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To analyse the relationship between nocturnal micturition and health in 40- to 64-year-old women. A questionnaire study was carried out in 3669 randomly selected women (out of 6000 invited) in the County of Jämtland, Sweden. Questions were asked about the general health status of health, health development during…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations between incipient dementia (ID) and hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among people with osteoarthritis (OA) of the peripheral joints. METHODS: Among individuals aged 51-99 years residing in Skåne, Sweden, in 2009, we identified those with a…

BACKGROUND: Impairment of pulmonary function after stem cell transplantation (SCT) in childhood has been reported before. However, long-term longitudinal studies are scarce. PROCEDURE: We measured lung volumes and performed dynamic spirometry serially in 18 patients after SCT. At the last investigation, a median of 18…

Annual or biannual time courses of plant delta13C (delta13C(p)) over the last century (70-100 years) were recorded for leafbases of four grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea preissii) at four sites in mediterranean Australia and wood of four conifers (Widdringtonia cedarbergensis) at two sites in mediterranean South Africa. There…

INTRODUCTION: In our retrospective study, we examined changes in the histological results and types of metastatectomies of pulmonary metastases during the last 12 years, in two 5-year periods. AIM AND METHOD: There were 55 patients in the first group (2006-2010), 54.5% of the patients were male (n = 30), 45.5% were fe…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess patient reported adverse events and associated factors among epileptic patients taking antiepileptic drugs on follow-up at University of Gondar Referral Hospital. METHODS: Cross-sectional study was done on 354 adult epileptic patients. Patients who were on antiepileptic d…

The incidental finding of microscopic foci of acantholytic dyskeratosis, reproducing the histological pattern of Darier's disease, has been the subject of a number of papers in the last few years. In contrast, the incidental finding of other types of acantholysis has not been mentioned in the literature. In the last 5…

The science of toxicology dates back almost to the beginning of human history. Toxic chemicals, which are encountered in different forms, are always among the chemicals that should be investigated in criminal field, environmental application, pharmaceutic, and even industry, where many researches have been carried out…

The present article reviews the status of Chagas disease in Venezuela based on the detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infections both in referred patients with clinical presumptive diagnosis (1988-2002) and in individuals sampled from rural localities representative of the different geographical regions of the country (199…

OBJECTIVES: To audit the data of caesarean sections carried out in single-handed-run small private hospitals on the basis of the modified Robson criteria (Canada), to know the changing trends of caesarean sections over a considerable duration of time (15 years) in private sector, and to focus on a particular group…

We retrospectively analyzed patients with larynx cancer that were treated at ENT Clinics in Sarajevo in the last 5 years. According to the tumor site, TNM classification, operative procedure and postoperative treatment we found the following: Over the last 5 years 156 patients underwent surgical treatment--143 (91,6%)…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Azathioprine (AZA) is an established treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC).However, controversy exists regarding its efficacy in inducing and maintaining clinical remission, and long-term data are lacking. We studied the effectiveness of AZA in a large cohort of UC patients treated in a single cent…

BACKGROUND: Compared to the international literature a higher proportion of German nursing home residents (NHR) die in hospital. Data on longer periods before death and on regional differences are not available. OBJECTIVE: The frequency of hospitalizations of NHR in different periods during their last year of lif…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the mid-term effectiveness of anterior decompression and fusion with nanohydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (n-HA/PA66) cage in treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. METHODS: A retrospective study was made on 48 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy who underwent anterior decompression an…

Last week the U.K.-based Wellcome Trust announced that it would spend $13 million over 5 years to fund hardware and software designed to analyze newly sequenced human DNA. Its support of a project called Ensembl reflects a growing appreciation of the importance of computers to interpret the human genome.

Hepatitis B has been one of the major public health problems in Italy in the last 30 years. This is shown by the number of carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among the population (approximately 1.5 million) and the large number of deaths (approximately 9000) in Italy each year ascribable to liver disease as a result o…