Survey Says Patients Expect Little Physician Help on Sex

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A 1999 survey of 500 adults found that most valued their sexual health but could not rely on their doctors to provide them with information about their sexual problems. The survey was reported at a conference on Gender and Human Sexuality in April, 1999. About 85% said they might bring these problems up with their doctor but 70% believed their doctor would dismiss their concerns. Two-thirds said they believed such a discussion would embarrass their doctor. Other researchers at the conference discussed the psychiatric, pharmacological, and hormonal treatment of sexual dysfunction, including the much-publicized drug Viagra.

Sexual disorders, Care and treatment, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Surveys

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New Advocates of Adequate Treatment Say Have No Fear of Pain or of Prosecution

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Physicians can provide adequate treatment for pain without worrying about prosecution. Researchers presented studies on the legal and regulatory issues involved in the management of pain at a recent press conference. Many patients in chronic pain are undertreated because legal and reimbursement systems have not kept up with improved methods of managing pain. According to report presented at the conference, pain relievers are very effective and most patients will not become addicted. Few health professionals have been prosecuted for prescribing opioids.

Health aspects, Drug therapy, Intractable pain, Analgesics

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Views of reason for mad cow disease vary widely

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The number of cases of mad cow disease in Great Britain has dropped significantly since 1989 but researchers are still trying to track down its cause. The disease, whose technical name is bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is similar to the human disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. One scientist believes they are caused by the abnormal accumulation of a normal protein called prion protein. Another believes an infectious agent called spiroplasma is responsible. In 1989, the British government banned the feeding of animal remains to cattle.

Causes of, Animal feeding and feeds, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Contamination, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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