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At present, little is known about patterns of early growth and development in foraging and small-scale horticultural populations. Moreover, still less is known about secular changes in growth in these populations. Data collected in 1967, 1976, and 1989 are presented for birth weight and subsequent growth to 5 years amo…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Previous studies suggest that asthma mortality rates in Spain have been decreasing in recent years. However, this trend is not homogeneous across age groups. Objective: To analyze asthma mortality rates over a 40-year period, focusing on changes associated with the development of new therapeut…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and severity of asthma and allergic diseases in schoolchildren residing in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1998 to May 1999, among 6,174 children from 53 schools in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. The method used was the one…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the efficacy of percutaneous pedicle screw internal fixation and minimally invasive lateral small incisions lesion debridement and bone graft fusion via dilated channels in the treatment of lumbar tuberculosis. METHODS: The clinical data of 22 cases of lumbar tuberculosis treated with percutaneou…

During last 5 years only single cases of poisoning with plants containing psychoactive substances, especially Datura stramonium, were treated in the Department of Clinical Toxicology in Kraków. In autumn 1999, during 1 month, 7 patients, aged from 14 to 27 years (mean 18 years) poisoned with Datura stramonium were…

Fitek cementless cups have been adopted in our department in 1989. The first 100 consecutive Fitek implants were analyzed clinically (Harris hip score) and radiographically (anteroposterior and lateral x-rays) with a mean follow-up of 9.7 years. We did not have any case of cup loosening or any other problem requiring c…

OBJECTIVES: To determine changes in the population-based incidence rates, degree of histologic verification, and morphologic distribution of tumors of the kidney, pelvis, and ureter and bladder in both sexes for the duration of 60 years in Denmark. METHODS: Age-standardized incidence rates in 5-year age and calendar i…

During the last 5 years, 7 families suffering from familial polyposis coli have been investigated; we found 23 members affected and we operated 10 of them. One of them died of metastases and 9 members of these pedigrees died of carcinoma which appeared at the average age of 41,5 years. This confirms that this condition…

The authors present the results of 593 consecutive and non-selected patients who underwent direct myocardial revascularization without extracorporeal circulation in the period September 1981 to December 1988. The results are compared with 3086 patients who underwent conventional bypass surgery over the same period of t…

Active peat erosion is widespread in the Wicklow mountains, and it has been suggested that peat accumulation has slowed or ceased in the area associated with the erosive processes. Analysis of the recent deposition of pollen and magnetic minerals at three sites shows that significant quantities of peat (6.5 to 16.5 cm)…

BACKGROUND: Previous reports showed some beneficial effect of oral vancomycin treatment (OVT) in children with primary sclerosing cholangitis; conversely, the experience in patients with other autoimmune liver diseases (AILD), including autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis (ASC), is scant.…

BACKGROUND: Availability and accessibility of anti-cancer medicines is the pillar of cancer management, and it is one of the main concerns in low-income countries including Rwanda. The objective of this study was to assess the availability and affordability of anticancer medicines at cancer-treating hospitals in Rwanda…

The characteristics and the incidence of changes in plain chest radiographs were analysed in detail in 50 asthmatic patients with chronic allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in whom the diagnosis had been made from 2 to 25 years previously (mean duration 10-9 years). One thousand two hundred and forty-two chest rad…

AIMS: We studied time trends in seasonal influenza vaccination and assessed associations with socioeconomic and health-related determinants in Switzerland (overall and people aged ≥65 years). METHODS: We used data from the Swiss Health Surveys of 2007 and 2012. We calculated the proportion of the population (overal…

BACKGROUND: The national MS registry was established in 2010 to assess the change in epidemiological status. The last reported data of the prevalence and incidence in Kuwait was in 2013. OBJECTIVES: To update the prevalence and incidence rates of MS among Kuwaiti nationals. METHODS: Using the national MS registry, a…