Psychosocial work characteristics and sleep – a well-known but poorly understood association

Thrombosis – Besieged but Poorly Understood

In biology, thrombosis is a mechanism of maintaining the integrity of biological surfaces in higher mammals, limiting fluid loss, and facilitating the recognition, containment, and destruction of pathogens and foreign materials by a scaffold of fibrin and DNA strands. However, thrombosis may also lead to vascular occlusion and subsequent tissue damage. In medicine, thrombosis is a hallmark of l...

Characteristics and Etiologies of Chronic Scrotal Pain: A Common but Poorly Understood Condition

Chronic scrotal pain (CSP) is a common and debilitating condition, but the underlying characteristics and etiology of CSP are poorly understood. The objective of this study is to identify the characteristic and etiologies of CSP. Men presenting for management of CSP completed a standardized questionnaire and underwent a complete physical examination. From Feb 2014 to Sep 2015, a total of 131 me...

Q Fever: An Old but Still a Poorly Understood Disease

Q fever is a bacterial infection affecting mainly the lungs, liver, and heart. It is found around the world and is caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. The bacteria affects sheep, goats, cattle, dogs, cats, birds, rodents, and ticks. Infected animals shed this bacteria in birth products, feces, milk, and urine. Humans usually get Q fever by breathing in contaminated droplets released by in...

Computed tomography colonography: a well-known but poorly utilized screening method

Radiol Bras. 2014 Mai/Jun;47(3):V–VI Malignant colon neoplasm is the third cause of death for cancer in the United States of America. Many of such deaths could be avoided with the introduction of an effective screening schedule. The ideal screening test is the one that allows for an early diagnosis and, consequently the management of the disease at its early stages. The effectiveness of a scree...

Premenstrual asthma: still poorly understood.