Commentary: William Budd-a less well known human ecologist?

William Budd

"The idea that phthisis is a self-propagated zymotic disease, and that all the leading phenomena of its distribution may be explained by supposing that it is disseminated through society by specific germs contained in the tuberculous matter cast off by persons already suffering from the disease, first came to my mind, unbidden, so to speak, while I was walking on the Observatory Hill at Clifton...

WEARING BRASSIERE - A LESS WELL KNOWN FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN

Background & Aims: Considering the increasing prevalence of breast cancer, today, the main problem in the field of women's health is the control and prevention of breast cancer. One of the main areas in preventing this disease is controlling the risk factors associated with lifestyle. Wearing of brassiere is also a lifestyle-related habit that has sparked many debates today as a risk factor for...

The William Budd Health Centre

Gamma-enolase: a well-known tumour marker, with a less-known role in cancer

BACKGROUND Gamma-enolase, known also as neuron-specific enolase (NSE), is an enzyme of the glycolytic pathway, which is expressed predominantly in neurons and cells of the neuroendocrine system. As a tumour marker it is used in diagnosis and prognosis of cancer; however, the mechanisms enrolling it in malignant progression remain elusive. As a cytoplasmic enzyme gamma-enolase is involved in inc...

Epilepsy...The well-known; yet a lot to be known..

Historically, demonic possession and act of spirits were suspected to explain the strange symptoms of epilepsy. Even nowadays, not all symptoms of epilepsy are clear. Some epileptic semiology's are very bizarre reflecting the little we know about human brain. Focal non motor seizures are subjective experiences. Frontal hyper motor seizures can be wrongly diagnosed as agitations. Absence attacks...