OBJECTIVE To investigate whether pre-eclampsia is more common in first pregnancies solely because fewer affected women, who presumably have a higher risk of recurrence, go on to have subsequent pregnancies. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Swedish Medical Birth Register. PARTICIPANTS 763 795 primiparous mothers who had their first births in Sweden, 1987-2004. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR...

background:     purpose:     methods:     results:     conclusion:     key words     journal of medical education summer   2004;5(2):59-61 our results warrant a more attentive approach to clinical skills (specially procedural skills) training all 250 interns who were eligible participated. over all 46.60% interns learned their clinical skills from residents or clinical teachers, 29.61% observed...

| This paper reports the diagnostic performance of observers in detecting abnormalities in computer-generated mammogram-like images. A mathematical model of the human breast is deened in which breast tissues are simulated by spheres of diierent sizes and densities. Images are generated by casting rays from a speciied source, through the model, and onto an image plane. Observer performance when ...

The two stable isotopes of hydrogen, protium (1H) and deuterium (2H) differ in their physicochemical nature. Deuterium-depleted water (DDW) significantly inhibited the growth rate of different tumor cell lines in culture media and xenotransplanted MDA-MB-231, MCF-7 human breast adenocarcinomas and PC-3 human prostate tumors in vivo. The apoptosis-triggering effect of DDW was demonstrat...

Daptomycin is a broad-spectrum, bactericidal agent active against Gram-positive bacteria, acting largely and unusually through membrane depolarization. Activity is markedly affected in vitro by the availability of calcium ions, and its high molecular weight with associated poor diffusion means that conventional disc diffusion testing is not reliable (and as a consequence not available). In orde...