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OBJECTIVE: To compare epidemiological characteristics and proportion of participation in a cervical cancer screening program in both, health-care professionals and insured on a health institute's women (Group A and Group B respectively). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Through questionnaires applied to both healthcare professio…

PURPOSE: The current study aims to evaluate the effect of Boston brace treatment on apical vertebral derotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients receiving conservative treatment. METHODS: The study included 51 AIS patients, consisting of 8 males and 43 females, with Cobb angles between 25° and 45…

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed an additional pressure on health systems worldwide. Patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) were especially vulnerable to inadequate care. This study aims to evaluate the impact of the suspension of NDO treatment with Botulinum Toxin (BONT-A) due to the COVID…

is an outlet for research on children, youth, educators, and families that has scientific, practice, and policy implications for education and educational systems. In this editorial, a summary of the last 5 years is provided regarding journal impact and use, award winners, special topics, and editorial leadership. (Psy…

Pulmonary tuberculosis in Europe has been decreasing over the last decades. This study evaluates the current importance of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and its trend over the last 10 years. In a University Hospital in Spain, 20% of all bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis cases were extrapulmonary. The most frequent…

BACKGROUND: 5% of multiple sclerosis have their onset in childhood. OBJECTIVES: We aim to show the clinical features and follow-up of Moroccan pediatric MS patients. METHODS: 25 pediatric MS records were analyzed between 2005 and 2013 at the Neurology B department of Rabat Ibn sina University Hospital and Medical Sch…

Maltzman's comment on Cook (1985), which appears elsewhere in this issue, is an unveiled attempt to resurrect the same allegations about our research that he made 7 years ago. None of the allegations are new! Over the past 7 years, those allegations have been the topic of 5 separate inquiries, in each of which we were…

A case is presented of severe migraine observed by a physician-patient for 45 years from the age of 27 to 72. A system was developed of grading headache frequency and severity which has permitted, over the last 33 years, a semi-quantitative analysis in terms of quarter years of: the course of the disease, the results o…

The authors report a case of primary hydatid disease in the lumbar muscles of a 40-year-old male patient. The rarity of this disease in our regions and the low incidence of this location make primary diagnosis difficult. The tumor had been treated elsewhere five years previously by means of simple excision. Recurrence…

UNLABELLED: This study presents the clinical and biochemical profiles of patients with PHPT between 2005 and 2016 at our center. Most PHPT patients in China show symptomatic features. The number of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients increased during that time, and the number of individuals with parathyroid carcinoma…

BACKGROUND: Cancer screening disparities remain understudied, particularly among underrepresented groups at the county level. This study compared the use of preventive breast and colorectal cancer screening services between sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults and cisgender heterosexual adults in Missouri. METHODS:…

BACKGROUND: We sought to evaluate the mid-term results of a repair-oriented strategy of the aortic valve in children. METHODS: Between February 2007 and November 2011, we performed 39 aortic valve repairs in children. Median age and weight at surgery were 5.5 years (3 days-18 years) and 16.7 kg (2.7-83.5), respectivel…

A 33 year old male had a s increasing hard nodule on the lower part of the scortal skin, for the last 10 years. Histopathology revealed calcified masses without any ifflammatory recction.

Risk factors for cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and heart disease (HD) were studied prospectively in 2112 men and women, aged 30-59, initially without history of either disease, living in the Nishi-izu district of Shizuoka Prefecture. Baseline medical examinations were performed in 1964-1966 and subjects were followed u…

The aim of the study was to evaluate radiographic clearance and clinical outcomes in patients over age 80 who undergo SQUID 18 embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) for the management of chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH). From April 2020 to October 2021, data were obtained from patients with cSDH who underwe…

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to analyze trends in Foot and Ankle surgery in Germany during the past ten years. METHODS: Data of the German Federal Statistical Office from 2008 until 2018 were screened. We focused on the analysis of fusions and total joint replacements. RESULTS: The total amount of the surge…

Penile fracture is a well-recognized, relatively uncommon medical condition and its etiology differs according to geographic area. In this review article, we evaluated literature reported in the past decade, aiming to verify whether there has been any change in the etiology of this condition. A literature review was do…