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The sequel of a resolution of the West German Länder Ministries of Health in 1982 was the development of the Federal Health project Community-Oriented Health Education (1984-1989). This project was managed by the Federal Agency for Health Promotion in Cologne. Berlin-Steglitz is one of the Public Health offices in…

In the last 2 years, much progress has been made in colorectal cancer research. Many of the findings, especially those involving adjuvant therapy, have important clinical applications. For example, fluorouracil (5-FU) (Adrucil) combined with levamisole hydrochloride (Ergamisol) is now recommended as adjuvant therapy fo…

In the last ten years molecular biology has defined the role of oncogenes in the pathogenesis of malignant blood diseases. Included among these are: chronic myelogenous leukemia, with abl oncogene; Burkitt's lymphoma, where myc oncogene is translocated from chromosome 8 to chromosomes 2, 14 or 22 near immunoglobulin ge…

Since the first reported case of human dirofilariasis in 1964, a total of 56 cases have been recorded from Japan, including 39 pulmonary and 16 extra-pulmonary cases. The difference in case number between pulmonary and extre-pulmonary sites is statistically highly significant (P = 0.001). Distribution of the lesion in…

In our Department, the incidence of sensitization to cobalt has more than doubled in the last 5 years. 28% of cobalt-sensitive patients showed no other sensitivity. Of isolated cobalt sensitive patients, 68% were housewives. We determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry with a graphite camera, the cobalt and nic…

Nine cases of glossopharyngeal neuralgia have been seen in the last 5 years and are reported. They fall into 2 groups, namely otitic and oropharyngeal, according to the initial location of pain. The condition is probably more common than is recognised, largely because there are diagnostic difficulties with the otitic f…

Four headache patients, 3 females and 1 male, are described, who all have experienced episodes with complete transitory blindness; in 3 it was bilateral, in the 4th there was asymmetry, the vision nevertheless also being markedly reduced globally in the other eye. Two of the patients got the visual disturbance far ahea…

The role of surgery in the treatment of impotence has greatly increased during the last 5 years. The recognition and surgical correction of those mechanical derangements of the penis that prevent coitus have enabled many men to resume or commence intercourse. Men with irreversible impotence usually find it possible to…

Simultaneous bilateral renal cell carcinoma has been treated in 5 patients at our hospital during the last 6 years. Improvements in radiologic diagnostic techniques are responsible for the increased detection of these lesions. Results of surgical management are reported. Angiographic embolization of renal cell carcinom…

This report describes a technique for the correction and fusion of scoliosis with the aid of a flexible metal rod that is fixed by wires under tension to the bases of the spinous processes on the convex side of the curve at a number of points. The results in a series of 100 cases are reported. In the last seventy patie…

3-4 weeks following an otherwise uncomplicated first vaccination against smallpox a boy, then aged 15 months and last seen at the age of 5 1/2 years, gradually developed a complete Kanner syndrome. The question whether vaccination and early infantile autism might be connected is being discussed. A causal relationship i…

OBJECTIVE: To describe indications and results of supraglottoplasty for severe laryngomalacia in children with or without neurological impairment. METHODS: Eight children with severe laryngomalacia submitted to endoscopic supraglottoplasty were retrospectively studied. Four had neurological impairment (male, mean age 6…

Shallow upper buccal sulcus deformity, one of the secondary deformities after cleft lip-palate repair, causes both aesthetic and functional problems. This deformity also prevents or makes difficult orthodontic and prosthodontic procedures. An upper buccal sulcus deepening procedure was performed in 14 patients during t…

Use of cannulated bone screws, as compared with use of traditional bone screws, has been reported to decrease surgical time, allow for more precise screw placement, and reduce sources of error. Cannulation of the smaller-size screws that are routinely used in foot surgery has not been available until the last few years…

A prevalence investigation of Cornelia de Lange's syndrome in Denmark is presented. The patients were traced by screening all institutional mentally retarded patients, patients in schools and kindergartens for imbecile patients and finally by getting information on Cornelia de Lange patients known to pediatric departme…

INTRODUCTION: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) requires bone reconstruction in case of severe acetabular injury, with risk of dislocation, especially postoperatively. Dual-mobility cups have proved effective in preventing dislocation in THA revision for instability, but their behavior when cemented in a metal reinforcement…

This study treats the last 13-year experience of the Surgical Department from the Fundeni Hospital Bucharest (Romania) regarding the surgery of the postcaustical esophageal stenoses. The series is composed of 25 patients (10 males and 15 women), with ages between 19 and 58 years. The patients were admitted in our unit…

1. Ability to alter blood pressure (BP) acutely with continuous systolic (SBP) BP biofeedback was assessed in volunteers using a new non-invasive finger BP monitor. 2. Reliability of finger BP measurement was demonstrated in six hypertensive subjects (21-60 years), by beat-to-beat comparison with brachial intra-arteria…

Cancer is age-related. However, oncology and palliative medicine services focus on the needs of younger and middle-aged adults. This study examined trends in cancer deaths across age in Wales over the last 20 years. All Wales death certificates from 1981 to 2001 were examined for total and cancer deaths. Place of death…

In the last years, the need for new efficient video compression methods grown rapidly as frame resolution has increased dramatically. The Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) effort produced in 2013 the H.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard, which represents the state of the art in video codin…