[Many times, behind mens’ fears there is the fear of death. Drug use can be defined as a kid of self destruction, so it is directly linked to attitudes toward death. In Hungary, suicide among young people is one of the leading causes of death, which is often associated with some kind of addiction or substance abuse. We can also say that drug use is an indirect way of “death search”, which prolongs the agony and the time of suffering. Drug-related death can be directly attributed to drug overdose. Intravenous drug use may cause a risk of infectious diseases (such as sharing needles/syringe/filter use) - HCV, AIDS, etc. Intravenous drug use is mostly - but not exclusively - characteristic to opiate users. Heroin’s mode of action is described as causing an intense feeling of euphoria and a way of feeling augmenting to stupor. Its addictive potential is very high, the degradation is visible and can be fatal. In this paper, we discuss previous observations on overdose that is the validity of harm reduction justified by former research, the possible predictors of overdose and the identification of the prevention area.]

[INTRODUCTION - Physicians, while concerning also the whole personality, advice their patients in life-style problems too and these types of advices may contribute even decisively to the patients’ recovery. The physicians’ personal health behaviour and self-assessed health status are interrelated with counselling the patients. Undergraduate years play a significant role in the later established behavioural patterns therefore it is important to study the medical students’ health status and lifestyle. MATERIAL AND METHODS - Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess the lifestyle and self-perceived health status differences of domestic (Hungarian) and foreign (English course) medical and dental school students in the 4th year of the Semmelweis University (response rate: 96% and 55.6%). Dichotomous variables were analysed by Pearson chi-square probe and multivariable logistic regression models at significance level of p<0.05 and odds ratios were calculated with 95% confidence interval. RESULTS - The rate of healthy diet was 41.0% (n=55) among Hungarian students and 57.7% (n=67) among the foreign students. Foreign students exercise more often vigorously 41.5% (n=51) than the Hungarians 20.0% (n=29). Foreign students ranked their self-perceived health status higher in all but one categories, than Hungarians. CONCLUSIONS - The results of our study indicate that comparing health behaviour of students of different cultural-geographical background, dietary habits and the selfperceived health status are more favourable among those out of foreign countries.]

[The aim of the author is to draw attention to difficulties of pregnant women’s education who suffer from gestational diabetes. Due to the global increase of gestational diabetes, this topic’s importance and actuality is getting more relevant. The key of the successful diabetes treatment is the education. In the course of that it is important to choose a strategy, with that the patient can get as much special skills as she can and will be able to keep the ideal and progressive balance of metabolism. Through to the personal education here is a chance to put an end to the patient’s fears, to increase their motivation and to encourage them. ]

[BACKGROUND - Randomized controlled trials (RCT) of acupuncture show heterogeneity in several ways. Acupuncture interventions used for the same conditions are greatly variable and so are study designs. METHOD - We evaluated the most frequently cited randomized controlled trials of acupuncture based on traditional Chinese medicine by examining practitioner background using elements of the “STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture”. The extracted data was compared with international guidelines and standards of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture education. RESULTS - We identified 5 heterogenous educational systems with contact training hours ranging from 120 to 3000. The educational criteria set by 93.75% of the reviewed trials did not meet the standards of the World Health Organization guidelines for acupuncture education or the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies standard for Chinese medicine education. Education in traditional Chinese acupuncture is internationally heterogeneous and this heterogeneity was found to be underreported in 87.5% of these trials, not provided for in study design. DISCUSSION - The generalizability and external validity of the reviewed trials may be questioned regarding the participating practitioners’ training background. In the future, a similar evaluation of systematic reviews could help further elucidate the issue of educational heterogeneity in traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture trials.]

[Obesity represents a major public health problem in both developed and developing countries having rapidly increased in prevalence in the past two decades. Childhood obesity is of particular concern. Two of its associated diseases require special attention; metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes one of its components that are increasingly diagnosed in childhood. A key to prevention and treatment is healthy lifestyle. The importance of education to healthy lifestyle from early childhood cannot be overemphasized.]