While all methods of tattoo removal leave scar tissue, researchers point out that some results are worse than others. According to a study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine , overweight and obese women are less likely to be screened for diseases such as cervical cancer and less likely to have routine mammography than women who weigh within a normal range. This is true even after adjusting for sociodemographics, illness, the health care provider's specialty, insurance coverage and access to health care. This conclusion was based on a population-based study of 11,435 women who responded to the Year 2000 Supplement of the 1994 National Health Interview Survey. A study in the October 5 New England Journal of Medicine showed that a shorter course of zidovudine therapy for expectant mothers with HIV may be just as effective as the standard regimen, at one-fifth the cost.
Communication is a two-way street.
A survey of 15 physicians, and 19 teens and their parents published in Family Practice News revealed that 88 percent of the parents wish physicians would discuss high-risk behaviors with teenage patients. This desire is not evident to the physicians, however. Many surveyed physicians think parents don't want them to talk to their children about drugs, sex, smoking or drinking. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference.