In this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology Jamrozik and colleagues ask whether the 'Mediterranean paradox' confers protection against abdominal aortic aneurisms (AAA) in addition to its traditionally cited protection against ischaemic heart disease. 1 They seek answers to this question not in populations still living in the Mediterranean but in those who have migrated to Austral...

Schultz et al (2008) raised the question whether regression into autism is triggered, not by the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, but by acetaminophen (Tylenol) given for its fever and pain. Considerable evidence supports this contention, most notably the exponential rise in the incidence of autism since 1980, when acetaminophen began to replace aspirin for infants and young children. The i...

In cases of cysticercosis, seizures and other symptoms occur in persons with only calcified brain lesions. The presence of perilesional edema has been documented in association with calcified lesions in symptomatic patients, but the frequency of this complication and characteristics of the patients who develop it are not known. Patients in Peru and the United States with neurocysticercosis, doc...

When the editor invites comment on a response to an analysis of a criticism of a protocol already defended by the author in this journal, the issue is clearly contentious. I will comment briefly on Thomas's paper in this issue of the journal, and look at points of agreement as well as dissent.

Celiac disease is the inability of the small intestine to tolerate some cereal prolamin with sequence specific oligopeptide. Wheat gliadin, rye secalins and barley hordenine are the main proteins involved in the disease mechanisms and may provoke an inflammatory process to damage the small intestine. There are different methods to overcome the problems for such patients one of them is using glu...

We show that an instanton with high charge can provoke the creation of extra curvature on space holds it. Geometrically, this corresponds to a new surgery operation, which we name grafting. Curvature around sphere increases by grafting when decays.