Becoming a father is a life changing event and this transition is associated with various emotions. Educational activities aimed at new parents are important in healthcare parental support (HCPS). HCPS has been critiqued for its predominant focus on mothers, while the needs of fathers seem to have been downplayed. As a result, fathers often turn to Internet-based forums for support. As virtual ...

AIM To point out the dangers, side effects and risks of medical assisted fertilization, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and injection on sperm in ovum for mother and the child. RESULTS On the one hand the negative side effects for women of an abrupt rising risk for the development of neoplasm under pharmaceutical therapy are mentioned. Especially under a therapy which has the purpose ...

INTRODUCTION Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired communication, social interaction and imagination that is often accompanied by repetitive and stereotyped behavior. It develops before the 36 month of age and persists into adulthood causing life long disability. The prevalence of autism has surged in recent years. The etiology and pathogenesis of autism is no...

In higher eukaryotes, cell proliferation is regulated by class I phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), which transduces stimuli received from neighboring receptors by local generation of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in cellular membranes. PI3K is a heterodimeric protein consisting of a regulatory and a catalytic subunit (p85 and p110 respectively). Heterologous expression of p110α in Saccharomyces cerevisia...

have received preference either in technical treatment or in more imponderable human matters such as moral support and explanation. This in itself will help to sustain the faith of the public in its doctors, a faith which, though at root still sound, has suffered from the tendency of politicians to score party points out of the teething trouble of the service, and of irresponsible newspapers to...

OBJECTIVES Was to investigate the effect of treatment with an IM injection, a mega dose of vitamin D3 (10,000 IU/kg) on the clinical, biochemical and radiological parameters of 40 rachitic children with vitamin D deficiency (VDD) over a period of 3 months. DESIGN In this prospective study we evaluated the clinical, biochemical and radiological responses of an IM injection of cholecalciferol (...

In India, 48 mothers with at least one child aged less than 5 years living in two villages of Raipur Rani block in Haryana were interviewed to determine whether their beliefs and practices had changed after the diarrheal diseases control program was implemented. The researchers planned to use the findings to improve the program's promotional strategy. 23% believed that eating uncovered food, ...

IN the history of poliomyelitis we have the story of a disease undergoing a series of transitions with a pattern of evolution which has passed through at least three stages: first, the protracted era of old-fashioned "infantile paralysis," then the terrifying stage of epidemic ccpolio," and finally the present stage, in which paralytic poliomyelitis currently seems to be coming under cont~ol th...

INTRODUCTION There have been worries concerning the preparedness and capacity of the counties to take over health care services. As the current medical students are going into this new system, we sought their opinions on the issue of devolution. The objective is to assess beliefs and attitudes of medical students towards devolution of healthcare services. METHODS A cross sectional survey was ...

Summaries of the early history of poliomyelitis may be found in articles by Hutchins8 and by Ruhriah and Mayer"4. Consequently, details of this story, which emanates almost entirely from European sources, will not be reviewed here except as they concern one scanty observation on the disease in this country during the first half of the nineteenth century. It is generally agreed that the English ...