Anticoagulation after ischaemic stroke was a topic of major controversy for decades until a series of randomised clinical trials consistently showed no net benefi t of heparin or warfarin compared with aspirin. Any reduction in the risk of recurrent ischaemic stroke was off set by an increase in risk of intracerebral haemorrhages. One cause of stroke for which the eff ect of anticoagulation rem...

Typhoid fever is a systemic disease caused by the human specific Gram-negative pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). The extra-intestinal infections caused by Salmonella are very fatal. The incidence of typhoid fever remains very high in impoverished areas and the emergence of multidrug resistance has made the situation worse. To combat and to reduce the morbidity and mortality...

PURPOSE This is the first study to quantify potential nonresponse bias in a childhood cancer survivor questionnaire survey. We describe early and late responders and nonresponders, and estimate nonresponse bias in a nationwide questionnaire survey of survivors. METHODS In the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, we compared characteristics of early responders (who answered an initial questi...

Methods Four towns and two rural districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan were chosen for the questionnaire. The total number of the childhood population was 50442 children under 17 years of age. Totally 43907 children or their parents were examined with the help of the screening questionnaire. The parents were questioned by medical nurses during consulting reception hours, or in kindergarten...

OBJECTIVE To explore the putative effect of cardiac rehabilitation programs on the 'health-related quality of life' and 'return to work' in pre-retirement patients one year after coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS Of the 2,085 patients aged 45-64 who survived one year after CABG and were Israeli residents, 145 (6.9%) had participated in rehabilitation programs. Of these, 124 (83%) who a...