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BACKGROUND: Maintenance of medications that are unconducive to the quality of life is difficult to justify in dying terminally-ill cancer patients. OBJECTIVE: We aimed at determining the prevalence of administering antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and lipid-lowering medications to elderly patients dying with cancer. M…

The present investigation was aimed to study international level dancesport dancer's aerobic capacity during incremental test and competition simulation in relation to the gender, dance style and international ranking. A total of 30 couples (12 Standard, 7 Latin American and 11 Ten Dance; aged 22.8 ± 6.6 years mal…

BACKGROUND: There are limited reports in literature studying the impact of rod diameter and stiffness on the degree of deformity correction in patients with AIS. AIMS: The aims of this study were to evaluate the 3-dimentional deformity correction achieved by segmental pedicle screw fixation in patients with adolescent…

BACKGROUND: Underreporting of elder mistreatment by health professionals is a significant problem. PURPOSE: To investigate differences in elder mistreatment reporting threshold between hospice/palliative care (HPC) professionals and Adult Protective Services (APS); explore factors for not reporting elder mistreatment.…

BACKGROUND: To investigate the neuropsychological outcome of children treated with surgery and posterior fossa irradiation for localized infratentorial ependymoma. METHODS: 23 patients (age 0.3 - 14 years at diagnosis) who were treated with local posterior fossa irradiation (54 Gy) underwent one (4 patients) or sequen…

OBJECTIVE: Moderate beer consumption can be part of a healthy diet, like the Mediterranean diet. The aim of the present study was to analyse the contribution a moderate beer consumption makes to energy and nutrient intake in Spanish healthy adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS: As part of a larger intervention study, dietary…

In the last few years there has been a veritable explosion of knowledge about cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases. In particular, the accumulating data showing that there are a large number of different phosphodiesterase isozymes have triggered an equally large increase in interest about these enzymes. At least seven…

OBJECTIVE: To introduce a 3-portal approach of arthroscopic for anterior ankle impingement syndrome and to compare this method with 2-portal arthroscopy. METHODS: From July 2011 to April 2019, a total of 52 patients (30 females, 22 males) with anterior ankle impingement syndrome underwent surgery with 2-portal approac…

OBJECTIVE: Real-world data from adolescents treated with perampanel in a routine clinical setting are lacking in Japan. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of perampanel for adolescent patients (aged 12-17 years) with drug-resistant, refractory epilepsy in real-world settings. METHODS: This was a large-scale, prospec…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the composition of the obese category (body mass index (BMI)> or =30) has changed during the last one-third of a century in young adult men. DESIGN: Retrospective study of 1,580,913 men (18.3+/-0.4 years) representing 82% of the Swedish male population at military conscription age between…

AIMS: We aimed to: (i) update previous health system cost estimates (Blakely et al NZMJ 2014;127(1393)) using updated costing data and more refined methods; and (ii) provide context around current developments in the improved networking of health information systems in New Zealand. METHODS: As per our previous work, n…

A population study of drug consumption among people born in 1902 was performed in Umeå, Sweden. The cohort was followed between 79 and 88 years of age. The number of persons in the study varied between 124 and 72. Mean consumption increased from 2.5 to 5.2 drugs per man and from 3.3 to 5.3 per woman. The main corr…

A positive perception of motor skills is important for physical activity participation. The aim was to investigate which modifiable factors predict children's perceived motor skills. Mothers completed questionnaires when their child was 3.5 and 5 years old. At 5 years old, the children's perceived motor competence (PMC…

There has been a growing interest in using the Internet to access a variety of populations for prevention education and health care. It is not clear that this is viable for homeless and other marginalized populations. The purpose of this study was to describe Internet access and use among a sample of homeless and indig…

In vitro maturation (IVM) is one of the most important steps in in vitro embryo production (IVEP). It is a complicated procedure in which nuclear and cytoplasmatic changes in oocytes appear. In order to carry out the in vitro maturation procedure correctly, it is necessary to provide the oocytes with as close to a natu…

Adenosine, a widely distributed modulator, regulates many physiological functions through specific cell membrane G-protein-coupled receptors classified as A(1), A(2A), A(2B) and A(3). An intense medicinal chemistry effort made over the last 20 years has led to a variety of selective adenosine receptor agonists and anta…

This study evaluated the concordance between occupation and industry listed on death certificates with actual work history information for a group (n = 5,882) of long-term (10 years or more) workers at a chemical company. Match rates were calculated as the percent of death certificate occupation and company entries tha…

Time series analysis of out-patients at Urban Health Centre, Suraj Kund, Meerut, was done using the out-patient attendance of last five years, with the aim to find out the values to help in coping up with the problem of health administration and management. The least square method and ratio-to-trend method were adopted…

: Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the most prevalent risk factor for glaucoma. Prostaglandin analogs are a first-line therapy for glaucoma due to their ability to reduce IOP, once-daily dosing, efficacy, and minimal side-effect profile. Many compounds targeting different PG receptors have been developed in the l…