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PubMed2000

Approaches to taking a sexual history.

Advances in modern medicine have extended the lives of many people, in both quantity and quality. One of the emerging quality of life factors for many women as they approach and pass the menopause is sexuality. Sexuality is a very important part of physical and emotional health, underscoring the importance of incorporating the sexual history as part of the overall patient history. Although health professionals may experience a degree of anxiety and discomfort in discussing sexual issues, it is nonetheless essential to learn to be comfortable in asking questions about sexuality and in responding to issues that arise from such questioning. Most patients also show some discomfort when discussing their sexual problems. A sensitive, nonjudgmental approach on the part of the physician is essential and may create an atmosphere of security for both patient and physician. It is sometimes helpful to begin the sexual history with basic, open-ended questions, thereby allowing for expansion according to the responses received. Dispelling the myth that all older people should have a declining interest in sex may help patients feel less reticent about talking to physicians about sexual matters.

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PubMed1994

[Progress in the research of Chinese medical history in recent five years].

In recent five years, the research of Chinese medical history has made new progress on the basis of what has already been achieved. National conferences on history of Chinese medicine, including minority nationalities, modern and contemporary, medical exchanges with foreign countries and its comparative study on medical history have been convened. After those, research on those domains has made marked progress. The relevant theses and monographs has increased distinctly. A general history of Chinese medicine, organized by the Ministry of Public Health, will propel the research on general history of medicine profoundly. In addition, research on history of medical subjects and diseases, medical personages and works, theory of Chinese medical history, history of foreign medicine have also made new progress. There are frequent academic exchanges internationally day by day. But, there are also questions that exist; the drain of talented people, the historical course of Chinese medicine has not been included in the lust of continuous education in the Chinese Medical Association, weak points in research on history of diseases and foreign medicine, the historical theory of Chinese medicine and so on. These questions remain to be solved and strengthened. New domain on the medical history in Hongkong, Macao, and Taiwan should also be speeded up.

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PubMed1997

["Lingue di seripi", "serpents' tongues" and "glossopetrae". Highlights from the history of popular "cult" medicine in early modern times].

In the 16th, 17th and 18th century "Glossopetrae", popularly known as "Lingue di Serpi", found on the Mediterranean island of Malta, were extensively used for medical purposes as antidotes. These fossil teeth, including specimens of the "Carcharodon Megalodon" (an extinct variant of the great white shark), were ground to powder or used as amulet pendants and "credence" and exported to pharmacies and shops in various cities of Europe. In antiquity, authors like Plinius or Solinus, excluding any religious connotations, had regarded "Glossopetrae" as objects "fallen from heaven on dark moonless nights". However, from the beginning of the 16th century the miraculous antidotic power of the specimens found at Malta was very strongly connected with the Pauline cult there. This cult owed ist origin to the excerpt of the shipwreck of the Apostle of the Gentiles on this island, as recorded in the New Testament. As in so many cases found in medieval and early modern medicine and pharmacy, the renown, collection, distribution and use of the antidote "Glossopetrae" or "Lingue di Serpi" was never limited to its real chemical and pharmaceutical properties. In the period of enlightenment and secular thinking mythic medicine as "Glossopetrae" had lost ist "magical" power. Consequently, with beginning of the late 18th century also the Maltese "Glossopetrae" featured in literature merely as exotic objects of curiosity or symbols of an age bound to medical superstition.

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