Dry January?

Dr. Nasser Maleki (January 25, 1953 – January 6, 2012)

Voluntary temporary abstinence from alcohol during "Dry January" and subsequent alcohol use.

OBJECTIVE Research suggests that temporary abstinence from alcohol may convey physiological benefits and enhance well-being. The aim of this study was to address a lack of information about: (a) correlates of successful completion of a planned period of abstinence, and (b) how success or failure in planned abstinence affects subsequent alcohol consumption. METHOD 857 British adults (249 men, ...

dr. nasser maleki (january 25, 1953 – january 6, 2012)

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January 2014

The prevalence of ocular lesions associated with hypertension in a population of geriatric cats in Auckland, New Zealand JM Carter, AC Irving, JP Bridges and BR Jones AIMS: To provide an estimate of the prevalence of ocular lesions associated with hypertension in geriatric cats in Auckland, New Zealand and to evaluate the importance of examination of the ocular fundi of cats over eight years of...

January 2014

In the 1940s and 1950s, the major nutritional diseases prevalent in large sections of the population were kwashiorkar (acute protein-energy malnutrition), keratomalacia (attributable to severe vitamin A deficiency), beri-beri (arising from vitamin B1 deficiency) and pellagra (nicotinic acid deficiency). Over the course of two to three decades, the most florid manifestations of these malnutritio...