In the last several months, there have been discussions in the media, including in this journal (1), about issues related to how AIDS vaccine trials are conducted in India. The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has partnered with the ministry of health and family welfare in India through the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) s...

In the early 1990s, true green or blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with enough intensity for commercial applications were not available. Eagle-Picher and North Carolina State University (NCSU) had achieved groundbreaking developments in creating zinc selenide blue and green lasers and LEDs, but needed financial assistance to continue the research and development. With funding from the Advanced...

Evidence-based care, behavioral interventions, and new technologies applied during the perinatal period are insufficient by themselves to reduce or eliminate racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality. Traditional health and behavioral interventions, and the structures through which they are delivered, do not facilitate adherence to behavioral or health recommendations at home or in the comm...

The EXPORT Health Project at the Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburgh, partnered with the Center of Excellence in Minority Health at Jackson State University to design and present a Summer Research Career Development Institute (SRCDI) in 2005 and 2006. The goal of the SRCDI was to enhance the early academic career survival skills of postdoctoral and junior faculty investigators ...

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea contributes to daytime sleepiness, poor quality of life and increased risk for heart disease and hypertension among women. Continuous positive airway pressure improves sleepiness and quality of life and may reduce health risks but few studies have evaluated predictors of adherence among women. The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of relationship fa...

OBJECTIVES This paper introduces scales on shared activity and relationship quality for married and partnered older adults using multiple indicators from the second wave of National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. METHOD We assessed the reliability of the scales using Cronbach's alpha and the item-total correlation. We conducted exploratory factor analysis to explore the structure of ...

BACKGROUND living alone in later life has been linked to psychological distress but less is known about the role of the transition into living alone and the role of social and material resources. METHODS a total of 21,535 person-years of data from 4,587 participants of the British Household Panel Survey aged 65+ are analysed. Participants provide a maximum 6 years' data (t0-t5), with trajecto...

OBJECTIVE To assess masturbation prevalence, frequency, and associations with partnered sexual behaviors. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING The United States of America. PARTICIPANTS Nationally representative samples of adolescents aged 14 to 17 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Solo masturbation, partnered sexual behaviors, and condom use. RESULTS Across age groups, more males (73.8%...