84 Dr Shoptaw is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Methamphetamine is a long-acting stimulant. It goes by various street names, including crystal, tina, speed, and crank. It can be injected, insufflated (snorted), smoked (eg, by heating on aluminum foil and inhaling the vapor through a pen or straw), taken orally, or taken via “booty-...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of psychologic support against preterm delivery in pregnant women with symptoms of preterm labor. STUDY DESIGN The study, which involved two cohorts of women identified during two successive periods in the same maternity ward, included 309 women in the experimental group and 323 in the control group. The women in the control grou...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined gender differences in the psychologic and physical symptom changes associated with written disclosure. METHODS Male (n = 48) and female (n = 46) college students were assigned to either a written disclosure condition or a control writing condition. Participants in each condition wrote on 3 consecutive days for 20 minutes each session. Heart rate was record...