BACKGROUND AND AIMS Following recent reports of increased numbers of adolescents being diagnosed with the adult or type 2 form of diabetes we aimed to describe the prevalence of both type 2 and other forms of diabetes in an urban population of children and young people in northern England. METHODS A hospital based cross sectional study was performed in patients aged < or =30 years attending d...

Kenya is a young nation, with 75 percent of its population being under the age of 30 years and 22 percent being between the ages of 15 to 24 years. For Kenyan young people – and for young people worldwide – the critical transition from childhood to young adulthood is delicate and challenging and is dependent on support and guidance from the family, community, school, and society at large. Adole...

The joint statement by the American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends that all patients with tuberculosis (TB) undergo testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection after counseling. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of HIV infection among 120 patients diagnosed with microbiologically proven...

abstract carcinoma of the vulva has commonly been recognized as a disease of postmenopausal women, but some cases have been reported in young women during pregnancy. medical records were reviewed for a patient with vulvar carcinoma diagnosed in pregnancy. using medline and cross references, pertinent articles were sought and reviewed. a 28-year-old afghan woman in her sixth pregnancy presented ...

PLAIN ENGLISH SUMMARY Involving young people in research about their health is increasingly recognized as being important to make sure that research is focused more on the needs of young people. However, at present, ideas about what should be researched and found out mainly come from researchers and health professionals like doctors and nurses rather than young people. Therefore, in the past, y...

OBJECTIVES To explore trends in suicide in young people to investigate the recent observation that after year on year rises in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, rates in young men are now declining. DESIGN Time trend analysis. SETTING England and Wales, 1968-2005. Population Men and women aged 15-34 years. RESULTS Since the 1990s, rates of suicide in young men have declined steadily and ...

background:  we aimed to report outcomes of total hip arthroplasty (tha) in very young patients under the year of 30.   methods:  thirty patients (45 hips) with various indications for tha were retrospectively reviewed radiologically and clinically and analyzed regarding survival, reasons of failure, factors associated with outcomes and postoperative complications.   results:  within a mean fol...

OBJECTIVES Young adults entering employment are a key group in extending work careers, but there is a lack of research on trends in work ability among young employees. Prolonged sickness absence (SA) constitutes a risk for permanent work disability. We examined 12-year trends in SA spells among young female and male municipal employees. METHODS The data were obtained from the employers' regis...