{"title":"New treatment for Parkinson's disease.","authors":"E. Cartlidge","doi":"10.1088/2058-7058/14/3/6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/14/3/6","url":null,"abstract":"Parkinson's disease is a common neurological condition that affects many people in old age. Physicists and neurologists have been working together for some time to find an effective treatment for the disease, but until now the only alternative to drug therapy has involved applying a continuous electrical signal to the affected part of the brain. Now Peter Tass of the Institute of Medicine at the Research Centre Julich in Germany has used the methods of nonlinear dynamics to show that the disease could be treated by applying double pulses only occasionally to the brain (P Tass 2001 Europhys. Lett. 53 15). This would result in a less severe treatment of the disease.","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 3 1","pages":"179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/2058-7058/14/3/6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60814159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Historical perspectives on health. A historical approach to study of the function and dysfunction of the thyroid gland realised?","authors":"A Olukoga, D Donaldson","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800213","url":null,"abstract":"a new observation or establishes a new piece of information on account of the fact that he/she is not in a position to view a new idea in total perspective. The context of the whole at any one time can only be seen in the light of current knowledge, combined with the degree of individual awareness of a situation. Newly acquired information may indeed lie dormant for many years before a scientific application is found often in a very different discipline. This accompanying assembly of dates is an attempt to list in a meaningful way milestones in the evolution of knowledge in relation to the thyroid gland. In a task such as this it is, of course, very difficult to identify the name of every author who has contributed to","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"116-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800213","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20949442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alcohol consumption worldwide--and the relationship with cancer.","authors":"D Donaldson","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800205","url":null,"abstract":"the American Institute for Cancer Research (1997) has produced a 670 page book entitled Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective published in Washington, USA, by the American Institute for Cancer Research. In part 111, ’Nutrition, Food and Cancer’, there is a discourse on ’Alcohol’ ,Chapter 5.5, pp. 398-403, which commences by observing that there is no physiological need for alcohol and that it is an addictive drug. There is reference to the variability of alcohol consumption in different parts of the world, ranging from zero or near zero consumption (in low income countries or where there is prohibition) to 10%","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800205","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some peoples' psychological experiences of attending a sexual health clinic and having a sexually transmitted infection.","authors":"H S Holgate, C Longman","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study considers aspects of the experiences of a group of people attending a sexual health clinic and receiving the diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The study was conducted in the form of action research using a qualitative approach. Participants consisted of eight attenders at a sexual health clinic who had been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. Counselling skills and techniques were used throughout semi-structured interviews to explore participants' feelings about these issues. Thematic analysis was used to generate themes of importance to the participants. Some people who had been to a sexual health clinic and received a diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection were found to experience feelings of anxiety, stigma and isolation. This study is of value to all those working in the field of sexual health with an interest in understanding the issues that are important to the client group.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"94-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800210","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reform of legislation covering deliberate transmission of infectious disease.","authors":"A Shaw","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health promotion, environmental health and Agenda 21.","authors":"A Scriven, S Young","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 1992, at the Rio Earth Summit, many governments, including our own, committed themselves to developing local strategies for sustainable development in the form of Local Agenda 21. Sustainable development is discussed, as is the philosophy and practice of health promotion and environmental health. Common approaches are identified and the links in relation to key areas of activities, strategies, values and principles are outlined. Finally, recommendations are made and conclusions drawn in relation to the overlap between environmental health action, Agenda 21 strategies and health promotion practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800208","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Re: Sexually transmitted diseases among women in Coventry.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800217","url":null,"abstract":"I wish to draw attention to the dangerous trend in the usage of ’Essential Oils internally, by oral, rectal and vaginal routes by some Aromatherapists. In an article in your Journal last year, I gave the true definition of Aromatherapy, which must involve the odour of the oils but need not include massage in the therapeutic use. I also pointed out that the use of essential oils internally, as medicines on the continent, is conducted by medically qualified doctors and that encapsulated Peppermint oil is used for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and a mixture of encapsulated components are used for treating gallstones and ureteric stones, but these have obviously been tested and licenced as medicines. It seems that many aromatherapists with no medical qualifications and devoid of scientific qualifications are now dispensing treatments using essential oils and discussing this on the Internet. As a consequence there is a growing danger that a serious poisoning if not a fatality, will arise due to this dangerous practice and its perpetuation. This danger is illustrated by several paragraphs which appear in the book by Julia Goodwin entitled &dquo;Natural Babycare&dquo; (published by Ebury Press, 1997) where, for example, it is suggested that infantile colic can be relieved by adding 5-10 drops of chamomile oil three times a day to a little warmed water or milk. Depending on the drop size, the dose could be about 6ml per day, and if the baby has a low body weight, it could amount to a toxic dose (based on the LD50). Furthermore, there are at least three types of chamomile oils on the market, which are from different plants, yielding oils of completely different chemical composition; there is also frequent adulteration of essential oils with various solvents which have included","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"126-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800217","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20949444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Burden of illness review of obesity: are the true costs realised?","authors":"A M McIntyre","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity can no longer be viewed as merely a cosmetic or social problem, but must be acknowledged as a serious disease, responsible for the premature death and morbidity of millions and for significant expenditure of limited healthcare resources. In addition, there are significant costs to the individual with regard to social status and quality of life. It has been argued that obesity is one of the most important preventable causes of ill health in the UK today. This is especially important when one considers that the incidence of obesity is actually rising, with 13% of men and 16% of women in the UK in 1997 being obese. To begin treating such a disease it is essential to raise awareness of this problem, not only from the associated morbidity and mortality risks that have been well documented, but the socio-economic and psychological costs. This paper reviews the literature available globally, giving some measure of the magnitude of the associated burden of illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"76-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Albumin: what influences its level in the blood?","authors":"D Donaldson","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800206","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800206","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smoking, diabetes and hyperlipidaemia.","authors":"D P Mikhailidis, J A Papadakis, E S Ganotakis","doi":"10.1177/146642409811800209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409811800209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The epidemiological evidence linking smoking with insulin resistance is considerable. This evidence is even more convincing because there is a dose response relationship between smoking and the risk of non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM). Similarly, there is a time-dependent decrease in risk of NIDDM for those who quit smoking. Insulin resistance (in the form of impaired glucose tolerance, IGT) may precede the development of NIDDM. There is a biochemical basis for the smoking-IGT/NIDDM relationship. Smoking increases the risk of developing diabetic complications like nephropathy, neuropathy and retinopathy Smoking is also an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality in NIDDM. Smokers are both insulin resistant and lipid intolerant. Smoking cessation increases circulating high density lipoprotein (HDL) and reduces low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, despite weight gain. Those providing advice or treatment to improve cardiovascular risk factors should be aware of these smoking-related harmful effects. This is especially true if IGT is underdiagnosed despite the fact that this condition increases the risk of vascular events. Explaining that smoking increases the chance of developing diabetes as well as raising 'blood fat' levels may convince more smokers to quit.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"118 2","pages":"91-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409811800209","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20950239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}