Spain creates a network to reduce domestic violence. Screening for Type Diabetes Mellitus. British Medical Journal buys Western Journal of Medicine. Women are more susceptible than men to the arrhythmogenic activity of erythromycin. Increased prevalence of hypertension in the Philippines.
Cigarette use increasing among college students.
The Office of Alternative Medicine at the NIH renamed by Congress as the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. A report from the World Health Organization reveals that for the first time in 50 years Europe's overall state of health is deteriorating. Poverty, unemployment, homelesness, excessive drinking, smoking as well as health care reforms are partly responsible. There are also important differences between newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, countries of central and eastern Europe, and the rest of the European Union. A child born in the newly independent states is expected to live about 11 years less than a child born in the European Union.