Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists

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Since the founding of Christian Science more than 120 years ago, standard medical care has been avoided and replaced by prayer-based health care and a healthful approach to life, which excludes the use of alcohol and tobacco. The practices of Christian Scientists are legally recognized through their exemption from compliance with some laws affecting others, such as childhood immunization regulations. Because of tenets of the Christian Science Church which do not allow the release of data about members, no studies have been carried out using scientific methods to examine the value of Christian Science healing. A previous study reported that the death rate from cancer among Christian Scientists was double the national average and six percent of all Christian Scientists' deaths were preventable. This research compares the longevity between graduates from 1934 to 1983 who were Christian Scientists at the time they enrolled in Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, (applicants were practicing Christian Scientists), and liberal arts graduates from the University of Kansas, to indirectly assess the effectiveness of Christian Science healing. The data obtained was based on the assumptions that students from both colleges were of the same age and that inadequate health care shortens life expectancy. Graduates of Principia College had a significantly shorter life span that those who attended the University of Kansas.

Health aspects, Medical care, Physiological aspects, Students, College graduates, Comparative analysis, Catechisms, Theology, Spiritual healing, Christian Science, Principia College, Kansas, University of

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Ten years of orienting college students to careers in medicine

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A summer course introducing college students to the healthcare environment can help them make informed career choices and improve the hospital's relations with the community. Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, NJ started a full-time, six-week summer program in 1981 for local college students who were interested in a career in medicine. The students went on patient care rounds with physicians, watched surgical operations, went to conferences and lectures and met with doctors and nurses in individual sessions. They kept a log of their impressions and wrote a final report at the end of the course. In 1991, 86% of the students who went through the program had taken jobs in a health care profession. Several students have said that the program was instrumental in helping them choose a profession. Most of the doctors and nurses who participated enjoyed the experience.

Planning, Hospitals, Education, Social policy, College students, Career choice

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Sex-based differences in early mortality after myocardial infarction

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Young women who have a heart attack have a higher mortality rate than men their age. This was the conclusion of a study of 384,878 heart attack patients between 30 and 89 years old, 155,565 of whom were women. During their hospital stay, the mortality rate in the women less than 50 years old was more than twice the rate in men the same age. Mortality rates in young women were still higher after adjusting for the serious of the heart attack and the care the patients received.

Statistical Data Included, Reports, Patient outcomes, Women, Heart attack, Sex factors in disease, Disease sex factors

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