Sickness behavior may follow fracture as well as infection

Main ingredients in herbal formulation may act as preservative agent

Background & Aim:Nowadays, the use of chemical preservatives has been limited due to the controversial adverse effects. In this study, we evaluated the preservative potency of product with active herbal ingredients (Barij Baby cream) in contrast with the same products with two different chemical preservatives including methylparaben plus propylparaben and potassium sorbate plus...

Deletions on chromosome 8p22 may predict disease progression as well as pathological staging in prostate cancer.

PURPOSE A recent report demonstrated that the deletion of chromosome 8p22 could predict disease progression in stage III (capsular penetrating) prostate cancer. We studied if the status of chromosomal deletions of 8p22 could reflect pathological stage as well as patient prognosis, thereby serving as a diagnostic tool to optimize the treatment strategy in prostate cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN A...

Vaccinate boys as well as girls against HPV: it works, and it may be cost effective.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is common in men. Many of these infections are transient and clinically insignificant, but persistent infection with HPV types 6 and 11 can lead to genital warts, and oncogenic types 16 and 18 may lead to some head and neck, anal, or penile cancers. The incidence of each of these cancers has increased worldwide in the past two decades, and HPV causes 5% of a...

Invariantism about ‘ can ’ and ‘ may ’ ( as well as ‘ might ’ ) A response to Yanovich ( 2013 )

Braun (Linguistics & Philosophy 35, 461–489, 2012) argued for a nonrelativist, invariantist theory of ‘might’. Yanovich (Linguistics & Philosophy, 2013) argues that Braun’s theory is inconsistent with certain facts concerning diachronic meaning changes in ‘might’, ‘can’, and ‘may’. This paper replies toYanovich’s objection.

Take Your Pic: Motoneuronal Persistent Inward Currents May Be Somatic as Well as Dendritic