BACKGROUND The use of unscheduled out of hours medical care is related to the social status of the patient. However, the social variance in the patient's preference for a hospital based versus a primary care based facility, and the impact of specific patient characteristics such as the travel distance to both types of facilities is unclear. This study aims to determine the social gradient in em...

This 2007 survey compares adults' health care experiences in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In all countries, the study finds that having a "medical home" that is accessible and helps coordinate care is associated with significantly more positive experiences. There were wide country differences in access, after-hours care, an...

Previously reported allergic reactions to orgotein (superoxide dismutase) injections has assigned responsibility to this molecule, which is obtained from bovine liver. We report an anaphylactic shock probably caused by impurities contained in an orgotein preparation. Prick test to Peroxinorm (orgotein), BSA, and cow liver extract were positive but resulted negative with chymotrypsin, milk, meat...

PX-478 is a new agent known to inhibit the hypoxia-responsive transcription factor, HIF-1alpha, in experimental tumors. The current study was undertaken in preparation for clinical trials to determine which noninvasive imaging endpoint(s) is sensitive to this drug's actions. Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) and diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were used to monitor acute e...

Change first the cofinality of κ to ω by adding a Prikry sequence ⟨κn | n < ω⟩ such that each κn is κ +n+2 n –strong. Then use the short extenders forcing which adds κ +ω+2 many cofinal ω-sequences to κ (after the preparation or simultaneously with it). All cardinals will be preserved then. If one does not care about falling of κ, then preform Gap 2 short extenders forcing. As a result κ will t...

Previously reported allergic reactions to orgotein (superoxide dismutase) injections has assigned responsibility to this molecule, which is obtained from bovine liver. We report an anaphylactic shock probably caused by impurities contained in an orgotein preparation. Prick test to PeroxinormTM (orgotein), BSA, and cow liver extract were positive but resulted negative with chymotrypsin, milk, me...