memo—new frontiers to be reached

Can any agreement be reached on cholesterol lowering?

Reports in the scientific and lay press on the current evidence from epidemiological and clinical trials for the benefit of lowering blood cholesterol often appear to be at variance. In May 1993 the British Hyperlipidaemia Association held a symposium at the Royal College of Physicians' to establish where there was agreement and to produce guidelines to identify people who might live longer as ...

Can the sphenopalatine ganglion be reached by an acupuncture needle?

Paying People to Be Healthy

User Financial Incentives (UFIs) have emerged as a powerful tool for health promotion. Strong evidence suggests that large enough incentives paid to individuals, conditional on behaviour they can control, encourages more of the desired behaviour. However, such interventions can have unintended consequences for non-targeted behaviours. Implementation difficulties that result in individuals not u...

A milestone reached?

"We will be reached": the use of mobile telephony among Norwegian youth

This paper examines the use of mobile telephones by teens in Norway. The data for this study is based on two sources; first I draw on qualitative interviews with a sample of 12 families with teens in the greater Oslo area. In addition, I use a quantitative study of a national sample of 1000 randomly selected teens. This material was gathered in the summer and fall of 1997. The data shows that i...