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A woman in her 60s with pneumaturia.

A woman in her 60s with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes since childhood was referred as an outpatient for urological assessment because of recurrent lower urinary tract infections and macroscopic haematuria. She had suffered an episode of spasmodic back pain five days before the referral in question was issued, but no back pain since this episode. She had not had fever, and her general condit...

The Single Woman and Her Emotional Problems

Sculpting identity: Chana Orloff and her portraits

ii To the memory of my bubbe, Lillian Kotovsky, and to my parents who have taught me the importance of embracing my cultural heritage. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my Thesis Supervisor, Professor Craig Adcock, for the time and energy he has dedicated to assisting me in the completion of this thesis. My gratitude also goes to Professor Wallace Tomasini and Professor Dorothy Johnson...

Expression of heregulin, phosphorylated HER-2, HER-3 and HER-4 in HER-2 negative breast cancers.

A significant number of HER-2 amplified breast cancers is effectively treated by trastuzumab and further shows receptor-enhanced chemosensitivity. Recent studies have postulated transactivation of HER-2 also in tumors expressing phosphorylated/activated HER-2 (pHER-2) and of the HER-3/HER-4 ligand heregulin (HRG), independent of HER-2 amplification. As a consequence, a subset of tumors without ...

Whose socioeconomic status influences a woman's obesity risk: her mother's, her father's, or her own?

BACKGROUND Evidence on the relative influence of childhood vs adulthood socioeconomic conditions on obesity risk is limited and equivocal. The objective of this study was to investigate associations of several indicators of mothers', fathers', and own socioeconomic status, and intergenerational social mobility, with body mass index (BMI) and weight change in young women. METHODS This populati...