Describes the organization of education, particulary higher education, and medical and scientific research in North Vietnam. Description is based on experiences during a lecture tour as well as available literature. (AL)

In this paper delivered at the 80th Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1969, author stressed need for accelerated educational research effort in medicine. (IR)

Registration with a social agency, required attendance of prenatal care, school lunch, milk, and health an nutritional education are elements of a public school program for teenage mothers which is described in this article. Significantly fewer premature births and infant deaths are reported as a result of the program. (DM)

Presents the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research guidelines for performing psychosurgery. Also includes dissenting arguments of commission members favoring a total ban of psychosurgery. (SL)

Reviews the medical literature on the health status of migrant farmworkers. Finds adequate coverage of dental health, nutrition, and childhood health, as well as several disease categories. Finds that more research is needed on population estimates, basic health status indicators, and the prevalence rates of the most common causes of death. (FMW)

Debate continues as to whether exercise training accelerates the growth of coronary collateral vessels. Animal research has produced positive results, but human studies have been disappointing, largely because of problems in experimental design and methodology. (IAH)