aim : to evaluate the association between body mass index (bmi) and certain digestive symptoms and signs. background : obesity is of substantial health significance all over the world, and it is categorized by the world health organization among top ten global health problems. there is much evidence that indicates a higher prevalence of digestive symptoms in obese people. patients and methods :...

conclusions in conclusion, the study findings revealed that pediatric h. pylori infection is associated with recurrent abdominal pain, anorexia and recurrent vomiting, also adversely affects the growth of children in various modalities; in particular weight, height and progressive incidence of sideropenic anemia. background helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is one of the most common chronic bacte...

BACKGROUND Positions, signs, symptoms, and medical management of National Football League players with concussions involving 7 or more days out (7+) from play were compared for two 6-year study periods (2002-2007 vs 1996-2001). HYPOTHESIS More players were held out 7+ days in the 2002-2007 period without significant difference in concussion signs and symptoms. STUDY DESIGN Cohort. METHODS...

The interplay between state negative affect (SNA) and somatic symptoms is well-established in daily life, but the nature of the association is unclear. Questions remain regarding the role, if any, that SNA plays apart from trait negative affect (TNA), the direction of the association, and whether the relationship with SNA varies according to symptom type. Associations between three constellatio...

Three cases of decompression illness are reported. Two patients presented with joint pain and skin signs, while one patient presented with joint pain and neurological signs and symptoms. The patients received emergency recompression therapy in a Hong Kong clinic, using a monoplace hyperbaric chamber. All three patients were treated successfully and no residual signs or symptoms were evident on ...

The purpose of the study was to investigate concussion history, knowledge, injury identification, and management strategies among athletes, coaches, and medical staff in Italian club level football (soccer) clubs. Surveys (N=727) were distributed among Italian football clubs. Athletes' surveys were designed to evaluate athlete knowledge of concussive signs and symptoms and injury reporting. Coa...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy, as well as the long term duration, of a new procedure for the rehabilitation of visuospatial neglect in patients with right hemisphere stroke. METHODS Patients with right unilateral hemispheric damage identified with neglect were assigned to a treatment (T+) or a control (T-) group. The treatment consisted in abolishing all visual inputs from the right hemisp...