This article will review the various stressors in epilepsy and disease, treatment and psychosocial factors that may contribute to disrupting daily activities and interfering with lifestyles and interests, that impact on overall well-being or quality of life (QOL). We will introduce the concept of illness intrusiveness in epilepsy that reflects diseaseand treatment-induced lifestyle disruptions ...

Of the various pathological causes of pulmonary endarteritis and right heart failure, schistosomiasis is probably the least familiar outside Egypt and other countries where the disease is endemic. It has long been known that bilharzia ova are sometimes deposited in the lungs (Belleli, 1885; Turner, 1909), and that adult worms of S. haematobium, often coupled males and females, may be found in t...

World Health Organization reports in the World Health Report 2002, that of the 35 million health-care workers, 2 million experience percutaneous exposure to infectious diseases each year. In addition, it shows that 37.6% of hepatitis B, 39% of hepatitis C and 4.4% of HIV/AIDS in health-care workers around the world are due to needle stick injuries [1]. During 2002 to 2007, it has been reported ...

Purpose: Obesity has been recognized as a signi cant risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer. e aim of this study is to investigate the prognostic signi cance of body mass index (BMI) in hormone receptor-positive, operable breast cancer. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 1,192 consecutive patients with curative resection of primary breast cancer were enrolled. Patients were assi...

Manipulating plant-associated microbes to reduce disease or improve crop yields requires a thorough understanding of interactions within the phytobiome. Plants were sampled from a wheat/maize/soybean crop rotation site that implements four different cropmanagement strategies. We analyzed the fungal and bacterial communities of leaves, stems, and roots of wheat throughout the growing season usin...

THE 2009 SOLOMON BERSON AWARD LECTURE was delivered by Paul Davis, Director of the Ordway Research Institute in Albany, New York. In his invited review (5), which appears in this issue of the Journal, Dr. Davis presents a compelling argument for the identity of the membrane thyroid hormone receptor, its signaling cascades, and the physiological importance of that hormone-receptor interaction. S...

The current research seeks to determine the nature of relationship between positive psychological capital and its impact on smoothing job  engagementand workplace boycott. This was tested by analyzing main variables research, interactive variable (positive capital), independent (place district work), approved accredited (job immersion).The started from a basic problem, which is what level ...

The role of opioid receptors located in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system in inflammatory pain is well established. In contrast, although it is has been shown that agonists can reduce other manifestations of inflammation, such as edema, the mechanism of action remains unclear. In this study, we have activated receptors located centrally, those located peripherally, ...

Current therapy for inflammatory pain includes the peripheral application of opioid receptor agonists. Activation of opioid receptors modulates voltage-gated ion channels, but it is unclear whether opioids can also influence ligand-gated ion channels [e.g., the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1)]. TRPV1 channels are involved in the development of thermal hypersensitivity asso...