OBJECTIVE To test the effectiveness of a targeted print-based intervention to improve screening adherence in first degree relatives of people with colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS People with CRC and their adult first degree relatives were identified through a population-based cancer registry and randomly allocated as a family unit to the intervention or control condition. The control group r...

background: in northeastern iran there is an area of high incidence of esophageal cancer which is populated by residents of turkmen ancestry. several environmental risk factors for esophageal cancer have been proposed, but the roles of familial and genetic factors have not been studied extensively in the turkmen population. materials and methods: we evaluated the importance of familial risk fac...

BACKGROUND Screening for colorectal cancer is effective in family members with a high risk of this condition, owing to single gene mutations. However, it is not known which is the most effective method of ascertaining these families at high risk. AIMS To investigate whether a case-finding approach using computerised general practitioner (GP) registers would improve the ascertainment of famili...

background: sleep apnea is associated with increased risk ofdiabetes mellitus. however, no studies have compared sleep apneasymptoms in diabetic patients and their first degree relatives.the purpose of our study was to investigate high risk for sleepapnea syndrome, in diabetics and their first degree relatives forprevention of diabetes in family.methods: as a part of a cohort study, all of diab...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this paper was to assess the prevalence of suicide ideation and attempts in Portuguese psychiatry trainees (adult and child and adolescence), and compare the data with the general population and other European countries. MATERIAL AND METHODS A structured and anonymous questionnaire was sent by email to 159 portuguese trainees of adult psychiatry and child and adolescen...

background: there are many risk factors besides age and immune suppression for herpes zoster. family history as a risk factor is suggested in some recent studies. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between herpes zoster and family history. methods: this case-control study was undertaken in farshchian hospital, hamadan, iran. “case group” included patients with confirmed diagn...

the diabetes is an autoimmune disease, in which the role of autoantibodies is of a specific importance. the appearance of these autoantibodies can be the first symptom in the serum of type i diabetic patients, which may appear ten years before onset of the disease. the most important autoantibodies include glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (gad65-ab). this can be used as a good tool fo...

background the altered levels of some essential trace elements and antioxidant minerals have been observed in diabetic patients. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare the concentrations of essential trace elements, copper (cu), zinc (zn), and iron (fe) in the serum of patients who have type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) with those of their non-diabetic first-degree relatives (fdr)...