Results of a study of 602 high school students show students enjoyed having a variety of activities, with preference for team over individual sports. The 73-item questionnaire revealed that 85 percent enjoy their physical education classes, and 73 percent consider their physical education teachers good role models. (IAH)

Describes the astrocytes' function as equal partners with neurons in both the normal and the abnormal brain. Discusses the developmental scaffolds, inert scar tissue, Huntington's disease, psychiatric disorders, and the identification of these brain cells. (RT)

Surveyed 34 residential managers concerning their acceptance and eviction criteria and their perceptions of older people as desirable tenants. Independence was central issue which managers assessed. Most supported frail elderly tenants with informal services; urged residential change when impairment worsened. Most evictions were for behavioral or…

Presents overview of multiple factors affecting the life style of chronic pain patients, with an emphasis on assessment and rehabilitation. Focuses on chronic pain rehabilitation, including assessment, treatment, and evaluation of the rehabilitation outcome with the understanding that the goal of therapy is to restore the patient as closely as…

Participants responded to a series of psychological, exposure and health questionnaires. Results suggest that effects of traumatic exposure on perceived health are partially mediated by increases in PTSD after exposure, supporting studies on the effects of stress on health. (BF)

Reviews factors that led to the issuance of official pronouncements on the health implications of physical activity by various prestigious scientific and medical societies, summarizing several statements. Emphasis has shifted from endorsing structured exercise to supporting public health interventions to promote physical activity through…

Diabetes control involves the appropriate balance of exercise, diet, and medication. Regular exercise has many benefits for people with diabetes. Physicians can educate patients about ways to regulate and monitor blood glucose before, during, and after workouts. Patients need to understand the effects of exercise and diet on insulin requirements.…

Provoked by the tendency of contemporary college faculty to spend substantial time at the computer, the author consults the writings of an eighteenth-century physician, Bernardino Ramazzini, on the illnesses of workers for insights into the physical illnesses of sedentary scholars and for the preventive measures he prescribed. (MSE)

This study identified the highest heart rates attained on a ropes course for a corporate population; examined relationships between highest heart rate and other physical measures (basal heart rate, blood pressure, height, weight, body girths, cholesterol, maximum number of pushups, and heart rate after brisk walk); and developed an equation for…

Describes a high school circuit weight training (CWT) program which promotes physical fitness and helps students understand relationships between health and physical activity. It consists of upper- and lower-body weight lifts and cardiorespiratory exercises. Research indicates that CWT improves even difficult to improve health-related components.…

Longevity is leading to four-generation societies and transcendence of governmental and conventional age-controlled productivity. Elderly women's numerical superiority are influencing a firmer attitude toward self and lessening stereotypes of women as caregiver of the ill and elderly. "Fourth-age" people see empowerment as necessary for…

In a survey of 510 female and 486 male Norwegian college students, almost 12% reported child sexual abuse. Abuse was associated with health problems such as genital pain/infections and headache/abdominal/muscular pain as well as psychological disorders such as anxiety and suicidal ideation. A relationship was demonstrated between abuse severity…

Discusses research findings about malathion, a widely used insecticide, concerning potential for human exposure; how malathion works and is used; toxicity; carcinogenicity; mutagenicity; associated birth defects; reproductive effects; effects on vision, diet, behavior, and immune systems; contaminants and analogues, synergists, residues, inert…

Contends that the disproportionately high rate of human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) infections among African Americans should be approached from a social and political perspective and should not be viewed as merely a result of individual behavior. Considers HIV/AIDS risk factors and health and social…

Discussed is the possibility of disturbed immunity among people experiencing either clinical depression or some type of severe stress. Psychoneuroimmunology, the study of psychological treatment and its ability to shore up a person's immunity and slow the spread of infectious disease, is reviewed. (KR)