Heat waves : risks and response ...

Contents FOREWORDS 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 1. INTRODUCTION 9 2. CLIMATE CHANGE AND TEMPERATURE EXTREMES 11 2.1. Observed changes in the frequency an ...

Novel compounds from natural pr ...

Foreword (by John Wong) ......................................................... xi Foreword (by Kurt Hostettmann) ................................. ...

The Massachusetts General Hospi ...

Integrative medicine

Contents: Pt. I. Integrative medicine -- Ch. 1. Philosophy of integrative medicine -- Ch. 2. The integrative assessment -- Pt. II. Integrative app ...

Pilot study on the use of repea ...

Pregnancy was terminated by repeated doses of vaginal misoprostol in 20 women at a gestational age of less than 9 weeks. The women were given 800 mg ...

Dabigatran: an Oral Direct Thro ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is well known as one of the leading causes of stroke and systemic embolism. Anticoagulation therapy is recommended in all p ...

Adherence and Long-Term Effect ...

Introduction: Long-term administration of opiates in patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) is subject to debate due to insufficient clinical ...

Real-Time Electronic Adherence ...

Second generation electronic medication adherence monitors provide real-time data on pill bottle opening behavior. Feasibility, validity, and accept ...

The morphology of the efferent ...

The efferent duct of the ostrich consists of two segments, the proximal efferent duct (PED) and the distal efferent duct (DED) that are continuous, ...

Abdominal Surgical Incision Ind ...

Objective Recently, a novel observation was made in which nonischemic trauma at a site remote from the heart produced by a transverse abdominal inci ...

Discrimination of gangrenous fr ...

In acute cholecystitis, the presence of gangrene is associated with higher morbidity and mortality and necessitates open surgical intervention rathe ...

Acute complicated pyelonephriti ...

Imaging is required if complication is suspected in acute pyelonephritis to assess the nature and extent of the lesions, and to detect underlying ca ...

Type 2 diabetes quality of life ...

The aim of the study is to assess QoL depending on the choice of therapeutic regimen. From a total of 200 patients, half (n = 100) were treated with ...

Stereotactic versus endoscopic ...

Object Endoscopic and stereotactic surgery have gained widespread acceptance as minimally invasive tools for the diagnosis of intracerebral patholog ...

Midline-craniotomy of the poste ...

Background Osteoplastic craniotomy in midline approaches to the posterior fossa has been proposed as an alternative to traditional osteoclastic cran ...

Reduction in external ventricul ...

Introduction Many strategies have been developed with the aim of reducing external ventricular drain-related infections. Antibiotic-impregnated cath ...

Use of Piezosurgery for interna ...

Background Piezosurgery is based on microvibrations generated by the piezoelectrical effect and has a selective bone-cutting ability with preservati ...

Left ventricular dilation in to ...

Restoration of myocardial blood flow after ischemia triggers an inflammatory response involving tolllike receptors (TLRs). TLR2-/--mice show short-t ...

Distinct function of androgen r ...

Steroid receptor coactivators are important in regulating the function of the receptors in endocrine organ development and in cancers, including bre ...

Comparison of different approac ...

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing is an essential part of pathological assessment in breast cancer patients, as HER2 provides ...

Comparison of the prognostic an ...

The Oncotype DX Recurrence Score (RS) is a validated genomic predictor of outcome and response to adjuvant chemotherapy in ER-positive breast canc ...

Ability to predict breast cance ...

Recently identified susceptibility alleles from Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for breast cancer provide an option to stratify women for the ...

The association of SULT1A1 codo ...

Epidemiological studies on the association between SULT1A1 codon 213 polymorphism and breast cancer risk are inconclusive. In order to derive a more ...

Lack of association between HER ...

Epidemiological studies have investigated the association between HER2 codon 655 polymorphism and breast cancer susceptibility. However, the results ...

Failure of ovarian ablation wit ...

To report an unanticipated pregnancy during ovarian ablation treatment with goserelin (10.8 mg SC every 12 weeks) in a 26-year old female with breas ...