level exposures. | | 1964 | 14120567 |
| diabetes mellitus in an american indian population isolate. | | 1964 | 14136074 |
| isolation of rubella virus: an epidemic characterized by rash and arthritis. | | 1965 | 14242416 |
| variations in heterozygous expression at the haptoglobin locus. | | 1964 | 14250423 |
| human botfly infestation in the u.s. report of second human case. | | 1965 | 14284064 |
| long-term variation in mercury concentrations in estuarine organisms with changes in releases into lavaca bay, texas. | mercury releases into lavaca bay resulted in public health notices and a fishing closure for crabs and finfish. mercury containing wastewater discharges were halted in 1970, but sediments were contaminated with mercury. the sediments are a source of mercury to the benthic food web via methylation. mercury in water column feeding organisms has decreased markedly. concentrations in benthic food web organisms remain elevated. human consumption concerns for oysters have ended, but a closure for fish ... | 2002 | 12269483 |
| prevalence of leptospiral infection in texas cattle: implications for transmission to humans. | of 1193 texas slaughterhouse cattle serum samples assayed for anti-leptospiral antibodies by microscopic agglutination testing, 262 (22%) reacted with serovar pomona and 179 (15%) with serovar hardjo. of 300 urine samples tested for leptospiral dna by a polymerase chain reaction assay, 106 (35%) were positive. the high prevalence of leptospiral infection of cattle represents potential threats to human health and agricultural economics. | 2003 | 14511584 |
| clinton repeals antiabortion policies as activists map out new strategies. | on the 20th anniversary of the roe v. wade decision and 2 days after being sworn in (january 20, 1993), president clinton signed memoranda which reversed years of antiabortion policies. these actions began workings to repeal the gag rule, reversed the mexico city policy, allowed privately paid abortions in military hospitals, permitted fetal tissue transplantation research, and directed the us food and drug administration to review the scientific basis for the import ban on ru-486 and us depart ... | 1993 | 12286087 |
| the usual suspects. | any scientist will think twice before reporting any discrepancy or possible theft of biohazardous material to either his or her institution or to the government. | 2003 | 14519188 |
| viral sexually transmitted disease vaccine acceptability among college students. | vaccines are an important strategy for the control of infectious diseases; however, they are only successful if accepted. the object of this study was to examine factors that could affect vaccine acceptance among college students for 2 sexually transmitted diseases (stds). | 2003 | 14520177 |
| suicide and assisting suicide: a critique of legal sanctions. | | 1982 | 11658640 |
| severe persistent orf in young goats. | orf (contagious ecthyma) is a viral disease of small and wild ruminants, humans, and less frequently other species. in sheep and goats, the disease is characterized by the formation of vesiculo-proliferative lesions in the skin of lips and nostril. here, a form of generalized orf in 16 goat kids from 2 different locations in west texas is described. the disease was characterized by multifocal, severe, proliferative dermatitis that persisted from about 2 months of age until the goat kids were eut ... | 2003 | 14535541 |
| the woman's right of privacy. | | 1973 | 11660987 |
| polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) in u.s. mothers' milk. | no previous reports exist on polybrominated diphenyl ether (pbde) congeners in human milk from individual u.s. mothers. this article on pbdes is an extension of our previous studies on concentrations of dioxins, dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls, and other chlorinated organic compounds in human milk in a number of countries. pbde commercial products are used as flame retardants in flexible polyurethane foam (penta-bde), in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins (octa-bde), and in high-imp ... | 2003 | 14594622 |
| texas man pleads guilty to using hiv as a deadly weapon. | | 2001 | 11668829 |
| linkage of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol concentrations to a locus on chromosome 9p in mexican americans. | high-density lipoproteins (hdls) are anti-atherogenic lipoproteins that have a major role in transporting cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver, where it is removed. epidemiologic studies have shown that low levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (hdl-c) are associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease and an increased mortality rate, indicating a protective role of high concentrations of hdl-c against atherogenesis and the development of coronary heart dis ... | 2002 | 11743583 |
| an environmental assessment of mold concentrations and potential mycotoxin exposures in the greater southeast texas area. | an assessment of indoor air quality in homes from the greater houston and southeast texas area was sampled over a three-month period to ascertain the potential toxic exposure to molds and mycotoxins. in 2001 houston experienced widespread flooding due to tropical storm allison. the slow receding waters allowed molds to proliferate to great levels and affected many homes and businesses in and around the houston area. source (air) and surface (swab, tape, and bulk) samples were taken in fungal con ... | 2003 | 14672314 |