The incidence of road crashes in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries is rising at an alarming rate and is now the leading cause of death among young adults, as confirmed by recent public health reports1. When comparing socio-economic indicators such as road crash fatality rates, healthy years of life lost due to crashes, and percentage of GDP lost, MENA countries now rank among s...

Dear Editor, Since the world came into existence, humanity has striven relentlessly to be happy. 1 The prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is rising rather steeply in India. According to WHO projections, there will be 100% rise in mortality from CAD in India by the year 2015 if drastic step for lifestyle optimization are not undertaken. 2 Patients with CAD should firstly understand that...

Incisional hernia following section caesarean is a not so uncommon a complication following sepsis in the postoperative period. An ever rising primary caesarean rates in many developed countries like USA and emerging economies like China is leading to rising trend of incisional hernia following c-section. The contents of hernial sac in these cases are usually small gut loops or omentum. Only ab...

The phonetic realisation of pitch accents associated with little sonorant material varies between languages and dialects. For speakers of Northern Standard German it has been shown that nuclear falling accents are truncated while rising accents are compressed. In order to further investigate effects of the German Swabian dialect native Swabian speakers were investigated with regard to truncatio...

The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses is rising. ADHD is closely linked to its treatment with medications such as methylphenidate and amphetamines, which have popular appeal as neuroenhancement drugs by persons without a neurological disorder. The three main reasons for the increase in ADHD medication demand, production, and consumption are a) the inclusion...

Background: Prostate cancer is the second form of cancer among men worldwide. For early cancer detection, we should identify tumors in initial stages before the physical signs become visible. The present study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of cell-free DNA (cfDNA), its comparison with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level in prostate cancer screening and also in patients with localized ...