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Greenberg, Jerrold S. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1984
College students experience a great deal of life changes during their school career. This article reports on a study that observed how students reacted to life changes and how this influenced the incidence of illness and disease. Results and implications for health educators are presented. (DF)
Descriptors: College Students, Disease Incidence, Health Education, Higher Education
Griffiths, Peter; Smith, Caroline; Harvie, Ann – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Cognitive and behavioral effects of temporarily elevating levels of phenylalanine in treated phenylketonuria (PKU) were investigated in a triple-blind crossover study with 16 early and continuously treated children and adolescents with PKU. Results suggest that intellectual ability, memory, and conduct are not affected by medium-term elevated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Ability
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Goldman, Mark E. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1991
The molecular properties of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase are summarized and several strategies developed to inhibit its activity are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Drug Therapy, Higher Education
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Pueschel, Siegfried M.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This study investigated the thyroid function of 181 patients (mean age 14 years) with Down's syndrome and found more thyroid dysfunctions than in the general population. Periodic thyroid hormone function tests are recommended for Down's syndrome individuals, especially as they get older. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Disease Incidence, Downs Syndrome
Young, Rosalie F.; Kahana, Eva – 1983
Research with older persons suffering from physical illness presents numerous challenges to gerontologists. Issues of conceptualization pertaining to the definition of illness, its location in the research paradigm, and the context in which illness occurs must be addressed prior to dealing with methodological problems. Access to physically ill…
Descriptors: Bias, Data Analysis, Diseases, Gerontology
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Michelsson, Katarina – Early Child Development and Care, 1988
Discusses the reasons that newborns and young infants cry, the communicative effect and perception of crying, crying in sick and healthy infants, the sound spectograph, and crying for the use of clinical diagnostics. (RJC)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases, Evaluation Methods, Infant Behavior
Griffin, Abbey – 1992
This report covers the risks to health, safety, and emotional well-being for infants and toddlers in child care settings, and examines opportunities for diminishing those risks and promoting healthy development. Part 1 examines the risks of poor caregiving practices, including the spread of infectious disease, the incidence of injury, and the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Safety
Gilbride, Kathleen E.; And Others – 1983
To determine whether deficits warranting intervention are present in the later functioning of high-risk infants, 22 premature infants who experienced asphyxia or chronic lung disease (CLD) but who had no gross developmental abnormalities were evaluated. Assessments of auditory perception and receptive language ability were made during later…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis, Diseases, Followup Studies
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Wood, Judith B. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
This discussion of the structure of online databases and the structure of related subject disciplines focuses on terms used in a book about tropical diseases and terms used in the MEDLINE database for articles on these diseases. Matrices used are explained and Medical Subject Heading (MeSh) terms are examined. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Diseases, Documentation, Intellectual Disciplines
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Lepkowski, Wil – Chemical and Engineering News, 1987
Discussed is the government's research and development policy related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Programs and institutions working on various AIDS projects with federal support are discussed and several are listed. The Public Health Service Task Force on AIDS is discussed and the organization is described in a chart. Problems…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Diseases, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
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Eiser, C. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1984
Reviews research studies aimed at informing children about illness and hospitalization, points out methodological problems in such studies, and describes work based on the normal child's ideas of health and illness. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension, Developmental Stages, Diseases
Hopper, Keith B. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that nearly 20 million Americans suffer from asthma, 6.3 million of which are children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004). It is not merely an annoyance disease, as is commonly believed. Asthma kills. It takes more than 5,000 American lives each year (Asthma Statistics in America,…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Diseases
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Peters, Sylvia A. F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Examination of the relationship between educational attainment and long-lasting, bilateral otitis media with effusion (OME) in 270 Dutch children (ages 2 to 4) found that, at age 7, early bilateral OME affected spelling ability but not reading ability. Effects of treatment with ventilation tubes were not found. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diseases, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Varona, Frank – Social Studies Texan, 1992
Discusses the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Criticizes contemporary condemnation of Columbus as unproductive. Acknowledges the deaths of countless Native Americans through disease and warfare. Recognizes that the pre-Columbian Americas did not comprise a paradise. Concludes that commemorating the…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Criticism, Culture Conflict, Diseases
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Tyler, Carl V., Jr.; Snyder, Clint W.; Zyzanski, Stephen – Mental Retardation, 2000
Osteoporosis screening of 107 adults, ages 40 to 60, with mental retardation who attended community-based training centers found 21 percent had osteoporosis and 34 percent had osteopenia. The most significant predictor of lower bone mineral densities were Down syndrome, mobility status, and race. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Disease Incidence, Downs Syndrome, Mental Retardation
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