Cochrane Work—championing facts since 2003

Resident wellness: institutional trends over 10 years since 2003

BACKGROUND The surveys in this study were carried out at the Graduate Medical Education Division at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). OHSU implemented two significant wellness initiatives: a wellness program in 2004, and a policy allowing 4 half-days off each academic year to pursue personal or family health care needs in 2010. This study provides a secondary data analysis of five cros...

Iraq and Afghanistan veteran presentations to combat stress, since 2003.

BACKGROUND Recently, proposals have been made to improve mental health care for U.K. military veterans. Combat stress (CS), a veteran's charity, has provided mental health services for veterans since 1919. Since 2003, service users have included veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts; however, their pattern of help-seeking has not been evaluated. AIMS To describe the characteristics...

Iodine deficiency in 2007: global progress since 2003.

BACKGROUND Iodine deficiency is a global public health problem, and estimates of the extent of the problem were last produced in 2003. OBJECTIVES To provide updated global estimates of the magnitude of iodine deficiency in 2007, to assess progress since 2003, and to provide information on gaps in the data available. METHODS Recently published, nationally representative data on urinary iodin...

Survival of Children with Germ Cell Tumors in Ali Asghar Hospital since 1990 to 2003

Background and Objective: Germ cell tumor (GCT) accounts for approximately 2-3% of all malignancies in children. In this respect, about 20% of patients with GCT are still resistant to therapy. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional strategy of this survey was undertaken on 57 patients with germ cell ...

Agrarian Reforms in West Bengal since 1977: A Closer Look at Actual Facts