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Predictors of long-term glycemic control and growth patterns in children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) before 6.5 years of age were evaluated. One hundred seventy-three children (84 boys) with a mean diabetes duration of 4.9 ± 2.8 years participated in this observational study. Medical charts were reviewed…

PURPOSE: We evaluated the attitude in using chemotherapy near the end of life in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC). Clinical and laboratory parameters recorded at last chemotherapy administration were analyzed, in order to identify risk factors for imminent death. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of patients who…

Twenty-two cases in which mucinous tumors of the appendix were associated with mucinous tumors of the ovary are reported. The patients ranged from 23 to 83 (average 49) years of age and usually presented with increasing abdominal girth. The appendiceal and ovarian tumors were synchronous in 21 cases. Laparotomy typical…

Senior charge nurse Emma Brandon, from Norwich Mental Healthcare NHS Trust has won this year's Parents at Work Britain's Best Boss award. Ms Brandon received her award last month from health minister David Lammy.

When Doreen Norton presented this year's Winifred Raphael memorial lecture for the Royal College of Nursing's Research Society, she swore that it was going to be positively her last public performance in nursing.

The relationship between hormone replacement treatment (HRT) and breast cancer risk was analysed using data from a case-control study conducted between June 1991 and February 1994 in six Italian centres on 2569 patients aged below 75 with histologically confirmed breast cancer and 2588 controls admitted to hospital for…

The examination of 12-year-old children attending schools in central Somerset, where similar examinations were conducted 5, 11, 15 and 30 years previously, has indicated that the caries experience of the children in these schools is continuing to decrease. However, the annual rate of change over the past 5 years is les…

Asthma in Scotland is briefly reviewed including epidemiology, management and the potential for research, education and audit. Asthma is characterised by variable wheeze and shortness of breath caused by variable narrowing of the bronchial airways secondary to inflammation. Confusion with chronic obstructive airways di…

A survey of the historical and epidemiologic development of diphtheria is presented. The last four centuries are described particular attention is devoted to the most important centers of the epidemic during this time. Special consideration is given to the last one hundred years in Germany.

INTRODUCTION: Photoallergic and phototoxic medications continue to be an important concern for dermatologists. In the last 5 years, the list of phototoxic and photoallergic medications has expanded, as well as the testing tools used to screen for potential allergy. Currently available testing methods include the photop…

In the present work, juvenile development and physiological state of mygalomorph Brachypelma albopilosum were investigated by means of individual rearing under controlled conditions. Males required 4-5 years for development from first juvenile instar to adulthood, passing through 8 to 12 juvenile molts. Females develop…

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the scientific production of the more productive Psychology faculty member of Spain through advised doctoral theses in the data base TESEO. The sample consisted of the 100 more productive professors of each one of the areas of Spanish Psychology. We reviewed a total of 403…

Central venous catheters provide an easy access for intravenous medications. Having a central line in place will relieve a child from the discomfort and danger of multiple regular intravenous lines for chemotherapy. The use of indwelling central venous catheters has become commonplace in the management of children unde…

BACKGROUND: The new antidepressants are generally effective and safe for older people, but may have serious side-effects. The use has been rapidly increasing, but focus on upper age groups has been limited. The pattern of antidepressant use as death approaches has never been analysed. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the use of…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the potential of serum neurofilament light (NfL) to reflect or predict progression mostly independent of acute inflammatory disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) treated with natalizumab. METHODS: Patients were selected from a prospect…

We reviewed 44 consecutive patients treated for Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease who underwent serial technetium 99m diphosphonate bone scintigraphy. The average follow-up was 4.4 years. The bone-scintigraphy classification characterizes the A pathway by early lateral column formation not seen in the B pathway. Pathway…