Society benefi ts on a large scale from improved medical care and pharmaceuticals. The prescription of pharmaceuticals, however, also carries risks such as the possibility of an increased risk of falls, which may lead to severe injuries and increased health expenditures associated with these injuries. This study investigates the infl uence of several fall risk increasing drugs (FRIDs) on the nu...

Th e objectives were to study the frequencies and classifi cation of fractures in young camels and to evaluate the clinical relevance of external fi xation as a method of treatment. Cases of fractures (n = 75) in young camels (less than 2 years old) were studied. On admission, the cause, site, classifi cation, and radiography of the fractures as well as the methods of treatment were investigate...

www.thelancet.com/lancetgh Vol 3 February 2015 e83 transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, mainly because we were modelling a setting with low multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. However, our approach could be used in contexts with a higher prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis than Tanzania because both the eff ect on the level of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosed and...

A research was conducted on the eff ect of heat treatments on the heating and cooling of the ‘Idared’ apple fruit. Th e heat treatment was performed as hot water dip (HWD), where fruit were dipped into water at 50 °C, for two, four and six minutes (HWD 500C 2’, HWD 500C 4’ and HWD 500C 6’, respectively). Th e aim of the study was to determine the eff ect of heat treatments on the warming and co...

The goal of this study was to develop pregelatinized starch (P-St) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) fi lms as water-soluble laundry plastic bags avoid having contact with COVID-19 infected clothes by extrusion method. effects content on the properties were examined. PVOH P-St blend compounded twin- screw extruder various 0, 10, 20, 30, 40% weight xed glycerol 20 phr. produced blown lm extrusion. ch...

Many trials in breast cancer have investigated various aspects of locoregional and systemic treatments. Combination of the results of these trials in a meticulous meta-analysis, as has been done several times by the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG), fi lls the gaps in evidence and knowledge by conclusively showing signifi cant trends and diff erences. Following public...

In their Comment in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Kwok-Chiu Chang and colleagues concluded that expansion of access to linezolid for complicated cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis risks the loss of a potentially useful drug and could promote the emergence and spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the community. The rationale behind this idea seems to be the scarcity of controlled clinica...

938 www.thelancet.com Vol 376 September 18, 2010 foods. Additional intervention studies, with better research designs that address individual, interpersonal, community, environmental, cultural, and policy determinants of gestational weight gain, are needed to identify eff ective clinical and population-based strategies to help women meet the guidelines about gestational weight gain. Ludwig and ...

People in the bottom billion are the poorest in the world; they are often subsistence farmers, who essentially live on no money and are stuck in a poverty trap of disease, confl ict, and no education. One of the most potent reinforcements of the poverty trap is the neglected tropical diseases (panel 1). Almost everyone in the bottom billion has at least one of these diseases. Several diseases c...

skin aging is a continuous process that exhibits fine and deep wrinkles, thin and transparent skin, loss of underlying fat, dry skin and itch, following decreased collagen and elastin  synthesis. both extrinsic and intrinsic agents are considered in the pathogenesis on skin aging. extrinsic factors such as sun exposure, windy and dry weather, nutrition, and lifestyle may induce premature aging,...