"The authentic facts, relating to the remarkable power of the Eucalyptus Globulus in drjing marsh lands and rendering them healthy, are such as to deserve serious and general attention. It appears to be certain that where the Eucalyptus prospers intermittent fever disappears. This tree grows with incredible rapidity, absorbs ten times its own weight of water in twentyfour hours, and spreads thr...

BACKGROUND Medical therapy gives excellent short-term outcomes for patients with Stanford type B acute aortic dissection. However, the affected aorta is often compromised by aneurysmal dilatation and rupture, resulting in poor long-term outcome. The present study investigated which antihypertensive treatment may prevent long-term aortic events in these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS The study ...

In 1999, HRSA contracted with the UCLA School of Dentistry to evaluate the postgraduate general dentistry (PDG) training programs. The purpose of this article is to compare the program characteristics of the PGD training programs sponsored by the Armed Services (military) and VA. Surveys mailed to sixty-six VA and forty-two military program directors in fall 2000 sought information regarding th...

Dentistry has played an important role in the detection of patients with hypertension. Patients found to have high blood pressure at or beyond defined levels should be referred for a medical diagnosis and indicated treatment. Once the hypertensive condition is under control, oral and dental evaluation and treatment can be initiated. Beginning in 1976, the percentage of the general population in...

mortality in compromised hosts. It is known that Candida virulence is a function of a multiplicity of factors working jointly to overcome the host defenses. Especially, studies of the pathogenic mechanisms of Candida infections have focused on dimorphism, protease production, cell growth, resistance to phagocytes, and adherence to host tissues. C. albicans is the most commonly isolated and the ...

A retrospective comparative study was performed on 54 patients treated medically or surgically (thymectomy) for myasthenia gravis (MG) from 1979- 1989 in three Shiraz University Hospitals. Each surgical patient was compared with a medical patient on the basis of age, sex, severity and duration of disease. Complete remission was noted in 3 out of 27 thymectomized patients but in none of the...

A case of a ferromagnetic foreign body in a medically compromised patient was reported. The patient was a 45-year-old male who consulted our department complaining of a foreign body accidentally impacted in the right cheek. X-ray examination revealed a foreign body at the lateral aspect of the right mandibular ramus. The removal of the foreign body was scheduled, but the patient did not return ...