The objectives of the present study were to determine the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for treating recurrent bronchial obstruction (rBO) in young children up to 2 yrs of age and to assess possible modifying effects of ICS on lung function in young children with rBO. From an observational, noninterventional birth cohort of 3,754 newborn children (3,697 with complete questionnaire data b...

background: the prevalence of childhood obesity has risen dramatically in past several decades. hormonal and genetic factor are rarely the cause of childhood obesity. because obese children may suffer life long physical and emotional consequences, this imperative to discuss prevention with parents during well- child examinations. the obesity–related cardiovascular and lipid profiles are determi...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is accompanied by brain injury, perhaps resulting from apnea-related hypoxia or periods of impaired cerebral perfusion. Perfusion changes can be determined indirectly by evaluation of cerebral blood volume and oxygenation alterations, which can be measured rapidly and non-invasively with the global blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal, a magnetic resonance im...

A novel extravascular (EV) ICD lead (AtaCor Medical, San Clemente, CA) is under development for sensing and defibrillation of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VF) has been tested in subjects with body mass indexes (BMI) up to 35 kg/m2. Since habitus can affect effectiveness, it was deemed important assess this new high BMI (HBMI). The purpose analysis initial safety performance outcomes obese (BMI...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate an Ankylosing Spondylitis-specific Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES-AS) United Kingdom (UK) secondary care population. METHODS The ASES-AS is based on the 8-item ASES with minor alterations in phraseology. Patients from ten secondary care rheumatology centres across England were asked to complete a postal questionnaire concerning sociodemographic and clinical charact...

OBJECTIVES To examine early changes in biochemical markers of bone turnover and bone mineral density (BMD) in a clinical trial of anti-resorptive agent alendronate versus alfacalcidol in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS 12 subjects (mean age; 73.1 +/- 6.3 yrs, duration of diabetes; 13.2 +/- 3.7 yrs) were administered alendronate sodium (5 mg/day) and 12 subjects (me...

Methodology Ninety consecutive patients at a university hospital in Manaus, Amazonas were included in this study. Eighty-six (95.6%) had type 2 diabetes, 66.7% were female, mean age was 56.2±12.8 yrs.-old and mean time of diabetes diagnosis was 11.5±9.5 yrs. They were evaluated using Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) and the clinical component of the Michigan Diabetic Neuropathy S...

Age estimation remains one of the most challenging tasks in forensic practice when establishing a biological profile of unknown skeletonised remains. Morphological methods based on developmental markers of bones can provide accurate age estimates at a young age, but become highly unreliable for ages over 35 when all developmental markers disappear. This study explores the changes in the biomech...

Normal aging is associated with both structural changes in many brain regions and functional declines in several cognitive domains with advancing age. Advanced neuroimaging techniques enable explorative analyses of structural alterations that can be used as assessments of such age-related changes. Here we used voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to investigate regional and global brain volume differe...