The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of supplement type on performance, reproductive, and physiological responses of grazing yearling beef heifers. Sixty Brahman x British crossbred heifers were stratified by initial body weight (BW) and age, and randomly allocated to 12 pens (five heifers/pen). Pens were randomly assigned to one of two treatments: 1) molasses-based su...

Data on 10 patients with angina pectoris and fatal cardiac arrest during cardiac catheterization were analyzed to determine the circumstances of death and the severity and distribution of the coronary arterial narrowing. Nine patients died during attempted coronary angiography, and the remaining patient during right-sided cardiac catheterization. At least three of four major epicardial coronary...

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of physician practices in the United States that currently meets medical home criteria. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING 2007 and 2008 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. STUDY DESIGN We mapped survey items to the National Committee on Quality Assurance's (NCQA's) medical home standards. After awarding points for each "passed" element, we calculated a pra...

The aim of this study was to describe the incidence distribution of colorectal cancer in Fortaleza, Ceará State, and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and the time trend in the disease from 1990 to 1999. Mean annual age-adjusted incidence rates and estimated annual percent change were calculated by gender, using population-based cancer registries. EAPC showed an increase in the rat...