Lebanese Women Denied Bench Training

Women at the Bench

Single time point assessment is usually employed in the Human Tumour Cloning System as the only parameter for in vitro growth. This does not seem to give a fair expression of the dynamic biological properties of tumour growth and time dependent effects, e.g. of cytotoxic drugs. We studied the time course of colony formation in temporal growth patterns (TGPs) and compared this method of growth e...

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum after bench press training

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is often associated with asthma and mainly affects adolescent males with a tall, thin body habitus. A 17-year-old man complained of chest and pharyngeal pain after bench press training and spontaneous pneumomediastinum was diagnosed. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain of uncertain cause.

Denied pregnancy.

Two cases of non-psychotic denied pregnancy are presented and discussed. Following obstetric expertise, the forensic-criminal evaluation should investigate the reported crimes of denied pregnancy associated infanticide or criminal abortion as well as the potential involvement of other persons in these crimes. All this would require close collaboration between obstetricians, psychiatrists and cr...

Lebanese women understanding of their sexuality: A qualitative inquiry

Patterns and determinants of mammography screening in Lebanese women

The associations of ever using and/or repeating a mammography test with psychosocial and socio-demographic factors were surveyed in 2014 among Lebanese women ≥ 40. A sample of 2400 women was selected across Lebanon. Variables with significant bivariate associations with various types of behaviors were entered in multivariate analysis. Of the total, 105 women (4·4%) had never heard of mammograph...