Water pipe smoking (WPS) has been a traditional habit in the Middle Eastern Society for hundreds of years. The WPS users have a false sense of safety due to its casual use in social gatherings. It was estimated that about 70% of WPS users believe it to be a safe alternative to cigarette smoking.1 Further, the use of flavored tobacco has led to its growing popularity, especially among youngsters.

We describe here a new species of the bovid Criotherium, from the late Miocene of Bulgaria. The genus was previously known to definitely occur only in Samos (Greece) and Kemiklitepe (Western Turkey), with the single species C. argalioides. The new species, C. nikolovi, is more primitive than the latter, although both are probably contemporaneous, suggesting the occurrence of two lineages in the...

the introduction and evolution of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) could be traced back to 1950s, to the studies on interactions among irradiation, covering spleen and bone marrow from it and injection of bone marrow cells. today, hsct is considered a well-established, effective and promising means of therapy for various malignant and non-malignant medical conditions, both in chil...

DEDICATION I fondly dedicate this thesis to the friends and family members who supported me throughout this project and pulled me out of the lab for important life experiences – and especially to Eli Sennesh, for broadening my horizons and enriching my life in countless ways. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I owe tremendous thanks to Joshua Pezet, OEB graduate and Elkinton lab veteran, who pioneered the met...

We sought to obtain an overvie w of published literature in relation to pleural effusions and pleural biopsies, that specifically focused on practices in one or more of the Middle Eastern countries defined above. Publications were in English from 1955-2011 and included original research, reviews, book chapters, editorials, abstracts and case reports. PLEURAL EFFUSION AND ROLE OF CLOSED PLEURAL ...

BACKGROUND Rhinoplasty remains one of the most challenging operations, as exemplified in the Middle Eastern patient. The ill-defined, droopy tip, wide and high dorsum, and thick skin envelope mandate meticulous attention to preoperative evaluation and efficacious yet safe surgical maneuvers. The authors provide a systematic approach to evaluation and improvement of surgical outcomes in this pat...

AIM To show the mutation in HTRA1 gene in a patient suffering from CARASIL syndrome with degenerated spine as a component of the disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS We identified a family that one of the members had CARASIL syndrome in eastern Turkey and collected venous blood from available persons. The HTRA1 gene sequenced in all family members. RESULTS C to T transition at position 1108 (c.110...

background : the aim of this study was to explore saudi cancer patients' views regarding cancer information disclosure and whether differences existed between regions or gender. methods : in this cross-sectional questionnaire-based prospective survey, we interviewed 332 saudi cancer patients who received oncological care at king fahd university hospital, al-khobar, saudi arabia from july 2002 t...