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14th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS

ASGO's Fourth Biennial Meeting, November 12th to 14th, 2015.

The Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ASGO) was founded in 2008 with the aim of scientific exchange and collaboration, provision of educational opportunities, deepening friendship between members and ultimately improving care of women with gynecological cancer in Asia [1]. ASGO has an important role as almost half of all gynecologic cancer deaths occur in Asia [2]. Asia itself is a diverse...

The Prognosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1Read at a meeting of the Society on February 14th, 1906.

more pulmonary tuberculosis than any other serious disease, I am venturing to give you a few of the impressions I have formed and some of the various points I take into consideration in prognosing the future of a phthisical patient. Some of these have undoubtedly been impressed upon my mind by previous reading and confirmed by experience, while others may be erroneous and due to forming conclus...

Pyuria in the Puerperium *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 14th February 1934.

DURING the last few years attention has been focussed largely on streptococcal infections in the puerperium. I wish to discuss infections with coliform organisms, with special reference to the urinary tract, for although much less serious they are very common and contribute largely to puerperal morbidity. I use the term " pyuria " to mean the presence of both pus cells and organisms in the urin...

Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in China

China’s estimated 114 million people with diabetes pose a massive challenge for China’s health policy-makers who have significantly extended health insurance coverage over the past decade. What China is doing now, what it has achieved, and what remains to be done should be of interest to health policy-makers, worldwide. We identify the challenges posed by China’s two pr...