Here is the latest summary of research abstracts. A reminder that the 2005 Symposium on the Cannabinoids to be held June 24th 27th, 2005 at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort in Clearwater, Florida USA; registration details are available at http://CannabinoidSociety.org/. In addition a workshop entitled “Cannabinoids: developing clinically useful analgesics” has been announced at the Internatio...

Invasive infections by Achromobacter denitrificans in people who are immunocompromised may be fatal. Most infections develop during stay in hospitals with primary uncomplicated bacteremia, pneumonia and catheter-associated infections being particularly frequent presentations. The prevalence rate of A. xylosoxidans has increased in recent years. We present a unique case of Achromobacter denitrif...

on the 25th September, 1907. He had suffered for the previous three months from symptoms of serious bladder trouble?difficulty in micturition, pain, weight and fulness in the perinseum with alkalinity of the urine and some cystitis. Examination by the rectum and the introduction of a catheter confirmed the diagnosis of enlargement of the prostate. On the 27th September suprapubic cystotomy was ...

Iiie regiment was stationed at Thayetmyo (Burma) from 1st January 1884? to 19th "January 1885. During tlii.s period there were 5 admissions for beri-beri. Recovered, 5 ; sent on sick leave, 3 ; death, 0. II. Madras from 27th January 1885 to 15th July 18SC, admissions for beri-beri, 5; recovered, 4; sick leave, 2; died, 1. III. Vijianagram from 19th July 1880 to December 1890, admissions for ber...

Seeboo Laul, a tea-maker, aged 4U, native of .Nepaul, was admitted into the Government dispensary, Kurseong, 27th July 1876. He was brought from the Terai where he had been working for several years, during which time he had suffered much from intermittent fever. On admission the patient presented a very emaciated appearance. He complained of continual pain in the region of the bladder ; freque...

K., aged 32 years, Hindu male, was admitted into the Sambhunath Pundit Hospital on 25th April, 1937, with the history of having vomited blood three times during the previous night and passed blood per rectum. Condition on admission.?Temperature?98.2?F., respiration 24 and pulse 82 per minute. Volume?not good. Extremities?cold. Malsena once in my presence. Abdomen moving with respiration. Slight...

After a plateau from 2000 through 2005, the U.S. infant mortality rate declined by 12% to a rate of 6.05 in 2011. Provisional infant mortality counts for the first half of 2012 suggest a continued downward trend. Infant mortality declined from 2005 through 2011 for all major racial and ethnic groups, with the most rapid decline among non-Hispanic black women. Among leading causes of death, infa...

The Polish Society for Biomaterials (PSB) and AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH) hosted the 27th Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB). The conference was held in Kraków, Poland from 30th August to 3rd September 2015 at the brand new ICE Congress Center. More than 966 participants from 44 countries attended the ESB 2015 conference. Figure 1 shows the number of at...