A case of sexual asphyxial death by hanging is presented. A 41-year-old man was found dead hanging by a towrope. A mirror was placed in front of a table, reflecting him in full height. A photograph of a celebrity mannequin was found against him. The towrope was arranged for the compression of the neck, and controlled voluntarily by a shower apparatus. Autopsy findings revealed an ascending liga...

The purpose of this study was to explore how wearing, or not wearing, protective gloves affects the efficiency of orthodontists in performing certain orthodontic procedures. Thirty-six volunteers were randomly selected from members of the Taiwan Association of Orthodontists. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to determine the degree of convenience subjects felt in performing 11 specified or...

Laparoscopic tubal ligation is an effective means of permanent sterilization. The recently released CREST study underscores the need for proper patient selection and counseling.

Abstract CD69 depletion from the lymphoid compartment promotes a Th17/Treg imbalance and exacerbates development of atherosclerosis. As atherosclerosis is trigger myocardial infarction, we have analyzed role in Treg cells after a) permanent occlusion left-anterior-descending coronary artery (LAD-ligation) mice, b) angiography two cohorts acute infarction (MI) patients. Our data show that expres...

This paper illustrates the need for human biologists to take into account the far-reaching influences of biomedicine in the study of reproductive aging. Data were drawn from western Massachusetts and Puebla, Mexico, to illustrate the effects of hysterectomy rates, tubal ligations and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on studies of age and symptom experience at menopause. First, in examining age...

BACKGROUND Vocal local (VL) is a non-pharmacological pain management technique for gynecological procedures. In Africa, it is usually used in combination with pharmacological analgesics. However, analgesics are associated with side-effects, and can be costly and subject to frequent stock-outs, particularly in remote rural settings. We compared the effectiveness of VL + local anesthesia + analge...

INTRODUCTION The objectives of this study were to determine whether there is a difference in the magnitude of forces and moments produced by elastic ligation when compared to passive ligation, and whether these forces and moments propagate differently along the arch for the two ligation types. A lingual incisor malalignment was used in this study. METHODS The Orthodontic Simulator (OSIM) was ...

This paper is to discuss the clinical efficacy for small dose of propofol and sufentanil intravenous anesthesia in endoscopic variceal ligation. 62 patients ligation treated our hospital from April 2013 October 2014 are selected be randomly divided into control group observation group. The contrastive analysis anesthetic effect was made after giving sufentanil+propofol Incidence rates hyoxemia ...

Renal replacement therapy is the definitive treatment for end stage renal disease apart from transplant. Steal syndrome, which can lead to distal limb ischemia, a rare but serious complication in patients who undergo hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula. We present case of 48-year-old female limited options dialysis access presented symptoms steal syndrome. Given need keep her current fis...