Four randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and one RCT metaanalysis are featured in the Journal this month. The latter is a review of trials of newer-generation antidepressants and cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression (Dubicka et al, pp. 433–440). In an area of clinical practice plagued by controversy, the authors of this review were able to contribute the finding that ad...

We report a family with co-occurring disorders including neuroblastoma in the first child conceived by in-vitro fertilization with history of sodium valproate use by the mother during pregnancy and mosaic trisomy 22 in the third child. We discuss the possibility of an association between the disorders but conclude that no firm aetiological connection can be established between the different dis...

Received: November 11, 2014 Accepted for publication: December 22, 2014 From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Min-Po Ho Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital 21 Section 2, Nanya South Road, Banchiao District, ...

By ANAND SWARUP, m.b., b.s., Assistant Surgeon, Shcihjchanpur. On the night of March 4th 1922, four cases of acute poisoning were brought to Tilhar dispensary in the district of Shahjehanpur by the police. There was an old woman aged 50 years, two little boys aged 9 and 12 and a man of about 22. All were unconscious at the time. The pulse in every case was quick and small, and the extremities w...

The re-engineering of primary healthcare (PHC) is regarded as an essential precursor to the implementation of National Health Insurance in South Africa, but improvements in the provision of PHC services have been patchy. The authors contend that the role of well- functioning rural district hospitals as a hub from which PHC services can be most efficiently managed has been underestimated, and th...

An arts project was initiated at the newly rebuilt district hospital in the city of Exeter in south west England. This paper describes an independent research evaluation project covering the period from its inception in 1992. The findings include both qualitative and economic aspects and were compared with the authors' wider experience of similar projects. For the first time the responses of cl...

Two year (1998 and 1999) extensive survey was carried out in Mandya district hospital, Karnataka for a period of three years to monitor the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (S. aureus and Ps. aeruginosa) from the indoor air samples of operation theater labor room, children's ward, male and female general wards postoperative wards etc. A rotary air sampler loaded with ...

In "Racial and Geographic Differences in Breastfeeding-United States, 2011-2015," on page 723, in the first paragraph, the fifth sentence should have read, "Among the 34 states (including the District of Columbia [DC]) with sufficient sample size (≥50 per group), initiation rates were significantly (p<0.05) lower among black infants than white infants in 22 states; in 14 of these states (primar...

Qingyu Jia 1,2 ID , Wenying Yu 2, Li Zhou 3 and Chenghua Liang 1,* 1 College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; [email protected] 2 Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration, Shenyang 110166, China; [email protected] 3 Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, 46 Zhongguancun...