Children who survive a severe episode of malnutrition early in life are handicapped in developing skills in reading and writing and are less able to profit from the cumulative knowledge available to man. This may lead to defective functioning, school failure, and subnormal adaptation. (DM)

Provided are abstracts of papers presented at the annual American Physiological Society meeting and International Conference on Hydrogen Ion Transport in Epithelia. Papers are grouped by such topic areas as lung fluid balance, renal cardiovascular integration, smooth muscle physiology, neuroendocrines (pituitary), exercise physiology, mechanics of…

Cancer is due to environmental exposure rather than genetic factors. The health educator, by increasing students' awareness of the cancer problem, can assist in the development of cancer prevention programs. Five goals are described for the development of a course in environmental cancer. (JN)

Recent evidence indicates that marijuana is more harmful than had previously been suspected. A review of research in the following areas is presented: tolerance and persistence, reproductive system, respiratory system, immune system, central nervous system, genetic and chromosomal effects, and behavioral effects. (Author)

Courses developed by the Department of Periodontics of the State University of New York at Stony Brook that are intended to stimulate college students to consider careers in dentistry are described. Four types of courses are offered for students interested in research. (MLW)

Suggests that logical thought and intuitive inspiration may contribute to forming pictures of the future on which to base plans and decisions. Also outlines a method for using intuition in everyday planning. Journal available from World Future Society, Post Office Box 30369, Bethesda Branch, Washington, D.C. 20014. (Author/DB)

The study assessed development of 17 malnourished and 15 adequately nourished hospitalized children (ages 6 to 24 months) and found that mean developmental quotients of each group rose to a similar extent during recovery from illness. Journal availability: see EC 113 765. (Author/PHR)

Nursing practice in itself may serve as a stimulus for research, thus setting in motion a constantly flowing interchange between the realities of that practice, theory development, and scientific investigation. (Editor)

Describes early scientific research involving marine invertebrate pathologic processes that may have led to new insights into human disease. Discussed are inquiries of Metchnikoff, Loeb, and Cantacuzene (immunolgic responses in sea stars, horseshoe crabs, and marine worms, respectively). Describes current research stemming from these early…

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…

Examines how medical writers discuss matters they believe to be true, possible, and untrue, drawing on research papers from medical journals. To conclude, a discussion of teaching difficult concepts in medical reading and writing is presented. (80 references) (Author/CK)

Discussion of the information needs of medical professionals and researchers focuses on the architecture of a Web portal designed to integrate advanced searching and indexing algorithms, an automatic thesaurus, and self-organizing map technologies to provide searchers with fine-grained results. Reports results of evaluation of spider algorithms…

Boys with (n=16) and without (n=18) intellectual disability (ID) performed the Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT) on two separate occasions. Comparable levels of reliability and agreement were found on the WAnT for both groups. However, the performances of boys with ID were more variable, less powerful, and resulted in lower post-exercise blood lactose…

The treatment of urinary tract infections is discussed. Specific issues considered include the definition of asymptomatic bacteriuria, the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, the controversies of who should be treated, and antimicrobial treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria. (MLW)

The Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been carrying out research in pharmaceutical biotechnology that has allowed unique student involvement and promises further interdisciplinary research and instructional activities. (MSE)