OUNSELLING WOMEN ABOUT THE RESOURCES that are available to them to assess their risk of breast cancer and providing advice on appropriate screening and risk-reduction strategies can be challenging for clinicians. This article discusses genetic risk factors for breast cancer, how to take a family history, and how to counsel and organize appropriate referrals for patients who may be at an increas...

The human intestinal microflora is a complex microbial ecosystem that plays a critical role in the overall health of an individual. This issue will examine the benefits of the “friendly bacteria” that colonize the gastrointestinal tract, various factors that can disturb the normal GI environment, and the wide variety of health problems that can develop when the intestinal microflora is upset. A...

Requests for reprints should be addressed to James L. Morgan, Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Box 1978, Providence, RI 02912, USA. E-mail: James Morgan6Brown.Edu. This work was supported by grants from the NIMH (MH 48892) and NIH (HD 29426) to the author. I thank Nancy Allard, Paul Allopenna, Rachel Kessinger, Jenny Saffran and Rushen Shi for assistance with a...

I wish to thank Assoc. Prof Ron Pinter for his counsel and guidance, and especially for his backing me up on all the various endeavors I took during this research. Without this atmosphere of extensive academic freedom this work would not have been possible. I would like to thank my parents Yosi and Hana Dotan for their advice and support. A special thanks to my wife Revital – for her love and e...

Numerous opportunities exist for successful careers in the fields of hematology and oncology. Trainees must choose between dedicated training in one or both disciplines, and between careers in private practice or academic medicine. Individuals who favor academic careers must decide between patient-oriented clinical investigation and laboratory research. This article addresses the factors that i...

BACKGROUND This report assessed the proportion of US 10th graders (average age, 16) who saw a physician in the past year and were asked and given advice about their drinking. We hypothesized that advice would vary by whether students were asked about drinking and their drinking, bingeing, and drunkenness frequency. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 10th graders in 2010 (N = 2519) ...

We consider systems composed of a base system with multiple “features” or “controllers”, each of which independently advise the system on how to react to input events so as to conform to their individual specifications. We propose a methodology for developing such systems in a way that guarantees the “maximal” use of each feature. The methodology is based on the notion of “conflict-tolerant” fe...

News stories of gun violence have ignited the debate about what public health measures are appropriate for reducing the epidemic of gun injury and death. Although critics of stricter gun policies cite data showing stable rates of gun-related homicide over the past decade, these statistics ignore the increased rate of shootings and that improved trauma care has stabilized the death rate.1 With t...