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Over the last 25 years a large body of research has investigated how best to select applicants to study medicine. Although these studies have inspired little actual change in admission practice, the implications of this research are substantial. Five areas of inquiry are discussed: (1) the interview and related techniq…

It has been considered unlikely that patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and diabetic nephropathy with nephrotic range proteinuria can substantially reduce proteinuria and continue for many years without further loss of renal function. We present a patient who had the diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes made a…

Body growth in nine children with primary de Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome was followed from birth to adolescence or adult life. At the time of diagnosis, corresponding to the start of treatment, the median age was 2.3 (range 0.4-13.9) years and height standard deviation score (SDS) was always decreased (median -3.5…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the long-term follow-up (FU) and effectivity of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in a French adolescent cohort. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the results of LAGB at our institution. We collected information on FU, adjustable gastric banding (AGB) status, weight-related p…

OBJECTIVES: We attempted to predict health expectancy in Japan for the period between 2011 and 2020, considering the target of Health Japan 21 (the second term) that future gains in health expectancy be larger than in life expectancy. METHODS: We used data from Japanese national statistics. Health expectancy between 2…

Trends in mortality from breast cancer over the period 1970-2000 were analysed for 38 European countries and the European Union (EU). Age-standardized mortality rates were computed by the direct method, and joinpoint analysis was used to identify significant changes in rates. A favourable pattern in breast cancer morta…

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term clinical and hemodynamic results in patients affected by severe aortic valve disease after aortic valve replacement with third-generation stentless aortic prostheses (3F® stentless equine pericardial [Medtronic plc, Minneapolis Minnesota] and Pe…

OBJECTIVE: Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer among Danish men. During the last decade, use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing has increased, and in clinically localized prostate cancer, curative intended treatment has gained a footing. Our aim was to examine possible changes in the short- a…

PURPOSE: Young premenopausal women develop breast cancer (BC) within 5-10 years of the last childbirth, known as post-partum breast cancers (PPBC), often present with aggressive disease. The exact mechanisms that lead to poor prognosis in these patients are largely unknown. METHODS: We have evaluated the associat…

OBJECTIVE: The measurement of asthma, rhinitis and eczema have been subject of controversy due to lack of a standardized methodology. To test the applicability of a standardized methodology for comparisons of time and space we determined the prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in a random sample of schoolc…

PURPOSE: This study aims to review the results of sclerotherapy using Surgiflo in addition to alcohol in primary aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC). METHODS: A total of 16 consecutive patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of primary ABC were treated by percutaneous Surgiflo and alcohol injection at our institution…

UNLABELLED: Atherosclerosis, polygenetic, multifactorial and chronic progressive disease of arteries leaves significant consequences on organs and their systems and cause frequent hospitalisations of patients. Aim found out frequency of atherosclerosis process and its consequences (acute myocardial infarction, cardiomy…

Review of medicolegal files held by the Royal Women's Hospital. Melbourne confirms that during the last 25 years there has been a marked increase in the number of claims for compensation brought by patients who believe that the care they received was inadequate; thus 4 claims for compensation were received during the f…

A descriptive study of suicides in 74 Chinese schizophrenic out-patients (43 male) is presented. The mean age at death was 31.3 years. The mean duration of illness was 8.5 years and 50 of the 74 died within ten years of onset of illness. Only five lived alone; 35 were openly employed and 20 were married at the time of…

The monthly admissions over the last 10 years (1972-1981) of children with common illnesses to the Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, were analyzed to ascertain if there were any significant seasonal patterns. The method used (developed by Walter and Elwood) consists of estimating the amplitud…

AIM: To study the incidence of epilepsy in children in the Republic of Belarus based on the data of the Republican Centre for disease control. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Statistical analysis of the incidence and morbidity of epilepsy in children and adolescents was performed. Based on this analysis, the contribution of epi…

This study investigated the limitations of the present Senior Registrar training programmes in A&E Medicine. A completed questionnaire was returned from 46 of the 48 Consultants who had taken up post in the last 5 years and had themselves studied on one of the established training programmes. The positive views of the…

In France, the newly diagnosed infection rate was 372/100,000 for African immigrants versus 6/100,000 for the French-born population in 2008. In addition, people from sub-Saharan countries were at higher risk for late diagnosis than native-born French despite their more frequent use of HIV testing. The purpose of this…

This study estimated Pap smear coverage (at least one test in the lifetime and one in the last three years) among women aged 15 to 49 years old. The study also discusses whether the women received the results of their last test, as well as self-reported reasons for and against submitting to the test. A population-based…

The objective of this study was to describe the association between self-reported compliance with last malaria treatment (CMT) and occurrence of malaria during follow-up, controlling for current risk factors. We conducted a prospective open cohort study in Leonislândia, a rural area of Peixoto de Azevedo City, in…