BACKGROUND Disorders of water and sodium balance are frequently seen in patients with severe brain injury (SBI), and may worsen their prognosis. PURPOSE To evaluate vasopressin (AVP) serum levels and sodium and water balance disorders during the first week post-injury in patients with SBI. METHOD Thirty-six adult patients with SBI (admission Glasgow Coma Scale score < or= 8) and an estimate...

Spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus at two inoculum levels (3 and 6 log colony forming units per gram, cfu/g) were challenged with superheated steam (SS) at a velocity of 0.35 m/s and temperature of 130, 145, 160, and 175C. Tailing was observed in the survivor curves (plots of survival ratios, log( o N N ) against treatment time) as a monotonic upward concavity. Therefore, a non-linear reg...

This article explores young people’s experiences of hearing first-hand testimony from a Holocaust survivor during government-funded educational programme in the UK. The study considers Education UK and prevalence speakers classrooms. It then presents findings 14 semi-structured interviews 44 online surveys exploring in-person survivor. Three themes emerge; that experience had been concrete, con...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated associations between social, environmental, demographic, and medical predictors, and child and adolescent survivors' physical activity (PA). METHODS A structured telephone survey was conducted with 105 caregiver-survivor (aged 8-16 years) pairs and 36 caregivers of younger survivors (aged 6-7 years) alone. Participants completed measures assessing survivor PA an...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to develop models of personality change after traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on information provided by the TBI survivor and a significant other (SO), and to compare the models generated from the two different sources of information. METHODS Individuals with and without TBI and an SO were interviewed separately about their current personality. The SOs...

This summary of the American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Guidelines targets primary care physicians who coordinate care of prostate cancer survivors with subspecialists. Prostate cancer survivors should undergo prostate-specific antigen screening every six to 12 months and digital rectal examination annually. Surveillance of patients who choose watchful waiting for their pr...

The mechanisms underlying bacterial tolerance to antibiotics are unclear. A possible adaptation strategy was explored by exposure of drug-naive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain FDA209P to vancomycin in vitro Strains surviving vancomycin treatment (vancomycin survivor strains), which appeared after 96 h of exposure, were slow-growing derivatives of the parent strain. Although...

Telomeres are protein-DNA structures found at the ends of linear chromosomes and are crucial for genome integrity. Telomeric DNA length is primarily maintained by the enzyme telomerase. Cells lacking telomerase will undergo senescence when telomeres become critically short. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a very small percentage of cells lacking telomerase can remain viable by lengthening telomere...

BACKGROUND Improved treatment for pediatric cancers has ensured an evergrowing population of patients surviving into adulthood. The current study evaluated the impact of previous engagement in survivor care on patient knowledge and awareness of health risks as young adults. PROCEDURE Young adult survivors of childhood cancers (N=93, M age=23.63 y) were recruited during their annual survivor c...

F or most oncology patients, weight gain is not considered problematic. However, in some instances weight gain can be detrimental to health. Outpatient oncology dietitians most often work with patients who are currently undergoing treatment. Weight loss during cancer treatment is associated with incomplete treatments, increased toxicity from treatments, and decreased rates of survival (Marian, ...