BACKGROUND Although neurologists commonly self-treat for migraine and other conditions, little is known about the patterns of self-treatment by physicians in the United States. OBJECTIVES The aim was to obtain information about neurologist's self-treatment and treatment of family members and their attitudes about self-treatment by other physicians. METHODS A survey was performed among neuro...

Family narratives about the shared past may be a particularly significant site for preadolescents' emerging sense of self both as an individual and as a member of a unified family. We examined the relations between family narrative interaction style when reminiscing and preadolescents' sense of self. Results indicated three narrative interaction styles that describe the extent to which families...

background: alkaptonuria is a rare genetic disease leading to the accumulation of homogentesic acid in joint and ear cartilage, sclera and some other tissues causing significant morbidity in these patients. in this paper, we report three cases of alkaptonuria among the family or household members. case presentation: a 51-year-old man with mechanical low back and knee pain was referred to rheuma...

Pathography is defined as "historical biography from a medical, psychological, and psychiatric viewpoint." We thought that writing about an experience of illness might help students understand patients' experience and in turn grow in terms of self-understanding. Participants included 151 medical students. Students wrote about their own experience of illness and were asked to answer questions fr...

Introduction Families of patients consider timely, clear, and compassionate communication as an indicator of quality care in the ICU(1). Good communication with the family members of patients dying on the ICU can reduce the burden of bereavement, whilst better communication throughout the admission can improve the family experience of ICU in general (2). Nursing staff are major contributors to ...

The various mass relations among members of quark and lepton families are given. Three mass relations for the charm, beauty, and top quark family members are given and three mass relations for the electron, muon, and tau lepton family members are presented. Quantum Choromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions, is unique among physical theories in its combination of logical closure a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the concordance for the curve pattern, side and levels of the superior apical vertebrae, apex and inferior apical vertebrae of curves in patients and their relatives with idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS Concordance according to the Lenke classification for curve pattern, side and levels of the superior apical vertebrae, apex and inferior apical vertebrae were evaluated com...