The aim of the study was to investigate genetic polymorphism in apoptotic gene, BCL-2 (C938A), and the risk of bladder cancer through a hospital-based case-control study. This retrospective analysis consisted of 270 cases of bladder cancer and 252 controls. The BCL-2 938 AA genotype showed a decreased risk of bladder cancer among smokers (OR = 0.40, 95% CI = 0.19-0.85), hence, showing a protect...

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background: members of a society are committed to protecting and respecting human dignity. this is particularly important in times of illness. knowledge and practice of patient’s bill of rights is the basis of health system efficiency. the present study aims to evaluate physicians’, nurses’ and patients’ awareness and attitude about patient’ bill of rights in qom university of medical sciences-...

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OBJECTIVES To investigate the antibiotic prescription pattern and factors that influence the physicians' choice of antibiotic. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Primary healthcare in Norway, December 2004 through November 2005. PARTICIPANTS 426 general practitioners, GPs, in Norway, giving 24 888 respiratory tract infection episodes with 19 938 children aged 0-6 years. OUTCOME MEASURE...

No: 938 Authors: Moo Chung, Nagesh Adluru, Kim Dalton, Andrew Alexander, Richard Davidson Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Madison, W

BACKGROUND An inverse association between moderate alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been observed in several epidemiological studies. To assess whether a similar association exists among diabetics, we examined the relation between light to moderate alcohol consumption and CHD in men with and without diabetes mellitus in a prospective cohort study. METHODS AND RESULTS A...