BACKGROUND Several studies have found that a high proportion of the population in western countries use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). However, little is known about whether CAM is offered in hospitals. The aim of this study was to describe to what extent CAM is offered in Norwegian and Danish hospitals and investigate possible changes in Norway since 2001. METHODS A one-page q...

Hypoxia inhibits vertebrate development, but the magnitude and timing of organ-specific effects are poorly understood. Chick embryos were exposed continuously to hypoxia (15% O2) throughout Days 1-6, 6-12, 12-18 or Days 1-18 of development, followed by morphometric measurements of major organ systems. Early hypoxic exposure reduced eye mass and beak length when measured in middle development. L...

The resurgence of COVID-19 with the delta variant has accompanied a doubling in prevalence COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) India. grew to 80 times that global average. In this review, we describe epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment CAM. We conducted literature search on PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, Harvard Library databases. cytokine storm high interleukin-6 (IL-6), hyp...

Background Portugal has a strong tradition of conventional western healthcare. So it provides a natural case study for the relationship between Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Western Medicine (WM). This work aims to test the relationship between CAM and WM users in the diagnosis and treatment stages and to estimate the determinants of CAM choice.   Methods The forth Portuguese Nat...

Similar to tuning your radio to play one station out of all of the others on the airwaves, calciumbinding proteins transduce calcium signatures into specific downstream responses. The expression and subcellular localization of calcium (Ca2+) binding proteins are developmentally and spatially regulated, creating the tuner that allows each subcellular compartment to receive locally generated Ca2+...