Title of Document: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: DIRECT EFFECT AND MEDIATION THROUGH PARTNER COGNITIONS Janey E. Cunningham Master of Science, 2007 Directed By: Professor Norman B. Epstein, Ph.D. Department of Family Studies Previous research has identified links between psychopathological symptoms and levels of satisfaction within couple rel...

In 2006, the Thailand Ministry of Public Health studied 28 patients from a village in northern Thailand. All had myalgia, edema, fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms; most had eaten wild boar. A muscle biopsy specimen from a patient showed nonencapsulated larvae with a cytochrome oxidase I gene sequence of Trichinella papuae.

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is the most common cause of dyspeptic symptoms. It refers to a heterogeneous group of symptoms located in the upper abdomen. The prevalence of dyspepsia is variable in different populations and is related to the different definitions of dyspepsia as inclusion criterias, variation in survey population and environmental factors. Epidemiologically some risk factors have b...

BACKGROUND Patients describe that body posture may affect their abdominal bloating, distension, and flatulence, but whether changes in position have objectively demonstrable effects, either beneficial or deleterious, has not been investigated. AIM To determine the effect of body posture, upright versus supine, on intestinal transit of gas loads. SUBJECTS Eight healthy subjects without gastr...

Thirteen out of 49 patients suspected of having specific food intolerance after withdrawal and reintroduction of specific foods, were further subjected to double blind placebo controlled food challenges. Only three of these subjects were thus shown to have proven specific food intolerance. Of the remaining 10, nine were strong 'placebo reactors'. The study suggests that a small number of patien...

AIMS The objective of the present work was to identify factors associated with diet quality in non-frail older adults measured with the Food Frequency Index (FFI). METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, data from a qualitative 28-item food-frequency questionnaire was used to calculate the FFI in a sample of 444 adults aged 55 years and older living in Vienna, Austria. RESULTS A higher FFI, in...

While a rationale for the use of probiotics can be developed for a number of gastrointestinal symptoms and syndromes and an experimental basis for their use continues to emerge, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has become the focus of much interest in this regard. IBS has also attracted attention because of recent revelations with regard to the potential roles of the enteric flora and immune acti...

A 2-year-old boy with peritoneal miliary Crohn's disease is described. In addition to vague gastrointestinal symptoms, ascites was a prominent feature. The jejunal mucosa was markedly atrophic, compatible with a diagnosis of coexistent coeliac disease.

Dysmorphology is the branch of clinical genetics in which clinicians and researchers study and attempt to interpret the patterns of human growth and structural defects. Reaching an accurate diagnosis for children with dysmorphic signs is important to their families, because it makes available all the accumulated knowledge about the relevant condition and may provide the family with the opportun...

In practice, nutrition recommendations vary widely for inpatient and discharge management of acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis. This systematic review aims to review the evidence and develop recommendations for dietary fibre modifications, either alone or alongside probiotics or antibiotics, versus any comparator in adults in any setting with or recently recovered from acute, uncomplicated di...