Microsporidia are worldwide ubiquitous intracellular protozoan parasites, which have recently emerged as a significant cause of morbidity in immunocompromised patients, particularly in those with AIDS.' Multiorgan microsporidiosis is well described in these individuals, which underscores the severity of immunodeficiency in patients with microsporidial infection.2 3 In 15-30% of patients with ad...

This article asks whether blogging in the United Kingdom, which started later than in the United States, reproduces the gender differences in blogging behavior and the gender inequalities in recognition that have been observed in studies based largely on U.S. bloggers. A sample of 48 female and male British bloggers answered a questionnaire about their blogging practices and attitudes; data wer...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cervical tissue fluorescence spectra have previously been measured in vivo in women with a recent abnormal Papanicolaou smear. Diagnostic algorithms have been developed to diagnose squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) based on these fluorescence emission spectra. However, algorithms have not been tested in women with no history of cervical neoplasia. STUDY DESIGN/M...

This paper discusses the responsibility of general practitioners who are consulted by women who have been physically injured by the men with whom they live. The paper draws on a study of 50 women who were interviewed at a refuge for battered women, and considers the help which they received, or did not receive, from their general practitioners. Such women are likely to face many difficulties: i...

Special thanks to The Ford Foundation for its support of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, the initiative under which these materials were produced. We also wish to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their ongoing funding of the NRC. The ideas expressed herein are those of the author and do ...

Serum testosterone ranges are based on endogenous hormone production. There is no evidence to support that dosing for exogenous testosterone therapy should be based on establish ranges from endogenous production (which have been shown to be inaccurate in women and children). Subcutaneous testosterone doses from 75 mg to 150 mg (and up to 225 mg) have been shown to be efficacious without signifi...

More and more researchers, evaluators, and policy makers are recognizing that in order to best understand the factors precipitating, supporting, and prohibiting intimate violence against women, we must often gather information directly from battered women themselves. Such data collection, however, is not without its risks to the women involved in such studies. It is important that researchers a...