CHECKUP : NEWS, TIPS AND TRENDS MAKE A STERLING-SILVER STATEMENT AGAINST ABUSE.As an alternative to flowers and chocolate, try a Valentine's gift that says what love is not. As part of Liz Claiborne Inc.'s ongoing domestic violence awareness program, Women's Work, the company has created a sterling silver, heart-shaped charm necklace engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. with ``Love Is Not Abuse'' on one side, and ``Abuse Is Not Love'' on the other. All profits from the necklace, which sells for $20, benefit the Family Violence Prevention Fund, a national domestic violence organization working to end domestic abuse. They can be ordered through the Women's Work 24-hour number, (800) 449-7867. Price does not include shipping and handling; allow four to six weeks for delivery. Cancer patients wanted: Clinical nutrition Clinical nutrition The use of diet and nutritional supplements as a way to enhance health prevent disease. Mentioned in: Naturopathic Medicine researchers at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. people who recently have been diagnosed and surgically treated for lung, head or neck cancer. They'll be examining the role that a diet high in fruit and vegetables might play in preventing recurrence of these cancers. People enrolled in the study will be divided into two groups - one will be placed on a special diet, the other will receive nutritional education without a required change in diet. Study subjects must have been between the ages of 18 and 74 at the time of the cancer diagnosis and have been treated successfully with surgery within the past two years. Patients also must not be taking high doses of vitamin supplements or have been treated with chemotherapy. Study subjects must agree to be followed by researchers for five years and submit to periodic blood tests. Patients will receive a small payment for each blood test. If you're interested in enrolling in the study, call Gail Thames at (310) 206-8292. The write stuff: Requiring children to practice penmanship by using pencils or crayons may not be the best strategy for developing attractive handwriting. A study of 48 first-graders by researchers at Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. found a better exercise may be to manipulate small objects, such as puzzle pieces. Kids who had greater in-hand skills also had the most attractive handwriting. The study appeared in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Medication by patch: Nicotine patches have proved so successful in helping smokers kick the habit that researchers are using the patch to deliver other medications as well. Researchers at the University of South Florida • • [ applied patches to 16 youngsters who were being treated for Tourette's syndrome Tou·rette's syndrome or Tou·rette syndrome n. A severe neurological disorder characterized by multiple facial and other body tics, usually beginning in childhood or adolescence and often accompanied by grunts and compulsive utterances, as of , characterized by verbal outbursts, ticks and hyperactivity hyperactivity, excessive physical activity of emotional or physiological origin, usually seen in young children; one of the components of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. . The children were responding poorly to the usual drug therapy. In most, use of patches to deliver the medication helped the drugs work much better, researchers report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry A branch of psychiatry that specialises in work with children, teenagers, and their families. History An important antecedent to the specialty of child psychiatry was the social recognition of childhood as a special phase of life with its own developmental stages, starting with . ``We began to see improvement within three hours after the patch was applied, and the alleviation of symptoms with a single patch lasted an average of 10 days,'' said Dr. Archie Silver, lead author of the study. |
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