Progeria is a rare syndrome, with an estimated incidence of 1 per 250,000 births. Although children with progeria have the appearance of premature aging or senility, the term is misleading because reported cases of progeria have not manifested most physical or biochemical aspects of old age. Many children with progeria appear normal at birth and then progressively, and rather rapidly, develop t...

IN a recent review of the literatume concerning the use of penicillin in ophthalmology, Rycroft (1945) makes no mention of the direct application of the undissolved salt to the surface of the eyeball. Sorsby (1945) in a similar review does just mention the method, itn referring to a paper byJuler and Young (1945) on infective corneal ulcer, but in a recent annotation in the Brit. Med. J1. (1946...

Over the past 100 years, our understanding of dementia has undergone considerable change. For much of that time, ‘senility’ was seen as an almost inevitable concomitant of ageing, and was usually attributed to atherosclerosis. In the postwar period, a concept of multi-infarct dementia emerged (Hachinski 1974), but at the same time Alzheimer’s disease came to be seen not as a rare early-onset di...

It has been well established that statins, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, reduce mortality from cardiovascular diseases. Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drug, may also affect mortality from various diseases by their pleiotropic effects of anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative activities. However, there are only few reports concerning the effects of...

The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of ovarian abnormalities and oviduct abnormalities of Iraqi buffaloes. Buffalo cow reproductive tracts were collected at random intervals slaughtered at Mosul abattoir, from January 2006 to August 2010. A total of 405 of mature primiparous and pluriparous genital tracts were examined. Ovaries were inspected for cross lesions and...

Over the past 100 years, our understanding of dementia has undergone considerable change. For much of that time, ‘senility’ was seen as an almost inevitable concomitant of ageing, and was usually attributed to atherosclerosis. In the postwar period, a concept of multi-infarct dementia emerged (Hachinski 1974), but at the same time Alzheimer’s disease came to be seen not as a rare early-onset di...

Frailty is a state that encompasses losses in physical, psychological or social domains. Therefore, frail people demonstrate a reduced potential to manage external stressors and to respond to life incidents. Consequently, such persons are prone to various adverse consequences such as falls, cognitive decline, infections, hospitalization, disability, institutionalization, and death. Pre-frailty ...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is very rare in men, and the occurrence of occult breast cancer which present axillary metastasis as the first manifestation is even rarer in men. CASE PRESENTATION We report a 72-year-old male Han-Chinese patient who presented axillary metastasis as the first manifestation of breast cancer and got correctly diagnoses by histological examination. He underwent modified...

Facial aging simulation and animation are aspiring goals and challenging tasks because the growth and aging processes are greatly influence the facial shape and its structure. The face structure, the size of the bones, and the skin texture change, the skin fattens or sags, wrinkles appear and even muscular activities change in terms of intensity. This paper proposes a novel facial animation alg...