world kidney day (wkd) is a joint initiative of the international society of nephrology (isn) and the international federation of kidney foundations (ifkf). seven years on from the first campaign, world kidney day (wkd) has turned into a global phenomenon. on march 13, 2014, medical professionals, government officials, the general public, celebrities and patients took action locally. in 2014, t...

he 19 meeting of Asian Pacific Endodontic Confederation (APEC) was held from 5 till 8 of April, 2017 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, India encompassing more than 1900 participants from 40 countries. The theme of the congress was "Preserve to Stillness" “An endodontist is the cardiac and neurosurgeon for the tooth. No other specialty involves as much focus, depth of involvement or may we say,...

Background: Majority of the textbooks for undergraduate midwifery students of Iran are educational resources for obstetricians. Therefore, the topic of Professional Labor Support is not taught well to these students. This study aimed to determine the effect of Professional Labor Support education to midwifery students (based on midwifery textbooks) on satisfaction of women who gave birth under ...

•republic •Articles of Confederation •Northwest Ordinance of 1787 •Shays’s Rebellion •James Madison •federalism •checks and balances •ratification •Federalists •Antifederalists •Bill of Rights American leaders created the Constitution as a blueprint of government for the United States. More than 200 years after its creation, the Constitution remains the nation’s guiding document for a working g...

Dear Sir: It was disappointing to read in Aesthetic Surgery Journal (vol 30, no. 3, May/June 2010) three articles1,2,3 regarding seroma following abdominoplasty with no mention of the great works of Le Louarn and Pascal, who began describing the importance of preservation of the lymphatic trunks in the inguinal region in 1992 and again in 2000 and 2006, with an excellent review article in Aesth...

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)/International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) recommendations for active management of third-stage labor, including uterotonic prophylaxis with additional uterotonic treatment when necessary, clearly reduce the incidence of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) due to uterine atony1. Despite this, many women suffer intractable PPH fr...

BACKGROUND A dietetics profession that conforms to the international standards for dietetics exists in many countries but not in the Peoples' Republic of China (China). Might China benefit from the presence of the dietetics profession? OBJECTIVE The article reviews the current dietetic situation in China, summarizes the gaps between current realities in China with respect to meeting needs for...