Improving access: is there any hope?

Superbugs in ICU: is there any hope for solution?

Metrics for Accessing Heterogeneous Data: Is There Any Hope? (Panel)

Government and industry are investing substantial resources in new technologies for accessing heterogeneous information sources, including text-based corpora, structured data, imagery, geo-spatial data, audio, video, and more. Managers of programs that fund relevant research face a difficult problem: they are required to justify investment in certain technologies and approaches versus alternate...

Oral Lichen Planus and Celiac Disease: is there any Relationship?

Background: Lichen planus is an autoimmune disorder and is associated with other autoimmune diseases. There is, however, little evidence of the association of oral lichen planus with celiac disease. The aim of this work was to investigate, for the first time, such an association in patients in the city of Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This case-control study was per...

Is There any Association between Thyroid Autoimmunity and Breast Cancer?

Background: The relationship between thyroid autoimmunity and breast cancer is a challenging subject. We aimed to investigate this association in women with breast cancer. Methods: In this descriptive study, 41 women with newly diagnosed breast cancer before receiving any pharmacologic treatment and 38 healthy age-matched women were enrolled. Anti TPO Ab (anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies), FT...

Is There any Mean to Postpone The Menopausal Ovarian Senescence?

The ovarian reserve (OR) gradually decreases throughout the female fertile life. This continuous depletion in OR is irreversible. This occurs through a programmed cell death known apoptosis. Some factors hasten such depletion such as chemo- and radiotherapy. Others have been investigated in trials to preserve the OR including gonadotropins, cytokines, growth hormones, nitric oxide and reorganiz...