Gastric carcinoma is the third commonest cause of cancer death in men, worldwide. The overall incidence of gastric cancer has declined rapidly over the recent few decades, yet there are marked geographic variations of this, with extremely high incidence in Eastern Asia, the Andean regions of South America, and Eastern Europe. Whilst it is not commonly seen throughout Africa, gastric carcinoma i...

www.thelancet.com Vol 383 January 18, 2014 203 This report results from research funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme Theme: Health-2009-4.3.2-2 (Grant no. 242262) under the title Access to Medicines in Africa and South Asia (AMASA). The project team includes partners at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute at the University of Basel (Switzerland), University of Ed...

The common wood pigeon is a winter migrant to South Asia. focus of most research on this species has been the European/Western Asian subspecies, whereas subspecies Columba palumbus casiotis found in Central and Asia, that uses Flyway for migration received little attention. Knowledge distribution through occasional data from structured bird surveys, but information are anecdotal reports birdwat...

JAVMA, Vol 232, No. 9, May 1, 2008 W Nile virus was first identified in Africa in 1937, and subsequently, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Asia were recognized as regions in which the virus was endemic. In 1999, concurrent outbreaks of encephalitis among crows, humans, and horses in New York State triggered an investigation by human and veterinary health officials that led to the initial detectio...

The modern concept of globalization in health care and clinical research often carries a positive message for the "Global South" nations of Africa, South America and Southeast Asia. However, bioethical abuse of participants in clinical trials still exists in the Global South. Unethical studies directed by the "Global North", formed by the medically advanced nations in North America, Western Eur...

BACKGROUND To investigate ethnic differences in vitamin D levels during pregnancy, assess risk factors for vitamin D deficiency and explore the effect of vitamin D supplementation in women with deficiency in early pregnancy. METHODS This is a population-based, multiethnic cohort study of pregnant women attending Child Health Clinics for antenatal care in Oslo, Norway. Serum-25-hydroxyvitamin ...

Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne virus that has been responsible for over 2 million human infections during the past decade. This virus, which previously had a geographical range primarily restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia, has recently moved to subtropical latitudes as well as the western hemisphere. This expansion into novel habitats brings uni...

This review highlights how the author expresses his ideas about Confucian Sentimental Representation as an Approach to Democracy in East Asia, especially South Korea. In addition, takes some from western democratic philosophy which are harmony with basic teachings of Confucianism.

Resistance to frontline anti-malarial drugs, including artemisinin, has repeatedly arisen in South-East Asia, but the reasons for this are not understood. Here we test whether evolutionary constraints on Plasmodium falciparum strains from South-East Asia differ from African strains. We find a significantly higher ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous polymorphisms in P. falciparum from South-Ea...