Check-ups after travel.

Ethics for check-ups.

Sao Paulo Med J/Rev Paul Med 2002; 120(5):131. A very positive phenomenon is taking hold within the Brazilian medical scene: the idea that it is possible to get advance warning of diseases by detecting markers (biochemical, hormonal, immunological and anatomical) that would make it possible to alter the natural history of a disease. Such actions, called check-ups, screening or early detection, ...

Commentary: GP 'check-ups' still of limited value.

Impact of Antenatal Check - ups on Institutional Deliveries in Delhi

This paper focuses on the scenario of antenatal care (ANC) check-ups and institutional deliveries of beneficiaries across five districts of Delhi. The study analyses the socioeconomic parameters and other major factors affecting the decisions of beneficiaries regarding maternal health during pregnancy. The primary survey conducted across five districts of Delhi reveals that a greater number of ...

Thrombosis after Travel

T raveling has always been a risky venture. In times gone by, the traveler left the security of home to face myriad dangers, including accidents, storms, infectious disease, malnutrition, and assault. Consider the choices faced by travelers from New York to San Francisco before the transcontinental railroad traversed North America in 1869. They had to choose between a harsh overland route by wa...

Valsalva haemorrhagic retinopathy after push-ups.

An 18-year-old man presented with sudden painless blurring of vision in the right eye, after a few rounds of push-up exercises. He was a college student. Our patient had no history of vascular disease or blood dyscrasias. His right vision was 20/200, and his left vision was 20/20. Retinal examination of the right eye showed a crescent shaped subhyaloid haemorrhage overlying the macula (figure A...