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A 55-year - old male patient developed sudden loss of vision in the right eye following sirsasana with wall support (2 minutes) without supervision . The patient had suffered from pulmonary thromboembolism 5 years back and was receiving warfarin prophylaxis . Patient was practicing yoga since past 2 years for 45 minute... |
Adverse drug reactions (adrs) are important cause of morbidity, hospitalization, increased health expenditure and even death . A meta - analysis found serious adrs accounting for 6.7% of hospitalized admissions in usa . Adrs accounted for 0.7% of total admissions and 1.8% of total deaths in a south indian hospital . St... |
Developmental changes and regressive changes of the tooth have been related to chronological age in adult and subadult populations . The underlying concept of the study was that pulpal reduction caused by apposition of secondary dentin and occlusal tooth wear are used as morphometric parameters in estimating age . The ... |
Lung cancer has one of the highest cancer mortality rates in several countries worldwide, including korea . Although cancer treatments have improved in recent decades, lung cancer remains non - responsive to curative treatments . However, novel emerging molecular techniques have made it possible to investigate its mole... |
However, it is difficult to target the exact site of a microcalcification or non - palpable breast lesion if it is not detectable by ultrasound . Because stereotactic vacuum - assisted breast biopsy (vab) has a higher accuracy rate using a horizontal (x), vertical (y), and depth (z)-axis compared with ultrasound - guid... |
As rice yield is enormously affected by large number of pathogenic organisms, nematodes, fungi, insects and virus hence, understanding and exploitation of the root endophytic community for this high demand asian crop can result in the promotion of crop health . This could be an alternative approach towards eco - friend... |
A 91-year - old gentleman presented with incidental finding of left neck of femur fracture on a routine radiograph . A quick review of the patient notes revealed a fall, with a lengthy hospital admission, approximately 1 year previously . Despite his initial inability to weight - bear and protracted slow progress with ... |
Myotubular myopathy (mtm) is an x - linked congenital disorder (xlmtm) that is caused by mtm1 mutation1). In this condition, the small muscle fibers present a central area devoid of myofibrils and mitochondrial aggregates around the centrally located, often large nuclei2). Compared with other congenital myopathies, the... |
Hyperthyroidism, primarily caused by graves' disease, affects about 1 in 500 pregnancies . Although not common, it is important to recognise and treat maternal hyperthyroidism, because failing to do so can have detrimental effects . In the mother, untreated hyperthyroidism can cause spontaneous miscarriage, pregnancy i... |
The name granulosa cell tumor (gct) was proposed by von werdt in 1914 . To have primarily originated retroperitoneal gct is even rarer . In medical literature in english from 1938 till today, only 12 cases have been reported . Although, the histology of ovarian adult - type granulosa cell tumors (agcts) is well - docum... |
Mitochondrial disease involves a group of rare disorders of mitochondrial dysfunction, which is usually the result of gene mutations in either mitochondrial dna (mtdna) or nuclear dna (ndna). Because mitochondria are the main source of energy production in cells and are present in all tissues except for red blood cells... |
Spanish hospital discharge database incidence rate ratios positive predictive value rotarix (glaxosmithkline biologicals rixensart belgium) rotateq (merck & co. inc . West point pa usa) self - controlled case series valencias vaccine information system two oral live - attenuated rotavirus vaccines are currently availab... |
Paratuberculosis (map) is a causative agent of johne's disease or paratuberculosis, which is a chronic debilitating disease in ruminants that is characterized by incurable enteritis and persistent diarrhea . The disease is distributed worldwide and causes significant economic losses to the livestock industry because of... |
A 71-year old caucasian male with dilative cardiomiopathy and irrelevant family history was admitted to our hospital for the evaluation of a suspected liver disease . Laboratory findings revealed a slight anemia (hemoglobin level of 12,5 g / dl, hematocrit of 38%, red blood cells count of 3,9 mil / mm). Iu / l) and ele... |
, individuals can live for 80100 years, much longer than in past generations . According to the who, the proportion of people over 60 years of age is increasing quickly and is expected to exceed 2 billion people worldwide by the year 2050 . Immune senescence comprises a set of changes occurring to the innate and adapti... |
The work of korean medical radiological technologists is divided into three areas: diagnosis, treatment, and nuclear medicine1 . The department of diagnostic radiology (department of radiology) is in charge of general x - ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, and computerized tomography scans f... |
Work - related musculoskeletal disorders are the largest category of occupational diseases (1). These disorders have a high prevalence in countries around the world, and cause high costs and reduced quality of life in workers (2). Musculoskeletal disorders are identified by pain, discomfort, and inability of the joints... |
Total knee replacement (tkr) is one of the most common orthopedic surgeries performed in the usa.1 most commonly, tkrs are performed as a result of the pain and decreased quality of life associated with osteoarthritis.2 as the us population ages and becomes more obese,3 it is expected that osteoarthritis rates, hence t... |
This intervention has potential complications such as surgical site infection (ssi), one of the most frequent nosocomial infections, with a reported prevalence of 2 - 38.7% . Prevention of ssi can be achieved by surgical hand disinfection, a standard and obligatory procedure used in all hospitals . The surgical hand an... |
The four major clinical symptoms of nms are hyperthermia, severe muscle rigidity, autonomic dysfunction, and altered mental status . To date, several diagnostic criteria have been proposed for nms . According to the diagnostic criteria of the fourth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, ... |
The term cancer refers to a set of conditions that have the growth of cells that invade tissues and organs of the human body in common . The causes of cancer are varied, but psychological and behavioral factors such as chronic stress, depression, and social isolation may contribute to the initiation and progression of ... |
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (bric) is an autosomal - recessive cholestatic disorder which was first described by summerskill and walshe in 1959 in two patients with recurring cholestasis [2, 3]. Ten years later, tygstrup and jensen formulated the defining criteria as: (1) several episodes of pronounced ja... |
1a) could not tolerate rgp lens - wearing and did not want to have a corneal transplant or other corneal surgeries . The ucva was 0.04 and the bscva was 0.7 with -3.75 -3.00 155a . In the left eye, the ucva was 0.02, and the bscva was 0.4 with -12.00 -3.50 30a . The corneal refractive power was 58.40 / 48.70 diopters 1... |
The use of regenerative procedures before implant - prosthetic oral rehabilitation is required to counteract vertical and horizontal bone loss and, mostly, to obtain an adequate bone quantity and quality to ensure primary stability at implant insertion . Several bone grafting materials were proposed for bone regenerati... |
Graft versus host disease refers to the inflammatory and/or fibrosing manifestations that may arise at various times after transplantation of any organ containing lymphoid cells, which react against and damage tissues in the immunocompromised host . The gvhd syndrome has traditionally been subdivided into two syndromes... |
The increase in bacterial antibiotic resistance is a serious problem, increasing both in severity and importance . Therefore, it is necessary to find means of limiting or even preventing the transmission of pathogens within medical facilities . Surfaces in patients surroundings, including the door knob or handle, are a... |
Although superimposition of serial lateral cephalograms has been used to investigate the pattern and amount of tooth movement, it cannot be used for precise evaluation of tooth movement in the three - dimensional (3d) coordinates . Recently, a 3d virtual model has been introduced to analyze the movement of individual t... |
The cluster - chip captures ctc - clusters relying on the strength of cell - cell junctions as they flow under physiological flow speed through a set of triangular pillars (fig . The fundamental building block of the cluster - chip is formed by three triangular pillars, two of which form a narrowing channel that funnel... |
Dislocation of an intraocular lens (iol) within the capsular bag is a rare, late complication of cataract surgery . Probably reduce the frequency of in - the bag iol dislocation but fail to prevent this complication fully . Frequency of in - the - bag iol dislocation increased with the development of cataract surgery t... |
The use of medical devices for temporary use or implantation in the blood circulation has resulted in an increased demand for evaluation of complications brought about by these devices . This resulted also in - better defined iso requirements for testing one important and relevant aspect of testing of medical devices i... |
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (ccam) of lung are rare congenital cystic lung lesions that arise from excessive proliferation of tubular bronchial structures . It is a rare lesion with incidence of 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 35,000 pregnancies and represents 25% of congenital lung malformations and 95% of congeni... |
Femtosecond laser flap creation systems like the femto ldv (ziemer ophthalmic systems ag, port, switzerland) have been successfully used in modern corneal and refractive surgery . Many femtosecond lasers like the ldv are offering advantages in terms of size, mobility, and safety . The femto ldv operates at high - pulse... |
It is estimated that more than 4 million adults had diabetes in 2011, which showed 35% increment during past 7 years . Expanding epidemic of obesity is responsible in large part for a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose among iranian adults . Therefore, an increase in the risk of cardiovas... |
In cases of paraesophageal hiatal hernia with gastric volvulus, which is referred to as upside - down stomach, the first choice is surgical treatment . In high - surgical - risk patients, endoscopic repositioning and gastropexy is useful to ensure a good quality of life . However, there are no detailed reports regardin... |
Endocrine - disrupting contaminants pose an insidious threat because exposure in early life during development can lead to subtle irreversible organizational effects that may be masked until the offspring reach maturity . Some chemicals with endocrine - disrupting properties may also cause transgenerational effects (ef... |
Weight bias, or the stigma towards and negative stereotypes about individuals who have large bodies, has been described as researchers have found weight bias to be the fourth most frequently reported form of discrimination and determined a 66% increase in its occurrence between 1995 and 2006 . Individuals who live in l... |
Hip fractures remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the aging population of the united states . According to the center for disease control, there are 586 000 admissions annually for fractures in people aged 65 or older . Of these fractures, nearly half, 273 000, were hip fractures, defined as either fe... |
Acute myeloid leukemia a cancer of the blood and bone marrow is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults which usually quickly gets worse if not treated . The treatment of aml varies according to one's age, general condition at diagnosis, and cytogenetic parameters . Diagnosis is made when blood and bone marrow... |
During the last 30 years, several studies have been conducted all over the world in order to investigate the possible sex differences in oral health status and behavior in populations of various age groups and characteristics . Most of these studies concluded that females bear a higher burden of dental caries compared ... |
In the last three decades, magnetic resonance imaging (mri) has been used for noninvasive assessment of the prostate and surrounding structures . Initially, prostate mri was only based on morphologic assessment, using t1-weighted imaging (t1wi) and t2-weighted imaging (t2wi) sequences . Its role was primarily for loco ... |
Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (ige) is characterized by various combinations of generalized tonic clonic seizures, absence seizures, myoclonus (blumenfeld, 2005; zhang et al ., 2011), and generalized spike - and - wave discharges (gswds) observed during interictal periods on electroencephalography (eeg) recordings (h... |
Alzheimer's disease (ad) is the most common form of dementia with a progressive course . Ad pathology evidences neuronal damage in specific vulnerable brain regions and circuits involved in memory and language, namely, the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, which appears to be preceded by synaptic and neuronal dysfunctio... |
As the impact of neural signaling on cancer becomes clearer, it is imperative that stress - sensitive steps in cancer progression are identified for the development of targeted interventions . The findings presented here suggest that targeting either neural or inflammatory signaling activated by stress may limit metast... |
All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest . Supporting grant provided by kci europe holding b.v. |
Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignancy in childhood, and represents about 3% of all pediatric disease . Retinoblastoma, a diagnosis that affects not only vision but also survival for many individuals, is also the most common intraocular tumor of childhood . The incidence of retinoblastoma is generally... |
Spontaneous perforation of rectum is a rare event; however evisceration of the small bowel through the perforated site without predisposing factors is extremely rare, complex and worth reporting . The operative findings revealed it to be a case of spontaneous perforation of rectum with evisceration of the small bowel t... |
Animals: this study was conducted in compliance with the guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals, and the protocol was approved by the animal experimentation committee of nippon veterinary and life science university (approval number 1083). Twelve mixed - breed male and female cats (age, 2.2 0.3 years; ra... |
Functional dyspepsia (fd) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by the presence of recurrent or persistent symptoms thought to originate in the gastroduodenal region without any organic, systemic or metabolic disease that is likely to explain the symptoms.1 the pathophysiology of fd is considered to be multifactori... |
The international union of pure and applied chemistry (iupac) project of collection, compilation, and critical evaluation of solubility data of bromides and iodides of the scandium group and all lanthanides in water and aqueous systems containing either halide acids, halide salts, or organic compounds is under preparat... |
Uropathogenic escherichia coli (upec) are one of the most important etiologic agents of urinary tract infection (uti) (1, 2). Uti is the most frequent human bacterial infection all around the world (2). It is estimated that annually global economy spends more than six billion dollars on uti (3). Studies show that about... |
From organometallic catalysis to biology, metal ions are ubiquitous in both natural and synthetic processes . Catalytic metal centers are found in all different classes of enzymes, accounting for 44% of oxidoreductases, 40% of transferases, 39% of hydrolases, 36% of lyases, 36% of isomerases, and 59% of ligases . These... |
Epidermoid cysts are benign developmental malformations arising from abnormal epithelial constituents of ectodermal tissue formed during the fetal period . These lesions can be seen anywhere in the body, with the occurrence of approximately 7% in the head and neck region and their incidence in the oral cavity makes up ... |
This effect is associated with adverse outcomes including impaired coagulation (3), increased incidence of surgical wound infections, prolonged hospitalization (4), and myocardial ischemia (5). Despite the absence of environmental exposure of a wound or abdominal viscera, exposure of the abdominal cavity to large volum... |
To foster greater coordination on surveillance, research, education, and prevention of tickborne diseases, cdc established ticknet during 2007 . Ticknet is a public health network that includes partners from state health departments and academic institutions collaborating through the emerging infections program (eip), ... |
In order to assess sexual well - being and provide treatment or education for iranian women's sexuality, it is necessary to understand their sexuality and the meanings they give to sexual behaviors . Sexual behavior is a complex concept that is difficult to measure . According to webster's online dictionary, the manner... |
The 2,6-bis (1.1-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol (bht), also known as butylhydroxytoluene, is a lipophilic (fat soluble) organic compound that is primarily used as an antioxidant food additive as well as in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, and electrical transformer oil . Bht is prepared... |
Brain abscess in young infants is extremely rare and usually associated with a previous history of bacterial meningitis or septicemia . Here we report a cerebellar abscess mimicking brain tumor with atypical clinical and paraclinical presentations . A two - month old previously well - baby boy was referred to us with p... |
Traumatic abdominal wall hernia (tawh) has been defined as herniation through disrupted musculature and fascia associated with adequate trauma, without skin penetration, and no evidence of a prior hernia defect at the site of injury . They are rare and over the past century 50 have been reported in the literature . Som... |
Genome - wide association (gwa) analysis has provided the first effective strategy to allow a systematic dissection of the genetic basis of common, complex, multifactorial traits . Although for many of these we remain some distance from a complete enumeration of causal mechanisms, there have already been substantial ad... |
Diabetes mellitus (dm) is a medical disorder which affects an increasing large proportion of the population across different age groups . Though it is prevalent globally, it poses a particular health challenge in resource constrained low and middle income countries . The two commonest forms of the disorder, diabetes ty... |
Melanoma is the sixth most common malignancy in the united states; there were an estimated 68,120 new cases of invasive melanoma in 2010 with 8,700 deaths due to the disease 1, 2 . When compared to younger age groups, mortality is significantly higher in the elderly implicating age as a poor prognostic factor 3 . As th... |
On april 21, 2008, three whooper swans (2 adults and 1 juvenile) were found dead at lake towada, akita prefecture, japan (figure 1). It was taken to the wildlife protection center in akita but had to be euthanized that day in moribund status . Homogenates from the tracheas, cloacas, and internal organs of 3 swans were ... |
Starvation and other altered metabolic conditions such as immobilization, denervation, aging, and unloading states induces loss of muscle mass1,2,3,4 . To study the signal transduction of atrophy in particular, various cell culture models have been developed5,6,7 . In many studies, exogenous cytokines such as tnf-, glu... |
Testing and treatment are key elements in the effort to control hiv, and testing services are rightly considered as the gateway to the treatment facilities . Data suggest that hiv - infected individuals who are aware of their status are more likely to adopt risk reduction behaviour than those who are not as discussed b... |
We searched medical literature analysis and retrieval system online (medline) and excerpta medica database (embase) from inception to 1 july 2009 for articles evaluating the effect of diabetes on any prognostic outcome in cancer patients . Our overall search strategy included terms for diabetes (e.g., diabetes, glucose... |
Since the discovery of chagas' disease in 1909 (chagas, 1909), major leaps in trypanosoma cruzi biology have been achieved and have resulted in gradually improving advanced techniques for direct parasite observation (florentino et al ., 2014). Optical and electron microscopy (de souza, 2008) are the most commonly used ... |
Antenatal care (anc) services are considered to be the key element in the primary health care delivery system of a country, which aims for a healthy society . Over the past 60 years, the maternal health situation in the country has been staggering despite several changes in a rapidly evolving socioeconomic environment ... |
A 73-year - old female was admitted for surgical removal of a left renal pelvic mass . She has taken antihypertensive agents for 30 years and received percutaneous coronary intervention due to stable angina 3 years ago . During routine follow - up, a renal mass was incidentally detected 2 months ago . Laboratory values... |
In total, 131 of 140 consecutive patients with figo stage (1988 figo staging) i - ii eoc, who underwent primary surgery and postsurgical chemotherapy in the uppsala - rebro medical region during the 5-year period from january 1, 2000, to december 31, 2004, were entered into this study . All samples were collected with ... |
Four years prior to the h - mrs study a 13-year - old girl suffered from an abscess on the back of her right knee, which was then therapeutically drained . Two years later, the patient was referred to our hospital for the first time with a non - inflamed swelling of the right calf . Conventional mri with t1- and t2-wei... |
While multiple studies have examined complication rates after spinal surgery, few studies have focused on risk factors for pulmonary complications after spine surgery . The rates of pulmonary complications after spine surgery has been reported to range from 0.9% to 5%, but methodology and definitions vary from study to... |
In many inflammatory responses, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (pmnls) are among the first cells to exit the blood stream and migrate to an inflammatory site, where they become fully activated . This activation is a two - stage process: pmnls first encounter a stimulus that does not activate the cells directly but leaves... |
Zonisamide (zns) is an antiepileptic drug that has recently been approved in many countries . It is also effective for the management of migraine, neuropathic pain, essential tremor, anxiety, and other conditions . Recently, zns has been approved as a new adjunctive therapy for motor complications of parkinson's diseas... |
Scleroderma renal crisis is an infrequent but life - threatening complication of systemic sclerosis (ssc). It was previously associated with significant morbidity, including chronic renal failure and dialysis, and high mortality . However, since the advent of angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitors, the outcome ... |
Male sprague - dawley rats (charles river, wilmington, ma) of 220250 g were housed in the yale animal resource center, fed a standard pellet diet (prolab 3000; agway, syracuse, ny), and maintained on a 12-h day / night cycle . Experimental protocols were in accordance with laboratory animal care guidelines and were app... |
A recent study by moore et al found that the aspects of attention most affected by pain are those essential for the completion of complex tasks that require the processing of multiple cues and complex attention control . Furthermore, after investigating cognitive executive function and attention, oosterman et al conclu... |
Leptin plays an important role in the regulation of body weight due to reducing food intake and increasing energy expenditure (1).leptin can signal the body fat level to the brain to control energy homeostasis by regulating the activity of neurons in the hypothalamus . In a study, leptin in maternal plasma increased fr... |
Pneumopericardium is defined as the presence of air - fluid level in the pericardial sac and has been reported to result from a spontaneous or iatrogenic cause of underlying disease.1) it is a rare condition but is important in the differential diagnosis of chest pain . Posteroanterior chest radiographs typically revea... |
Multiple myeloma (mm) is a b - cell neoplasia which is characterized by an malignant proliferation of aberrant plasma cells in the bone marrow . Renal impairment and bone resorption are among the most important consequences of this disease [1 - 3]. Novel treatment options are urgently needed and are being developed [4 ... |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm) is a genetically heterogeneous heart muscle disorder characterized by myocardial hypertrophy in the absence of abnormal loading conditions . While it has been recognized for many decades that some patients with the disease die suddenly from ventricular arrhythmia, data from contemporar... |
Refractory ascites causes abdominal distention, abdominal pain and dyspnea and thereby aggravates patient quality of life and activities of daily living . The effect of abdominal paracentesis is temporary, but loss of albumin and globulin can cause deterioration of nutritional and immune status and lowered colloid osmo... |
Zinc is considered as a useful material for cooling water treatment in light water nuclear power plants . A trace amount of soluble zinc injected into the coolant water suppresses co buildup in water piping systems and reduces the gamma ray dose rate from the piping system carrying the coolant [16] and this method has ... |
One aspect of the fascination with biology is the contrast between the overwhelming detail of nature and its order . Deus creavit, linnus disposuit, was linnus famous, not so humble summary of the two sides and who cared for which . The friendly and modest country gentleman darwin had little of linnus's self - image, b... |
There appears to have been consensus in the past decades in classifying systemic sclerosis (ssc) according to extension of skin involvement as limited and diffuse, using the elbows and knees as limits to distinguish between them . However, although this has been used to dissect two more or less distinct clinical subset... |
Factitious disorder (fd; pathomimia), which has been described as both disease and deception, presents to the clinician as one of the most challenging conditions in medical experience . Sick role seeking in contrast to external incentives acting as the motivating factor in the latter . Categorized as an axis i dsm iv c... |
Palliative sedation is considered as one of the last resorts to relieve the refractory symptoms among dying cancer patients . The prevalence of refractory symptoms in advanced cancer is high (50 - 84%) with the number of individual refractory symptoms ranging from 1 to 27 . Although majority of the refractory symptoms ... |
Currently, many researchers have studied the infants microbiota to understand its cellular mechanisms, bacterial composition, and influencing factors but the bacterial colonization is a complex process . In past, until 2006, the healthy neonatal stools were considered sterile at birth (1, 2) except in harmful medical c... |
A number of inborn [15] and acquired [613] neuropathologies are associated with impaired function of the mitochondrial 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex (ogdhc). Ogdhc comprises multiple copies of the three catalytic components: the thiamine diphosphate - dependent 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (e1o), the... |
Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (gpi) deficiency is the third most common red blood cell enzymopathy, after glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) and pyruvate kinase (pk) deficiency and is similarly associated with hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia (hnsha). The sole clinical manifestation in the majority of p... |
Ampc is responsible for resistance to cephalosporins and esbls confer resistance to all -lactams except for the carbapenem family . Carbapenemases, particularly metallo -lactamases (mbl), hydrolyze all -lactam antibiotics with the exception of monobactams . Coexistence of multiple -lactamases in clinical isolates of p.... |
Tuberculosis (tb) is a communicable infectious disease, spread almost exclusively by coughed aerosols carrying pathogens from the mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) complex . Tb is characterized pathologically by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation usually in the lung, although almost any extra - pulmonary site can be... |
Molluscum contagiosum (mc) is a commonly encountered cutaneous viral infection in children, its hallmark being spontaneous resolution . Despite its benign nature, active therapy may be desirable to prevent further spread, relieve symptoms, prevent scarring, and for cosmetic, and social reasons . Parental concern is val... |
The assessment of intravascular volume and the adequacy of volume resuscitation are among the most difficult clinical challenges . Systolic blood pressure, heart rate and urine output change minimally in early hemorrhagic shock . Hypotension, tachycardia, cold extremities, decreased urine output and poor capillary refi... |
During july and august 2012, investigators from cdc s viral special pathogens branch reviewed shipping records from facility b and subsequent distributors and notified health departments in states that had received potentially infected mice during january 1may 7, 2012; frozen mice were considered a low public health ri... |
About 40% of all tumors located in the posterior fossa are low - grade astrocytomas [7, 15, 17]. When these tumors are totally resected, the prognosis is very favorable with more than 90% of patients being cured without additional treatment . The overall survival rate for children who had gross total resection of low -... |
Over the past 30 years there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence in obesity in the us, from 18% in the 80s to approximately 35% in 2010 [1, 2]. In parallel, there has been an increase in the prevalence of asthma from 30.7 to 53.8 per thousand population between 1980 and 1994 . A prospective epidemiologic stu... |
During recent years, the use of cellular phone among adults, teenagers and children has been increased all over the world . The concern on the possible health hazards of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (rf - emf) emitted by mobile phones on human health has been growing in many societies (1). Recent studies have ... |
Kawasaki disease, first described by tomisaku kawasaki in japan in 1967, is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology involving the small and medium - sized vessels with predilection for coronary artery involvement . The disease affects infants and children under the age of 5 years with no racial predilection an... |
Heart disease is a major consequence of obesity, which is in turn strongly associated with major risk factors for coronary atherosclerosis such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and sleep - disordered breathing . However, studies increasingly suggest that obesity also has direct effects on the heart that may n... |
Femoroacetabular impingement (fai) is being increasingly recognized as a common cause of hip pain in the young, active patient population [16]. Longitudinal studies have demonstrated that the presence of fai increases the risk of developing osteoarthritis (oa) [7, 8] through the abnormal static and dynamic stresses app... |
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