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BACKGROUND: Cesarean birth has been associated with increased risks of short-term mental health problems. Little is known about whether these associations persist in the long term. This study aimed to estimate the associations between mode of birth and maternal mental health in midlife while considering mental health b…

To further clarify the mid-and-long term follow-up results of self-designed tibial periosteum-bone complex transplantation in the treatment of Hepple V osteochondral lesion of the talus(OLTs).The clinical data of 30 patients with Hepple V OLTs who received treatment in the Sports Medicine Center of the First Affiliated…

OBJECTIVES: The study's objectives were to find out the proportion of Saudi men with type 2 diabetes who have been asked by their physicians about erectile dysfunction (ED) in the last year, to determine the willingness of Saudi men with type 2 diabetes to discuss ED, and to explore the factors that may be related to t…

BACKGROUND: Prematurity and the presence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) increase the risk for the occurrence of amblyogenic risk factors in childhood and adolescence. AIM: The aim of the present study was to evaluate ocular morbidities and the ophthalmological care of former preterm and full-term persons in adult…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the median nerve constrictive operation combined with tendon transfer to treat the brain paralysis convulsive deformity of the hand. METHODS: The clinical data from 21 cases with brain paralysis convulsive deformity of the hand were analyzed retrospectively between August 20…

UNLABELLED: The comparison of Google internet searches for English words in construction for "construction stress", "construction mental" and "construction suicide" with reference to "construction worker" has not previously been undertaken. It is important to understand internet interest across these 3 terms as all are…

Polar temperatures during the Last Interglacial [LIG; ~129 to 116 thousand years (ka)] were warmer than today, making this time period an important testing ground to better understand how ice sheets respond to warming. However, it remains debated how much and when the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets changed during t…

Reverse sneezing (RS) is considered an innate reflex that may occur in normal dogs in response to a stimulus in the upper airways but currently, the prevalence is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of RS in dogs in Southeast Spain and to determine the possible influence of selected demographi…

Since the 1980s, the existence of one or more extinction events in the late Ediacaran has been the subject of debate. Discussion surrounding these events has intensified in the last decade, in concert with efforts to understand drivers of global change over the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition and the appearance of the mo…

BACKGROUND: Immunoglobulin A vasculitis is the most common vasculitis in children. It is usually a self-limiting condition, and the long-term prognosis depends on the severity of renal involvement. Although cyclosporin A is not generally recommended for the management of moderate immunoglobulin A vasculitis nephritis,…

Wheat was first cultivated in the Fertile Crescent (South Western Asia) with a farming expansion that lasted from around 9000 BC to 4000 BC. Whilst humans have been exposed to wheat for around the last 10 000 years, humans have existed for greater than 2·5 million years. Therefore, wheat (and thereby gluten)…

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether frailty index (FI) change captures mortality risk better than and independently of the current FI level, i.e. whether a regular FI assessment among older adults provides additional insights for mortality risk stratification or not. METHODS: We used data from the LASA 75-PLUS-study, wh…

OBJECTIVE: To update information on the mortality trend due to lung cancer in Mexico from 1990 to 2016. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Age-adjusted rates were obtained using the direct method. The percentage of annual change in the mortality of lung cancer was obtained through joinpoint analysis at the national level, by regi…

INTRODUCTION: Acupuncture had a different approaches since its beginnings. Using traditional energetic points with an interaction of 5 elements and meridian theories with manual diagnosis of tender points has been proposed. This procedure can be an effective treatment in musculoskeletal disease but its development is s…

To discuss the surgical treatment and its effectiveness of odontoid fracture complicated with atlantoaxial dislocation in children with spinal cord injury.From January 2010 to December 2014, 10 cases of children under 14 years old, with intractable odontoid fracture with atlantoaxial dislocation were enrolled. The mean…

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) remains one of the major challenges in neonatal surgery. Survival rate has increased in the last decades mainly due to perinatal care and surgical technique improvements. Classically, a laparotomy has been performed after cardiovascular and respiratory stabilization. Introduction o…

Many works carried out in the last decades have shown that the pollen season for taxa flowering in winter and spring, in temperate regions, has tended to be earlier, probably due to the continuous rise in temperature. The mean annual temperature in Perugia, Central Italy, was about 0.5 °C higher in the last t…

UNLABELLED: In congenital blepharoptosis the upper eyelid cannot be lifted normally because of congenital impairment in the levator function. The descended eyelid margin partially or completely obstructs of the visual axis with the consequent risk of amblyopia. Frontalis suspension is the surgery of choice for ptosis w…

(1) Standard treatments fail in about 20% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. About half these children die within 10 weeks. (2) Clofarabine, a cytotoxic drug chemically related to fludarabine, is now marketed for use in this setting. (3) The decision to grant marketing authorization was based mainly on the…

INTRODUCTION: Epidural haematomas are one of the most common complications of closed head injuries. Bilateral extradural haematomas are rare, usually acute, and generally associated with severe trauma and a high mortality. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to present six cases of bilateral extradural haematomas…