BACKGROUND Zuo yuezi is the month postpartum in China associated with a variety of traditional beliefs and practices. We explored the current status of zuo yuezi from social, cultural and western medical perspectives. METHODS We interviewed family members (36) and health workers (8) in Fujian Province, selecting one rural and one rapidly developing urban county. We asked about their tradition...

Abstract This study is an exercise in micro-scale comparison based on the semantic map approach. A constructed for meanings associated with word ‘grain’ four closely related South Mande languages: Dan Blowo, Tura, Mwan, and Wan. Although non-cognate, words show remarkable similarity their range of meanings, suggesting that newly introduced are same networks as they come to replace. Differences ...

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Depression after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is common (up to 40%) and increases risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality in the first year by more than two fold. However, current scarcity of data on etiopathogenesis of post-CABG depression hampers development of prevention or treatment strategies of post-CABG depression. “Vascular Depression” hypothesis posits that cerebrovascul...