Based on surveys of winter roost sites, the eastern migratory population monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in North America appears to have declined last 20 years and this has prompted implementation numerous conservation strategies. However, there is little information survivorship first-generation monarchs core area occupancy Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana where overwinter recovery begins. The...

A growing number of psychosocial interventions are being offered to cancer patients during and after their medical treatment. Here, we examined whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (mbsr), a stress management course, helps women to cope better with stress and illness once their breast cancer treatment is completed. Our aim was to understand how mbsr may benefit those who participate in th...

The number of cancer survivors is increasing, worldwide. In Australia, the number of people with a personal history of cancer now exceeds one million (over 4% of the country’s population). Survivorship challenges are similar internationally: growing numbers of survivors, broad range of issues that survivors may experience, and limited health workforce. Current models of care do not adequately i...

Background: A previous report evaluated the initial 310 cementless, Buechel-Pappas (B-P), Semi-Constrained Rotating Platform total knee replacements in 257 patients followed for an average of 7.6 years, range 2 - 18 years. Diagnoses were osteoarthritis 233 patients, post traumatic arthritis 4 and rheumatoid 22 patients. Knee Scores, using a strict scoring scale 86.4% excellent, 12.3% good, 0.3%...

Trial participants (n = 962) will be stratified by centre, disease stage, body mass index, and performance status, and will be randomly assigned to a structured PA intervention or to general health education materials. The PA intervention will consist of a behavioural support program and supervised PA sessions delivered over a 3-year period, beginning with regular face-to-face sessions and tape...

Over the past several decades, the number of cancer survivors has increased dramatically as a result of improved early detection of first malignancies and effective therapies. There are more than 13 million cancer survivors in the United States today. This number is expected to reach 18 million by 2022. These data underscore the public health magnitude of cancer survivorship and the importance ...

malignant mixed germ cell tumors,though rare overall, are the most common type of malignant ovarian neoplasms in young and adolescent girls. these tumors are rapidly growing and can metastasize. we report a case of 13-yr-old girl who presented at shkm gmc, nalhar, mewat, haryana, india in december 2013 with huge abdominal lump of a malignant mixed germ cell tumor comprising both immature terato...