BACKGROUND Although acupuncture sensation (also known as de qi) is a cornerstone of traditional acupuncture therapy, most research has accepted the traditional method of defining acupuncture sensation only through subjective patient reports rather than on any quantifiable physiological basis. PURPOSE To preliminarily investigate the frequency of key sensations experienced while needling to sp...

The province of Quebec, historically known for its unusually high reproductive levels, has in the past few decades experienced a spectacular fertility decline. This more or less abrupt decline in fertility has corresponded with the socioeconomic transformation of this French-speaking province into a modern society. This paper presents a path analysis of period structural factors on fertility ch...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Postnatal depression (PND) presents a puzzling phenomenon to evolutionary anthropologists as it is highly prevalent and yet detrimental to child development and maternal health. Adaptive explanations have been proposed, but have not been tested with data that directly link PND to female fertility. METHODOLOGY A survey was designed to gather complete reproductive hist...

Over the past quarter-century,fertility has declined rapidly in many developing countries. Projections typically assume that this trend will continue until replacement level is reached. Recent evidence suggests, however, that ongoing fertility declines may have slowed or stalled in a number of countries in transition. This study examines the pace of fertility change in developing countries that...

This paper considers the applicability of the concept of the second demographic transition in Japan. In the concept of the second demographic transition in Europe, the change of the attitude toward intimate relationship and the introduction of effective means of contraception in the 1960s are considered to play important roles. Accordingly, I presented some indicators on sexual behaviour, relat...

Esophageal foreign bodies are sharp or blunt objects food that gets stuck and wedged in the esophagus due to being swallowed either intentionally accidentally.A 53-year-old male patient arrived complaining of constant, worsening swallowing pain has persisted for past four days. The discomfort was initially experienced above throat, but after attempting several traditional procedures remove bone...