98,332 papers found

Grassland ecosystems worldwide have been extensively converted to other land uses and are globally imperiled. Because many grasslands have been maintained by human activities, understanding their origin and history is fundamentally important to better contemporary management. However, existing methods to reconstruct pa…

AIM: To examine the relationship between edentulousness and the socioeconomic and behavioural variables collected in a cross-sectional study of an elderly population. METHODS: The study was conducted on 277 elderly (60 years or older) in the municipality of Biguaçu, Southern Brazil. The oral examinations and ques…

Although the prevalence of obesity in Sweden still is low in an international perspective, the development during the last decades is alarming in adults, adolescents and children alike. The prevalence of obesity [body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg m-2] in adults has doubled during the last two decades and is now approximate…

OBJECTIVE: To determine changes in the last 5 years of the fraction of acute and chronic symptoms attributable to schistosomiasis japonica in fishing communities with moderate endemicity in the Dongting Lake region of China. METHOD: Complete medical histories, physical examinations, and stool samples were obtained fro…

This article traces the regulatory developments in CAM in the U.K. over the last ten years. CAM's regulatory position is analysed in the broader context of regulation across health and social care, including notable regulatory failures and the Government's plans for modernisation of healthcare regulation. Future regula…

Alcohol is the favoured intoxicant of European man and his descendants overseas. As such, its dangers are generally glossed over. The "disease model" of the last forty years owes much of its popularity to the implication that there is something psychologically or biochemically abnormal about those who become "alcoholic…

A retrospective study of the epidemiological pattern of abdominal tuberculosis in Ibadan, Nigeria during the 30-year period 1960-1989 has been completed. Among 881 cases seen (355 men and 526 women), children under 10 years represented 10.5% of cases but 78% of all cases were under 40 years. Women accounted for 64% of…

A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital under a diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The past history of the patient included a sigmoid colectomy at 64 years old for an ischemic colitis. The maximum diameter of AAA was still 45 mm, and the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) was aneurysmal and was 3…

Between 1984 and 1989, 419 patients with subcapital fracture were treated, 170 with a head conserving method, 57 with a total endoprosthesis (THR), and 242 with a hemiprosthesis. In the last group the average age was 80.1 (range 55-98) years. At follow up an average of 2.5 years after surgery 63.3% had died. Most of th…

A continuous record of oxygen-18 (delta(18)O) variations in the continental hydrosphere during the middle-to-late Pleistocene has been obtained from a uranium-series dated calcitic vein in the southern Great Basin. The vein was deposited from ground water that moved through Devils Hole-an open fault zone at Ash Meadows…

In Japan, cancer has become the leading cause of deaths since 1981. Of all sites of cancer, lung cancer, which is presently the second most common cancer in males and the fourth most common cancer in females, has increased markedly over the last 35 years. The reason for the marked increase of lung cancer in Japan is no…

BACKGROUND: Tongue tie or ankyloglossia articles are recorded in the Medline since 1949. OBJECTIVE: To study trends in yearly number of tongue tie or ankyloglossia publications. METHODS: Medline search engine was used to determine the yearly number of published consensus statements from 1949 to 2016. Keywords of tong…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess changes in the trend of breast cancer mortality in Navarre, and the effect that a screening programme may have had on these changes. METHODS: A breast cancer screening programme targeting women aged 45-65 years was launched in Navarre in September 1990. Breast cancer deat…

INTRODUCTION: No systematic reviews were published in the last years investigating epidemiological data, involving myasthenia gravis (MG) and related myasthenic syndromes. This systematic review aimed to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and mortality of all MG types and myasthenic syndromes worldwide. METHODS: All…

INTRODUCTION: Current therapies are unable to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe and common form of muscular dystrophy, and instead aim to delay disease progression. Several treatments currently in phase I trials could increase the number of therapeutic options available to patients. AREAS COVERED: This…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Summarize the writings published in the last 5 years on the management of surgery in the first line of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer. RECENT FINDINGS: For patients with a significant tumor burden, the neoadjuvant chemotherapy therapy (NACT) with interval debulking surgery (IDS) strategy…

OBJECTIVE: Work-related stress typically occurs due to particularly challenging dynamics, risks and pressure. Prolonged exposure to stress may cause serious consequences on psychophysical well-being. The current study was conducted to reexamine the clinical instruments useful for evaluating the risk factors and to exam…

Steroid minimization has always been one of the most desired goals regarding immunosuppressive therapy after renal transplantation. Following the introduction of cyclosporine different steroid-free protocols became available, but their implementation was limited due to the high risk of acute rejection. In the last few…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We reviewed recent quality improvement initiatives in the field of rheumatology to identify common strategies and themes leading to measurable change. RECENT FINDINGS: Efforts to improve quality of care in rheumatology have accelerated in the last 5 years. Most studies in this area have focused on i…

OBJECTIVE: to identify the changes which had occurred over the last year in the life of older adults, as well as the values attributed to these changes. METHOD: this is a multicentric, cross-sectional study, of the inquiry type, undertaken in three cities of the Brazilian Northeast, investigating two distinct groups o…