P R Health Sci J
-
This presentation focuses on the thesis that successful attainment of sexual and reproductive health promotion goals in U. S. Latino communities depends on: 1) the effect of the transcultural and transnational experience in explanatory models of sexuality and human reproduction, 2) the reassessment and redefinition of women's power, 3) the inclusion of men in sexual health education programs, 4) the integration of sexual health education in community systems, and 5) the development of education interventions with economic development components.
-
Each year in the Unites States there are over 10,000 new cases of para- and quadriplegia, and more than 100,000 cases of limited, but permanent, neurological losses. Many of these losses result from blunt trauma and ischemia to the spinal cord which leads to neuron death. Although blunt trauma directly kills neurons due to the physical trauma, over the subsequent 48 hours an even larger population of neurons dies due to secondary causes. ⋯ In this review we discuss mechanisms being developed, predominantly using animal models, to provide neuroprotection to prevent neurological losses following blunt trauma and during induced spinal cord ischemia. In parallel, our own experiments are looking at neuroprotective techniques using adult human neurons. We believe the optimal neuroprotective approach will involve the perfusion of the ischemic region of the spinal cord with a hypothermia solution containing a combination of pharmacological agents.