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A study of the mortality due to leukaemias in Spain between 1951 and 1983 was performed. A clearly increasing trend was appreciated, with progressive higher affectation of males in the last four years, the mortality rates being constantly higher for this sex. When cytological types of the leukaemias, sex, and the diffe…

In 1984, four climatic sequences combined to produce what may be a major anoxic catastrophe in the northern Chesapeake Bay, sufficient to severely threaten the major benthic species. These sequences are (i) the highest late-winter streamflow on record from the Susquehanna River watershed; (ii) streamflows from the Susq…

This descriptive epidemiologic study of diabetes mellitus among Indians in northwestern Ontario and northeastern Manitoba provided estimates of the prevalence of diagnosed cases: 28/1000 overall, 46/1000 for those aged 15 to 64 years and 96/1000 for those aged 65 years and over. Diabetes was more prevalent among women…

Surgical treatment of cardiac achalasia in children is still the main line of treatment with a success rate of 70-80%. Balloon dilatation is less widely used due to inappropriate size of balloons. The authors report on their experience in 11 children with cardiac achalasia over the last 7 years using balloon dilatation…

BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is deemed to be a meaningful endpoint when evaluating therapy and prevention interventions. For comparison purposes not only patient data but also representative population samples can serve as reference data. We aim to describe differences between the Luebeck populatio…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effectiveness of stage I anterior approach debridement and autologous iliac crest graft with single self-locked titanium plate internal fixation for the treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis. METHODS: Seven cases of lumbosacral tuberculosis were treated by stage I anterior approach debridemen…

The aim of this study was to develop a model to predict individual subject disease trajectories including parameter uncertainty and accounting for missing data in rare neurological diseases, showcased by the ultra-rare disease Autosomal-Recessive Spastic Ataxia Charlevoix Saguenay (ARSACS). We modelled the change in SA…

Background The burden of cardiovascular disease is increasing, with many people treated for multiple cardiovascular conditions. We examined persistence and adherence to medicines for cardiovascular disease treatment or prevention in Australia. Methods and Results Using national dispensing claims for a 10% random sample…

PURPOSE: Craniopharyngiomas are nonmalignant sellar and parasellar tumors exhibiting a bimodal age distribution. While the outcomes following treatment in patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngiomas are well characterized, similar information in adult-onset craniopharyngiomas is limited. We aimed to describe the l…

PURPOSE: The presentation of results of an ophthalmic plaque displacement as a brachytherapy treatment method of large diffuse uveal melanomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of treatment results of 9 patients with large diffuse uveal melanomas using ophthalmic plaque displacement. Patients we…

BACKGROUND: Carbohydrate-lectin interactions are extremely specific as the lectin is capable of recognising monomeric and oligomeric sugars in a reversible manner. It has been known for a long time that lectins have antibacterial, antifungal, and insecticidal activities. Recently, it has been reported that many lectins…

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at the end of 2020, 7.8 million women alive were diagnosed with breast cancer in the past 5 years, making it the world's most prevalent cancer. It is largely recognized and demonstrated that early detection represents the first strategy to follow in the fight again…

Anthropogenic contaminants, as pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and monochloropropanediols (MCPDs), have become important to be controlled in edible oils, since their regular occurrence. In fact, alerts from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in oils normally include these compounds. Fr…

As many as 62% low back pain patients can have sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain. There is limited (to poor) evidence in regards to long-term pain relief with therapeutic intra-articular injections and/or conventional (heat or pulsed) radiofrequency ablations (RFAs) for SIJ pain. We report our pain-clinic experience with per…

Jaw protrusion is one of the most important innovations in vertebrate feeding over the last 400 million years [1, 2]. Protrusion enables a fish to rapidly decrease the distance between itself and its prey [2, 3]. We assessed the evolution and functional implications of jaw protrusion in teleost fish assemblages from sh…

BACKGROND: Following MPOWER's 2011 report, a study was conducted to quantify the implementation of MPOWER tobacco control policies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in 2013 to assess any possible change during the last two years.  METHODS: In this cross sectional study, based on 10 categories mentioned in…

CONTEXT: Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a fascinating topic which has drawn a lot of interest in the last several years. Hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury may occur in a variety of clinical situations. These include transplantation, liver resection, trauma, and vascular surgery. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: The purpos…

Among public health challenges in Afghanistan, communicable diseases still predominate because the epidemiologic transition to chronic disease has not yet occurred. Afghanistan's 10-year journey to improve its response to communicable disease is reflected in varying degrees of progress and innovation, all while long-st…

BACKGROUND: Records in Western countries reveal that adult height has been increasing over the last 250 years. These height gains have been biologically associated with healthier childhoods, less illness, and longer life spans-a health-risk transition. To measure such progress in Thailand we studied height change over…

Taenia multiceps (Leske, 1780) is a taeniid cestode that in its adult stage lives in the small intestine of dogs and other canids. The metacestode, previously known as Coenurus cerebralis, is usually found in the nervous system including brain and spinal cord in sheep and other ruminants. The presence of cysts typicall…