Among female military recruits, the prevalence of chlamydial infection is high. A control program that screens female recruits who are 25 years old or younger with urine DNA-amplification assays has the potential to reduce infection, transmission, and the sequelae of chlamydial infection.

The contribution of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (DMAC) infection to the morbidity and mortality of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is unclear. Previous studies that suggested the decreased survival of patients with AIDS and DMAC had incomplete information on patient immunologic status and follow-up. We studied patients with AIDS and DMAC and compared their survival with that of AIDS patients without DMAC but with other comparable risk factors for survival. Case and control subjects were similar in terms of CD4 cell count, prior AIDS status, history of antiretroviral therapy, history of Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis, and year of diagnosis. A group of 39 patients with untreated DMAC had significantly shorter survival, mean of 5.6 +/- 1.1 months (median 4 months), than 39 matched patients with AIDS but without DMAC, mean 10.8 +/- 1.3 months (median 11 months, p less than 0.0001). The survival of 16 additional patients with DMAC who received antimycobacterial therapy, mean of 9.5 +/- 1.4 months (median 8 months), was not significantly shorter than that of an additional 16 matched control subjects, mean 11.7 +/- 1.9 months (median 11 months, p = 0.58). Patients with treated DMAC survived significantly longer than those with untreated DMAC (p less than 0.01). We conclude that untreated DMAC significantly shortens survival. Moreover, these results indicate that patients with DMAC who receive antimycobacterial therapy do not experience the shortened survival seen in untreated DMAC.

New technologies continue to provide new opportunities for social science. However, psychology has predominantly focused its attention on how new technologies may harm large sections of the population. Despite these efforts, history has repeatedly demonstrated that as a technology becomes mass-adopted, early concerns are shown to be overinflated and then inaccurate. Here, we argue that psychological science has become a victim of its own biases. This has led to a cycle of theoretical development built on poor conceptual and methodological foundations. Ironically, while psychological science is best posed to understand, and potentially mitigate the impacts of new technology, it has comparatively little to contribute compared to analogous disciplines. We conclude by providing some recommendations on how the discipline can become more productive, break free of current research cycles, and make stronger theoretical and applied contributions in the future.