-Current research suggests that estrogen may have primary effects on the artery wall. To investigate the mechanisms of female sex hormone actions in the artery wall, we used an isolated, perfused, rat carotid artery model to examine the effects of estradiol on the rates of accumulation of normal (N-LDL) and minimally modified (MM-LDL) low density lipoprotein in ovariectomized rats. N-LDL, MM-LD...

In the past, childless couples could be certain of obtaining a child by adoption within two years of being placed on the waiting list. However, over the last 12 years despite the increasing numbers of illegitimate births the numbers of babies available for adoption has decreased-this is a result of the increasing number of abortions being carried out since the 1967 Abortion Act and, the larger ...

PURPOSE Cost-minimization is a main topic in present-day health care. Clinicians are urged to keep hospital stays as short as possible, also in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Departments. At present stabilized high-risk pregnant women stay in hospital for the sole purpose of being monitored. METHOD In this retrospective study the cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring of such high-risk pregnant wom...

From February 2005 to September 2007, a total of 490 crocodile sharks Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, caught as by-catch in the swordfish and tuna longline fishery that operates in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, was studied in regard to their reproductive biology. Maximum observed total lengths (L(T)) were 1220 and 1090 mm for females and males respectively, with a high proportion of the catc...