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The JCPP has just published a virtual issue focusing specifically on the journal's contribution to progress in the field of ADHD neuropsychology over last 30 years and its role in establishing the foundations of next generation ADHD neuropsychology models. The virtual issue is structured around six themes. Here we…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the results concerning the use of simvastatin for promoting bone regeneration and to discuss the level of scientific evidence supporting such findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A Pubmed search using "Simvastatin"[Mesh] AND "Bone Regeneration"[Mesh] as Boolean…

The performance of pancreaticoduodenectomy by Whipple in 1935 demonstrated that the operation was feasible technically and compatible with reasonable function after recovery. From the mid- to late 1940s until the last 10 years, the procedure was condemned by many because of its associated mortality and morbidity. For r…

PURPOSE: To describe and interpret secular time trends in gallbladder cancer (GBC) incidence, mortality, and diagnostic approach using 37 years of cancer registry data in urban Shanghai. METHODS: Data on registration of GBC in urban Shanghai during 1973 and 2009 were collected by the Shanghai Cancer Registry. To descr…

Oxygen (O) and Carbon Dioxide (CO) are the two gases to be detected and controlled. Of interest might be a query of the evolutionary origin of each. From the cooling of the Big Bang (~13.8 Billion Years Ago [BYA]) came a quark-gluon plasma from which protons and neutrons emerged, producing H, He, Li. As H and He c…

The Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet) has been reported to be protective against the occurrence of several diseases. Increasing evidence suggests that the MedDiet could counter diseases associated with chronic inflammation, including metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes, obesity, pulmonary diseases, and cog…

We examined the gender difference in performance of open-water ultra-swimmers crossing the English Channel between 1875 and 2011. A total of 1606 swimmers (1120 males and 486 females) crossed the English Channel within a mean time of 809.6 ± 175.6 min. The overall female swim time of 796.3 ± 188.7 min was not…

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is more and more widely applied for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes. Both if primary employed or following an unsuccessful thrombolytic treatment (rescue angioplasty), it improves the early and late outcome of acute myocardial infarction patients. Any…

AIMS: To estimate prevalence of last 12-month nonmedical use (NMU) of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs (the nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics zaleplon, zolpidem and zopiclone) in the UK. METHODS: Data were collected using the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs survey with poststratification weighting applied to be representat…

PURPOSE: The aim of our study is to determine the alterations on coronal balance after overcorrection of Lenke type 1 curve, retrospectively. METHODS: Datas of 34 patients (29 female, 5 male patients; mean age, 16.3±3.3 years; range, 13-24 years) surgically treated for scoliosis between 2004 and 2010 were reviewe…

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of literature investigating the use of liposomal bupivacaine (LB) in a dermatologic surgery setting. OBJECTIVE: To identify the treatment characteristics and adverse events, including Local Anesthetic System Toxicity (LAST), in patients receiving perioperative LB. MATERIALS AND METHODS:…

BACKGROUND: In the Netherlands, patients only qualify for bariatric surgery when they have followed a 6-month mandatory weight loss program (MWP), also called the "last resort" criterion. One of the rationales for this is that MWPs result in greater weight loss. OBJECTIVES: To determine weight loss during MWPs and the…

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer (LC) remains serious medical and social problem. In US it represents the most frequent cause of malignancy-related deaths both in males and females. In Czech Republic about 6000 persons acquires LC each year. The aim of the study was to describe developmental trends of the mortality, methods of…

Injuries to the face, mouth and jaws are common presentations to UK hospitals. Understanding the current volume of work and the recent changes can yield important lessons for the teams that deal with facial injuries. We examined the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) covering England for the financial reporting years en…

The head and neck region is one of the most common sites of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but it is an infrequent tumor at the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses site, representing no more than 5.8-8 percent of the entire malignant tumors in this localization and 0.3-2 percent of all extranodal lymphomas. A case o…

BACKGROUND: The Damus-Kaye-Stansel (DKS) operation can be an effective palliation in patients who have single-ventricle physiology and systemic outflow obstruction. Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) may be used as a preliminary procedure in these patients to limit overperfusion of the pulmonary circulation. In some series…

Chart review of our patients who were operated for acute appendicitis was performed to characterize the appendicitis in the elder patients. Celiotomy revealed perforation of the appendix in almost 40%, frequently in patients with unspecific symptoms and no leucocytosis. While mortality was 9.2% in the ninteeneighties,…

Bipedality, the definitive characteristic of the earliest hominids, has been regarded as an adaptive response to a transition from forested to more-open habitats in East Africa sometime between 12 million and 5 million years ago. Analyses of the stable carbon isotopic composition (delta(13)C) of paleosol carbonate and…

Five women with lympho-cutaneous sporotrichosis with a mean age of 46.8 years, were seen over the last 3 years. Four belonged to rural Himachal Pradesh and one to Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Upper extremity was affected in three patients. Sporotrichum schenkie was isolated form 3 patients and confirmed by the mice patho…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the clinical presentation, natural history, and long-term outcome of sporadic cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) based on initial Zabramski classification. METHODS: A prospective cohort of 285 patients with sporadic CCMs was analyzed. Patients were classi…