BACKGROUND Ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of death throughout the world. CAD has been recognized among younger age group more frequently in recent years. Very limited data is available regarding the prevalence of various risk factors in our younger patients that is why this study was planed. Objectives of the study were to look for the risk factors most prevalent in our young patient...

Surface soils collected from Taizhou, a typical e-waste recycling area in Southeast China, were analyzed for the residues of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) by using microwave-assisted extraction and gas chromatography -mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The total concentrations of 16 PAHs in US EPA's priority list (ΣPAHs),...

Most combination OCPs contain ethinyl estradiol (20 to 50 mcg) and a synthetic progestin (e.g., norgestrel, norethindrone, levonorgestrel, desogestrel). These pills inhibit ovulation in most women. They also induce thickening of the cervical mucus, which impedes transport of sperm to the uterus. With perfect use, only 0.1 percent of women become pregnant within the first year of using a combina...

In photosynthetic organisms, carotenoids function in light harvesting and in photoprotection. In cyanobacteria, there have been numerous reports of proteins that bind exclusively carotenoids. Perhaps the best characterized of these proteins are the 35 kDa water-soluble orange carotenoid proteins (OCPs). Structural, biochemical, and genomic data on the OCP and its paralogs are gradually revealin...

Abstract Aim We aim to identify risk factors associated with higher scores of CTS symptoms severity and functional limitations on the BCTQ. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted among 366 female participants. The data mainly collected using Demographics were added study's complete questionnaire; Risk included: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Diabetes Mellitus (DM), hypothyroidism, number p...

OBJECTIVE To estimate 12-month satisfaction and continuation rates of intrauterine device (IUD) and implant users enrolled in the Contraceptive CHOICE Project and compare these measures with women using the oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). METHODS We analyzed 12-month data from the first 5,087 participants enrolled in a prospective cohort study of women in the St. Louis region offered contrac...

The health of aquatic organisms can be affected due to anthropogenic activities and limited actions reduce the pollution Black Sea. accumulation organic pollutants (OPs) in environment occurs water, sediment, then biota. turbot (Scophthalmus maeoticus) is a benthic fish commercial interest scarcely studied Sea region, none studies researched OP concentrations its main tissues. In this paper, po...

The study aimed at investigating the concentrations and geographical patterns of 11 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 15 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in reindeer muscle samples (n = 100) collected from 10 grazing districts Norway, 2009. Concentrations were examined for related to region as well age sex animals. measured PCBs OCPs meat generally low. Geographical revealed with previous mining...