This report describes the first case of a pregnant woman presenting low-back pain and breast pain associated with bilateral erythematous breast hypertrophy, proving to be the result of metastatic disease from a gastric carcinoma. A 30-year-old pregnant woman was admitted complaining of persistent severe low back pain, breast pain and concomitant bilateral erythematous breast hypertrophy, mimick...

The present study aimed to determine knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, symptoms and early detection methods and to identify knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among Ain Shams University female students. This is a descriptive cross sectional study.Most study participants had low level of knowledge of breast cancer risk factors. The most widely known risk factors by the stud...

BACKGROUND Although stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, there is no information on awareness of its warning signs. This study was designed to assess awareness of stroke warning signs in Nigerians at increased risk. METHODS A hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, in southern Nigeria. Patients with a diagnosis of hyper...

The camel-vehicle collision (CVC) problem has been increasing in Saudi Arabia and countermeasures are urgently needed to alleviate the heavy losses from such accidents. A research project was funded by the Saudi Arabian government to investigate the problem and to develop techniques to deal with it. Among the different techniques investigated were camel-crossing warning signs. In this study, se...

OBJECTIVE To study the relative importance of different tools a GP can use during the diagnostic process towards cancer detection. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study with prospective registration of cancer in general practice. SETTING AND SUBJECTS One hundred and fifty-seven Norwegian general practitioners (GPs) reported 261 cancer patients. METHOD During 10 consecutive days, GPs registere...

A number of social-ecological systems exhibit complex behaviour associated with nonlinearities, bifurcations, and interaction with stochastic drivers. These systems are often prone to abrupt and unexpected instabilities and state shifts that emerge as a discontinuous response to gradual changes in environmental drivers. Predicting such behaviours is crucial to the prevention of or preparation f...

OBJECTIVE To examine racial/ethnic differences in stroke recognition and knowledge of appropriate first action if someone was having a stroke. METHODS We examined data from 36,150 veterans from the 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Respondents indicated recognition of five stroke warning signs/symptoms and first action they would take if someone were having a stroke. Mu...