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UNLABELLED: Musculoskeletal disorders constitute 1,194 prevalent cases per 1,00,000 among children aged 5 to 19 years in India. School bags with a weight exceeding 10% of the bodyweight is a common cause of backache in school children. METHODS: School children aged 8-15 years from four private schools of Bhopal were i…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Because infections subsequent to influenza may play a role in promoting the complications of atherosclerotic disease and may also induce hypercoagulation, we hypothesized that influenza vaccination may protect against brain infarction. METHODS: During the influenza epidemic period we studied 27…

BACKGROUND: This study takes a lifetime perspective on suicide attempts and examines correlates of years since the last attempt as a potential proxy for recovery from suicidality. METHODS: Data from 36,309 adults in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III were used to identify 1,924 res…

OBJECTIVE: To provide scientific evidence for breast cancer prevention and control through epidemiological analysis of the incidence, mortality and survival rate of female breast cancer in Beijing. METHODS: The registration data of females in Beijing urban area from 1982 to 2001 were retrospectively reviewed. The inci…

It is obvious that the urban population was blessed with all the modern health facilities the country could afford and side by side rapid urbanization leads to the development of slum areas throughout the city. Though the slum dwellers are part of the urban population their accessibility and utilization of health servi…

In year 1995 the European Society of Cardiology started an epidemiological study EUROASPIRE to evaluate the results of secondary prevention in some European countries. The first study period was in 1995, the second in 1999-2000 and the third in 2007. From Hungary the same study centers participated in EUROASPIRE I-II-I…

The authors conducted a population-based case-control study of 410 women residing in three counties in western Washington State who were aged 18-64 years when diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 1988-1994 and 574 controls to assess the effects of pregnancy history and other aspects of reproductive life on risk o…

BACKGROUND: The long-term outcome of pediatric IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is unclear. Objective IgAN remission criteria were proposed by the Japanese Society of Nephrology in 2013. METHODS: Children with newly developed IgAN followed for >5 years were analyzed. They were divided into two groups based on histological findi…

BACKGROUND: Mastoiditis used to be the most common complication of acute otitis media. However, once antibiotics became widely available, it was rarely reported. Recently, this complication has become more frequent. OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of acute mastoiditis in our center in the last few years and to…

PURPOSE: Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a histologic subtype of lung cancer with a distinct biology and clinical course. It has been observed that the incidence of SCLC has been decreasing over the last several years. METHODS: We used the Surveillance, Epidemiologic, and End Results (SEER) database to determine the…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical characteristics, clinical classification, and treatment of wrist gouty arthritis. METHODS: The clinical data of 24 patients with wrist gouty arthritis and complete follow-up between April 2011 and August 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 21 males and 3 females; the first…

To investigate the long-term prognosis and related factors in children with multiphasic myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD).A bidirectional cohort study was conducted. This study included 41 children with MOGAD who were treated at the Children's Medical Center of Peking University Fi…

BACKGROUND: Astigmatism is commonly reported in children with and without nystagmus. In children less than 4 years of age the astigmatism changes from against the rule (ATR) to with the rule (WTR) astigmatism in children without nystagmus. However, little is known about children with congenital nystagmus. We compared a…

To investigate the epidemiology, characteristics and risk factors of functional constipation (FC) in children aged 0-4 years in Xi'an.From October, 2020 to June, 2021, a prevalence survey was conducted among 2 615 children aged 0-4 years in Xi'an by group sampling. The related factors of FC were investigated by questio…

Despite the ever-present risk of a critical imbalance in the physician workforce total numbers and specialty distribution, no systematic planning mechanism is in place. Furthermore, the length of training for graduate medical education (GME) precludes timely rectification of imbalances. We report GME activities collect…

BACKGROUND: Data on the temporal trends in ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) as well as on their association with subclinical/overt cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death are limited. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study included 3460 participants attending ≥1 of 4 consecutive exams of the Framingham Heart Study (19…

PURPOSE: Transgender patients undergoing transitions often receive cross-sex hormonal therapies, placing them at uncertain risk for developing breast cancer. There is limited population-based information about the extent to which transgender patients undergo mammography screening. Our purpose was to determine the exten…

Although Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection is an important cause of acute febrile illness in Lao PDR (Laos), patient outcome has not been evaluated. We prospectively followed up 123 JEV-infected patients (70 children < 15 years and 53 adults &#x2265; 15 years) admitted at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, from 200…