a disease with multiple meanings and definitions. He notes that epilepsy results from a culmination of social, natural, and cultural forces (3). He argues that no definition of health and illness is complete without taking into account the elements of classification, meaning, risk perception, behaviour, and cultural constructs (3). These pieces of background information are extremely pertinent ...

background: the present study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of vaginal trichomoniasis in women referred to gynecologic clinic in benha university hospital, egypt. methods: two hundred female patients enrolled in the study. vaginal samples were obtained from them and examined for t. vaginalis by wet mount, giemsa stain, acridine orange (ao) stain and culture on mo...

INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) but little is known about the effect of DM on culture conversion among patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB. The primary aim was to estimate the association between DM and rate of TB sputum culture conversion. A secondary objective was to estimate the association between DM and the risk of poor treatment out...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about the prognosis of community-acquired bacteraemia (CAB) in workforce adults. We assessed return to workforce, risk for sick leave, disability pension and mortality within 1 year after CAB in workforce adults compared with blood culture-negative controls and population controls. DESIGN Population-based cohort study. SETTING North Denmark, 1996-2011. PARTICIPA...

We examine the impact of board tenure diversity on firm risk in 37 countries. Using a difference-in-differences design facilitated by corporate reforms across world, we find that leads to lower stock return volatility. This effect is more pronounced among firms with longer tenures, which are likely result entrenchment and weak monitoring. The positive reducing weakened individualistic higher po...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the correlation of risk factors to the occurrence of urinary tract infection in full-term newborn infants. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospective study (1997) including full-term infants having a positive urine culture by bag specimen. Urine collection was based on: fever, weight loss > 10% of birth weight, nonspecific symptoms (feeding intolerance, failure to thrive, hypoact...