A case of tropical myiasis is described and its treatment outlined.

The cardiovascular effects of alcohol are well known. However, most research has focused on the beneficial effects (the "French paradox") of moderate consumption or the harmful consequences, such as dilated cardiomyopathy, associated with heavy consumption over an extended period. An association between the ingestion of acute alcohol and onset of cardiac arrhythmias was first reported in the ea...

Motor vehicle crashes during the statutory holiday festive periods are on the rise in Alberta, Canada. For example, in the year 2004 a total of 6706 collisions occurred during the holidays and long weekends which killed 33 people and injured more than 1500 people. Whereas in 2007, the total number of crashes increased to 11639 in which 48 people were killed and more than 2000 people were injure...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe characteristics of postmenopausal women on long-term bisphosphonate therapy who fall into one of four fracture risk categories (low, mild, moderate, high), and to determine the prevalence of women eligible for a drug holiday. DESIGN Retrospective electronic health record review. SETTING Eight primary care clinics within a university-based health care system. PA...

BACKGROUND It has been postulated that patients admitted on weekends or after office hours may experience delays in clinical management and consequently have longer length of stay (LOS). We investigated if day and time of admission is associated with LOS in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), a 1,400 bed acute care tertiary hospital serving the central and northern regions of Singapore. METHODS Th...

In a truly smart grid, system load would be known in advance with a high degree of confidence. Currently, this goal of “smart forecasting” is far from being realized. In the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) aggregation area managed by the California Independent System Operator (ISO), the root mean squared day-ahead forecast error was about 3.8 percent of mean actual load over the period 1 April ...

AIM To examine the contributions of international holiday resorts and visitors' nationality to recruitment, relapse into, and escalation in frequency of recreational drug use. METHODS Retrospective design surveying British, German and Spanish (n = 3,003) holidaymakers aged 16-35 visiting Ibiza or Majorca (Spain). RESULTS Individuals' drug use in international resorts was related to use at h...

BACKGROUND Diagnoses of type 1 insulin dependent diabetes mellitus are generally more common in winter, although this seasonal pattern has not been observed in children of preschool age (0-4 years) or in all countries. AIMS To confirm the persistence of seasonality and the influence of age, holidays, and weekends. METHODS We extracted data on date of birth, date of presentation, age, and se...