Predictors of a procedure included an index prescription in 1999 or later, a urologist visit MAPK inhibitor and nonadherence
to any benign prostatic hyperplasia medication (p = 0.01, <0.0001 and <0.0001, respectively).
Conclusions: Adherence to alpha-blockers was less than adherence to finasteride or multiple medications and nonadherence was significantly associated with a procedure. Interventions focused on improving adherence to benign prostatic hyperplasia medications are clearly needed.”
“Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) may be associated with alterations in children’s developing emotional arousal and regulation systems.
Objective: We examined emotional responses to a frustrating task and subsequent behavior problems in 225 2 1/2 year olds (129 Prenatally Cocaine and Other Drug Exposed [PCE], 30 Non Cocaine but other drug Exposed [NCE], 66 Non Drug Exposed [NDE]).
Method: Children’s behaviors in a frustrating toy wait task at age 2 1/2 were coded for emotional arousal and regulation behaviors.
Results: Findings indicated a trend for PCE toddlers to show greater agitated emotional arousal than NCE and NDE toddlers. Further, PCE boys made more references to their caregivers in the task than NDE boys. Higher agitated arousal
at age 2 1/2 years was related to greater decreases in externalizing behaviors through age 5 1/2 years.
Conclusion: Findings suggest a link between cocaine exposure and emotional arousal and regulation and highlight the need to understand complex relations between emotion and risk for later psychopathology in exposed youth. (C) 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase ZD1839 molecular weight 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.”
“Purpose: We examined sexual function in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence, and evaluated the effects of an intensive behavioral weight reduction intervention on sexual function in this population.
Materials and Methods: A total of 338 overweight and obese women reporting 10 or more incontinence episodes weekly were randomized to an intensive behavioral change (226) or structured education program (112) for 6 months. Sexual function was assessed using self-administered
questionnaires. Multivariate regression was used to examine factors associated with baseline and 6-month change in sexual function as well as intervention effects.
Results: Two-thirds of participants (233) were sexually active at baseline but more than half (188) reported low desire and a quarter (91) were sexually dissatisfied. More than half of sexually active participants (123) reported problems with arousal, lubrication, orgasm or incontinence during sex. Compared to controls women in the intervention group demonstrated a borderline increase in frequency of sexual activity at 6 months (OR 1.34, 95% CI 0.99-1.81, p = 0.06) but no differences in satisfaction (OR 1.28, 95% CI 0.83-1.99, p = 0.26), desire (OR 1.12, 95% CI 0.79-1.61, p = 0.52) or problems (beta +/- SE 0.03 +/- 0.07, p = 0.68 for intervention effects on problems score).