OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and pattern of radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) of the hand joints and its association with self reported hand pain and disability. METHODS Baseline data on a population based study (age >/=55 years) were used (n = 3906). Hand ROA was defined as the presence of Kellgren-Lawrence grade >/=2 radiological changes in two of three groups of hand joints in e...

BACKGROUND Prenatal assessment for psychosocial risk factors and prevention and intervention is scarce and, in most cases, nonexistent in obstetrical care. In this study we aimed to evaluate if the KINDEX, a short instrument developed in Germany, is a useful tool in the hands of non-trained medical staff, in order to identify and refer women in psychosocial risk to the adequate mental health an...

This monograph is described as an “outgrowth” of a Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Michigan, which seems to be something different than simply a revised form of the original dissertation. I am uncertain who the intended audience is; the book seems to be designed for a more popular audience, on the one hand, since it does not go into depth on a number of points. However, it pre...

I would like to suggest that this sequence of violations may reveal the hand of the final editor of this primary history— Genesis through Kings— and reinforces its overarching theme: The violation of God's law, step by step, commandment by commandment, results in Israel's destruction. [See a fuller presentation in the author's The Unity of the Hebrew Bible (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 19...

Address for correspondence: Nilay Duman MD, Department of Dermatology Ali Cetinkaya Kampusu, Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Ýzmir Karayolu 7. Km Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, Tel:+90(272) 444 03 04, Fax: +90(272) 246 33 22 Email: [email protected] Received: 18.12.2015; Accepted: 16.03.2015: Published Online: 04.07.2015 Hand eczema (HE) is among the most common dermatological diso...

Sam F. Lahidji, Steven R. Buchman, Karin Muraszko, Jeffrey W. Innis, and Catherine E. Keegan* Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan D...

The present study aimed to correlate socioeconomic profile of street food vendors and the microbiological quality of Samosa and Panipuri served by food vendors in Allahabad City, (U.P.) India. The data were gathered from 21 food vendors using semi structured questionnaires. The results showed that the street food sector is dominated by males, and 28.5% of them attended primary school and only 9...

BACKGROUND Oral contraceptives (OC) and pregnancy are known to have an influence on the risk of onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Pregnancy itself has beneficial effects on the activity of the disease, with relapses post partum. It is not known, however, whether OC and pregnancies influence the ultimate outcome of RA. OBJECTIVES To explore whether OC use and pregnancies influence the 12 yea...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the decision-making and preferences regarding do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders of a group of family physicians with a group of out-patients from a family practice center. Complete results of the outpatient questionnaire were published in a previous study by the authors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A random sample of 202 members of the Michigan Academy ...