Paul F. Austin,* Stuart B. Bauer, Wendy Bower, Janet Chase, Israel Franco, Piet Hoebeke, Søren Rittig, Johan Vande Walle, Alexander von Gontard, Anne Wright, Stephen S. Yang, and Tryggve Nev eus From the Division of Urology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis Childrens Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Urology, Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachuset...

background and aims: many factors could affect on the health status. this study aimed to assess the general health status of high-school students in ilam province in 2014. methods:this cross– sectional study determined the general health status of high-school students in ilam, located in west of iran in 2014. the samples were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. data were collected b...

Background: Breast milk is important for the overall well-being of infants. Although lactation is relatively robust in the face of poor nutrition, the implication of poor nutrition on non-nutritive factors in breast milk is inconclusive. Objective: This study was designed to find associations between nutritional and immune factors in maternal blood and breast milk with the aim to improve the ne...

Health is wealth goes an old adage. Keeping this in mind preservation of physical, mental and emotional health of an individual is an important goal of all health sciences since their very conception. The oral cavity is said to be a mirror to the body, as various systemic diseases show early clinical manifestations within it. Off late, increased importance is being paid to the impact of oral he...

<p><em>The empowerment has become a common component of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions. However, there is limited evidence on whether access to utilization WASH facilities have contributed the women. This study aimed understand effect women’s status in selected rural areas Gozamin Machakel districts East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia. The analyses were conducted based r...

Background: It is not well understood whether the self-reported experience of substance abuse-related problems differs by socioeconomic status.Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis using the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on participants who reported ever using illicit drugs or used illicit drugs in the past year.Findings: Among those reporting ever using illicit drugs...