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BACKGROUND: older people with cancer are at risk of complex and fluctuating health problems, but little is known about the extent to which their well-being changes in the last years of life. OBJECTIVE: to examine changes in physical, psychological and social well-being in the last 5 years of life of older people…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to describe the clinical manifestations and outcomes in a cohort of older Chinese patients. METHOD: A retrospective study of patients aged ≥ 45 years who had a first episode of optic neuritis (ON) between May 2008 and November 2012. Clinical features at onset and last fo…

Aims Mental health conditions are increasingly encountered in general practice. The aim of this study was to review the antidepressant prescribing of this practice. Methods Health One analysis was used to search for patients prescribed antidepressants in the last 6 months and to generate a list of their antidepressant…

Due to the lack of comprehensive surveillance data representing Turkey, the authors aimed to derive information by panoramically reviewing all articles related to invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) published in the last 40 years. The following databases were reviewed: Ulakbim (the national database), BIOSIS Previews…

BACKGROUND: Notified tuberculosis (TB) cases in Korea have not decreased over the last decade (2001-2010). METHODS: To clarify the reasons, we analyzed an annual report on notified tuberculosis patients and age-specific population drift in Korea. RESULTS: Compared to the age-specific notified TB cases between 2001 an…

BACKGROUND: To investigate the mortality from cancer of the corpus uteri in relation to parity and age at first and last birth. METHODS: A cohort of 431,604 married women aged 45-74 years at the Norwegian Census in 1970 was followed over 15 years. A total of 752 deaths from cancer of the corpus uteri were diagnosed du…

The author describes his own unilateral multifocal and recurrent central serous retinopathy (CRS). After 71 recurrences during the first 19 years, he photocoagulated the diseased macula three times by sungazing. There were no more recurrences after photocoagulation treatment during the last 10 years. Fluorescence angio…

The large scale employment in recent years of vasoactive drugs in the treatment of impotence forms the basis for a significant statistical study on incidence of complications and collateral effects. We studied 658 patients submitted to ICF (intracavernous pharmacoinfusion) diagnostic and therapeutic in the last 6 years…

We analysed determinants of risk of cervical cancer in women aged less than 45 years using data from a case-control study conducted in Italy. Cases were 261 women aged < 45 years with histologically confirmed invasive cervical cancer. Controls were 257 women aged < 45 years, with acute, non-neoplastic conditions, judge…

BACKGROUND: Every year more than half million mother die due to pregnancy related preventable causes like haemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, sepsis, and obstructed labour and unsafe abortion. Among these deaths 99% occur in developing countries. The study was conducted to assess the maternal death rate and to analyse…

OBJECTIVE: The aim: We aimed to conduct a prospective analysis of the epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease and stroke among the adult population of Kyiv City, Ukraine the last 12 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: We analyzed sectoral statistical reports of cerebrovascular disease and stroke in Kyi…

SETTING: Long-stay prisoners are not regularly screened for TB in Hong Kong. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate tuberculosis (TB) screening in prison. METHOD: All prisoners in a maximum security prison as of 31 October 2001 were screened by chest radiograph (CXR), except for those being followed up for TB or examined by CXR in t…

BACKGROUND: Epidural motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is an established neuromodulatory option for refractory neuropathic pain; however, structured data on long-term outcomes, stimulation dependency, and real-world device management remain limited, particularly in chronic neuropathic orofacial pain. METHODS: This retros…

BACKGROUND: Self-reported data on body height and weight have often been used as an alternative when standardized measurements in large population-based examination surveys were not feasible. The timeliness and source of self-reported body height and weight information is often unknown. The aim of this analysis was to…

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) mainly affects renal arteries. Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) and surgery are effective treatments, but long-time follow-up is lacking. Retrospective follow-up for 7.0+/-4.7 years of 69 consecutive patients (age 44+/-13 years) treated for hypertension due to FMD, 59 pat…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate students attitude and behaviour (16 years old) towards their lifestyle in consumption of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs; drugs' availability and the problems related; as well as some social and financial aspects; social relations of students etc. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A survey was conveyed w…

Obesity is a major public health concern around the world, including Asia. Bariatric surgery has grown in popularity to combat this rising trend. An e-mail questionnaire survey was sent to all the representative Asia-Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society (APMBSS) members of 12 leading Asian countries to provi…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and satisfaction with social support with the quality of life of schizophrenic patients. METHODOLOGY: This study included a sample of 268 participants. An interview was conducted to obtain sociodemographic and clinical data, suppl…

Chagas' disease is a parasitic zoonosis with high prevalence in Chile. It is distributed in rural and periurban section in the northern most seven out of thirteen regions in which the country is divided, and affects about 142,000 individuals dispersed in most of the 165 counties sited in the chagasic zone. Triatoma inf…

Turkey has a young population as a result of high fertility and growth rates in the recent past. Thirty-five percent of the population is less than 15 years of age, and 25 percent of the population comprises reproductive-age woman. The latest estimate of the population growth rate was 19 per thousand for the 1990-1995…