This study investigated whether clown intervention could reduce preoperative worries and the affective responses of children undergoing minor surgery. Parental anxiety was also tested. Child's age, previous hospitalization, and temperament were tested as predictors of the child's responses during this preoperative phase. Seventy children were assigned to one of two groups: children accompanied ...

This study examined how breast cancer diagnosis influences underlying cognitions and explicit worries about death, and their roles in health-related quality of life (QOL). Forty-two women who underwent surgery for the removal of either a cancerous or benign breast mass indicated their worries about dying and completed measures of death-thought accessibility and QOL. Women with cancer reported l...

Rich countries are coming under the spotlight from developing nations as new negotiations loom to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, and they are found wanting. Although many believe the next US administration will be more active in curbing emissions, many other nations are seen as having achieved too little and some scientists are increasingly worried that even the current most stringent ta...

by Dave Collins A suspicion that Rice is not producing students for professional schools as efficiently as possible has led to a reorganization of Rice's pre-professional advising effort . Beginning this fall, premedical, pre-law and pre-business students will have new faces to which to turn for counseling. Dr. Ronald Stebbings, Rice's dean of undergraduate affairs, recently announced the estab...