Perinatal AIDS Declines

Perinatal nurses' knowledge and attitudes about AIDS.

Perinatal nurses were surveyed to determine their knowledge, attitudes, and fears concerning AIDS. Nurses' knowledge correlated positively with attendance at conferences and in-service programs. More than 85% of the respondents reported moderate to high fear of AIDS. No correlation was found between knowledge and self-reported fear scores. A discrepancy occurred between the nurses' beliefs that...

Common declines

While the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society have highlighted for the British government's attention and beyond the plight of cetaceans in its seas (see pages R780–R781), the government itself acknowledged last month the need for tougher conservation measures for many once common species and habitats in the face of often increasingly alarming decline. The British government announced a doub...

AIDS

Retirement age declines

Response: Sperm Density Declines

Last year Swan et al. (1) published a reanalysis of data from 61 studies originally compiled and analyzed by Carlsen et al. (2). Just prior to the appearance of the Swan et al. artide, we published a reanalysis in another journal (3). Regional differences were considered in both reanalyses, but we examined only the effect ofyear in the final models (fertility status was also considered in the i...