OBJECTIVE To discover what Australian medical students think about the way professionalism is taught in their medical curriculum. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Qualitative study including five focus groups between 2 June 2010 and 30 September 2010, comprised of medical students from both undergraduate and postgraduate entry programs who were in the last 1-2 years of the medical program and...

a Harris Interactive survey of 1,226 women found that 70% of program participants felt more in control of their appearances after doing the program, compared with just 60% of those who didn't do the program. Seventy-six percent of participants were more confident in how they looked, compared with 59% among nonparticipant patients. Those are good results, Massie continued , given that people's c...

The failure of control programs for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) that depend on elimination of infected dogs suggests that other reservoir hosts may participate in the transmission cycle. To determine whether persons infected with Leishmania chagasi can infect the vector sand fly, laboratory-reared Lutzomyia longipalpis were allowed to feed on Brazilian subjects with active, cured, and asymptoma...

Unlike acute diarrhea, the role of pathogens in persistent diarrhea in children in Nepal is unclear. Protozoal parasites are suspected to be a major cause. The study was carried out to find the association between protozoal agents and persistent diarrhea in children below age 5 years from western Nepal. Stool samples were collected from 253 children with persistent diarrhea, from 155 children w...

BACKGROUND The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in nursing home residents is believed to be high because of the prevalence of predisposing factors such as decreased immune response, multiple comorbidities, medications, increased risk of infection, close proximity of residents, and recent hospitalization. Yet, specific information on CDI in this population is scarce.  OBJECTI...

PURPOSE In this phase Ib/II study, we aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of afatinib plus nimotuzumab (N) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with acquired resistance to gefitinib or erlotinib. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN In phase Ib stage, patients received afatinib (40 mg or 30 mg once daily) plus nimotuzumab (100 mg or 200 mg once weekly) for 28-day cycles to determine the...

We would like to comment on the use of anti-diarrheal medication in the treatment of Ebola virus-induced diarrhea. Early symptoms of Ebola virus disease (EVD) are nonspecific and may include fever, chills, myalgias, malaise, and anorexia. Approximately five days after symptom onset, 62 percent of patients develop gastrointestinal (GI) illness including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and wate...

conclusions the mothers studied in this research had inadequate knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of diarrhea. the educational programs must be an essential part of the health centers programs. results most of the mothers were 25-30 years old (43.8%). slightly more than half (55.6%) had just one child. the health center, educational programs and the personal reading were the main sources ...