In this study, alcoholic extracts of swiss chard and watercress were prepared the percentage yield was calculated, then quantitative qualitative detection its active compounds using Chromatography Mass Spectrometry-GC/MS technology, introduced into preparation bovine birch, study effect on physical properties represented in water carrying capacity, which amounted to (18.47, 18.33)%and loss duri...

A 56-year-old Caucasian lady presented with a short history of pleuritic chest pain on the background of a 2-month history of fever, chills, 10-kg weight loss and cough with brown sputum after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She had persistent eosinophilia and was diagnosed with a lung abscess as seen on chest x-ray. She did not respond to standard intravenous broad spectrum antibacterial medic...

Fasciola hepatica (FH) infection is endemic in South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. The population of southern Florida, with proximity to the Caribbean and South America, may be at risk. FH infection has acute and chronic stages. In the acute stage, the patient presents with fever, hepatomegaly, and abdominal pain. In the chronic stage, the trematode can invade the bile ducts resulti...

By international standards New Zealand (population 3.8 x 10(6)) has a high rate of colorectal cancer, with approximately 2000 new cases occurring and approximately 1000 deaths each year. But within the New Zealand population, a lower incidence of colorectal cancer is reported for Maori than for non-Maori New Zealanders (22.2 and 43.7 per 100,000 respectively). Information from the New Zealand N...