background: leukoaraiosis (la) or white matter thinning and rarefaction are common in stroke patients. this pilot double-center study was designed to evaluate la risk factors in stroke patients.   methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 100 consecutive stroke patients in walter mackenzie hospital, canada and 100 consecutive stroke patients in valie-asr hospital , iran in 2004. diag...

INTRODUCTION In West Africa, the prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) is 2%. The disease adversely affects growth, development and organ function including the kidneys. There is however a dearth of information about the renal status of SCD children in Ghana. OBJECTIVES To assess the renal status of children with SCD in steady state. DESIGN A cross-sectional case-control study. SETTING ...

BACKGROUND The association between age and outcomes in men with castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is not well understood. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate CRPC patients to determine if their age at initial diagnosis impacted their cancer specific outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective chart review was conducted on 333 consecutive CRPC patients treated at the Princ...

BACKGROUND Several components of dairy products have been linked to earlier menarche. METHODS/FINDINGS This study assessed whether positive associations exist between childhood milk consumption and age at menarche or the likelihood of early menarche (<12 yrs) in a U.S sample. Data derive from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Two samples were utilized: 2...

Several reports indicate that asthma mortality has increased during the last few decades. International comparisons reveal some striking differences in the pattern of asthma mortality. The authors investigated the asthma mortality rate in the Danish child and youth population 1973-1994 and studied the validity of death certificates. The authors reviewed all death certificates coded as asthma de...

Postoperative death used to be an important complication of resections for lung cancer, especially in elderly patients. To support decision making in a general situation, contemporary results and prognostic factors were evaluated. The computer records of 7899 lung cancer patients, diagnosed from 1984 until 1992 in hospitals connected to the Rotterdam Cancer Registry, were analysed to evaluate r...

Since the incidence of tuberculosis is steadily declining in Finland and infections by environmental mycobacteria may be increasing, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the development of tuberculin reactivity and sensitization to environmental mycobacteria. Healthy Finnish schoolchildren aged 10.4-12.4 yrs (n=201) were tested with tuberculin purified protein derivative RT23, Mycobacte...

BACKGROUND One of the greatest problems for India is undernutrition among children. The country is still struggling with this problem. Malnutrition, the condition resulting from faulty nutrition, weakens the immune system and causes significant growth and cognitive delay. Growth assessment is the measurement that best defines the health and nutritional status of children, while also providing a...