98,306 papers found

Hormonal contraception has a protective effect over ovarian and endometrial cancer development. Relative risk of ovarian cancer decreases by approximately 20% for each 5 years of use; it is approximately 50% for 15 years of use and decreasing with further use. The protective effect gained declines as time passes from i…

This study explored the sexual behaviour of unmarried female students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and assessed the extent to which those who were sexually active negotiated and used the male condom. Four focus group discussions were conducted followed by a survey of 354 students. The results show that the mea…

BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be an important threat to public health and infects millions of children under 5 years of age each year. Although Ethiopia has set targets for at-risk group interventions to eradicate and manage malaria, the illness is still a serious public health problem in areas where it is endemic,…

PURPOSE: To report the causes of pseudophakic intraocular lens (IOL) explantation in Spain over a 20 year period. METHODS: Multicenter observational prospective study of a consecutive series of cases corresponding to pseudophakic intraocular lenses explantations performed in 22 Spanish clinical centres from 2002 to 20…

BACKGROUND: The aim was to investigate time trends for incidence and long-term net survival in the morphologic subtypes and stages of cervical cancer in Sweden during the period 1960 to 2014. METHODS: Women with invasive cervical cancer were identified through the Swedish Cancer Registry. Incidence and net survival we…

This cross sectional record based institutional study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan over ten years (1999-2008) aiming analysis of eclamptic mothers for evaluation of maternal and perinatal outcome with different anticonvulsant medications. Total 5991 pregn…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is important in reducing the morbidity and mortality of CRC. Thus, this study aimed to describe the trends of CRC screening in both organized and opportunistic settings in Korea from 2005 to 2020 according to sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: This study a…

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Metal ceramic restorations are widely used in prosthodontics, but long-term data on their clinical performance in private practice settings based on prospective trials are sparse. PURPOSE: This clinical trial was designed to provide realistic long-term survival rates for different outcomes relate…

CONTEXT: High rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV infection, among adolescents are major public health concerns that have created interest in trends in teenage sexual activity. METHODS: Nationally representative data from Youth Risk Behavior Surveys conducted in 1990,…

Both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its treatments can contribute to increased mortality rates. The focus of this review is recent studies on mortality and comorbidities during the last 5 years from around the world. The authors conducted a literature review, using PUBMED, for articles relating to SLE mortality…

This is an observational cross-sectional survey which included 707 individuals from a south Brazilian city (Joaçaba, in Santa Catarina State) aiming to know the alcohol user prevalence as well as the profile of the user. The results showed that 45.5% (322) of that population consume alcohol on regular basis and ha…

BACKGROUND: Resident experience in aesthetic surgery is often deficient in many training programs around the country. OBJECTIVE: This study is the first to review the 10-year experience of a resident aesthetic clinic and identifies important educational aspects necessary for residency training in aesthetic surgery. M…

During the last five years, the development of bioinformatics and EST databases has been primarily responsible for the identification of many new chemokines and chemokine receptors. The chemokine field has also received considerable attention since chemokine receptors were found to act as co-receptors for HIV infection…

In Galaţi County, the tuberculosis is augmenting constantly, the incidence increased from 46.6/100,000 in 1985 to 64.5/100,000 in 1990 and 112.2/100,000 in 1997. The incidence (new and readmitted cases) increased by 140% (2.4 times) in 1997 compared to 1985, the level in 1997 being higher than the mean level of t…

Antibiotics development during the last century permitted unprecedent medical advances. However, it is undeniable that there has been an abuse and misuse of antimicrobials in medicine and cosmetics, food production and food processing, in the last decades. The pay toll for human development and consumism is the emergen…

New frontiers in the development of stimuli-responsive surfaces that offer switchable properties according to the end-use application have added a new dimension to the design of drug-delivery systems (DDS). In this respect, layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled technologies have attracted interest in nano-DDS (NDDS) desi…

BACKGROUND: Information on the epidemiology of viral hepatitis B, C and A in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has accumulated over the last two decades. We review the changing epidemiology of these infections and suggest possible strategies for eradication. METHODS: We screened Saudi medical journals and Medline for…

An 84-year-old Indian man was admitted with a history of recurrent episodes of giddiness for the last 5 years. He also had 3 previous episodes of transient loss of consciousness. He has a history of hypertension for the past 28 years and angina pectoris for the past 10 years. The clinical examination was unremarkable a…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Long-term data on patients with obesity outcome after bariatric surgery are lacking. The goal was to document dietary and anthropometric changes more than 5 years after surgery, as well as patients' eating behavior, psychological state, and quality of life. METHODS: A cohort of 80 women (mean…

This study describes the patterns of birth related practices amongst women from an urban slum population in Dhaka city during December 1988 to May 1989. A household census identified all resident women of childbearing age in Rajabazar ward of Dhaka city. Of the 1017 women so identified, 289 women who had given birth to…