Palestinian membership puts UN projects at risk

Defending Puts the Anterior Cruciate Ligament at Risk During Soccer

BACKGROUND Soccer athletes are at risk for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. To date, there are limited studies on the mechanisms of ACL injuries in soccer athletes and no video-based analysis or sex-based comparison of these mechanisms. HYPOTHESIS There is no difference in ACL injury mechanisms among soccer athletes by sex. STUDY DESIGN Case series. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 4. ME...

Are UN peacekeepers at risk for suicide?

Media reports connecting UN peacekeeping duties by Canadian soldiers to their subsequent suicide prompted this study of peacekeeping as suicide risk. In a case-control design we retrospectively compared 66 suicides in the Canadian military between 1990 and 1995 with two control groups: (a) 2,601 controls randomly selected from the electronic military database and (b) 66 matched controls with co...

When the population approach to prevention puts the health of individuals at risk.

The population approach to prevention has been described as one of the "absolute truths" of preventive medicine. However, when the relationship between risk factor exposure levels and associated risk is J-shaped the population approach can increase risk in a small number of individuals. There is evidence that the relationship between a variety of exposures and all-cause morbidity and mortality ...

New light source for narrowband UVB phototherapy puts patients at risk

Since its introduction in 1988, the Philips TL01 fluorescent tube has been used successfully and safely in phototherapy for many skin diseases (3-6). A major advantage was that burning of patients could be effectively controlled compared to existing photochemo-therapy modalities and broadand small-spectrum UVB treatments.This led to 311 nm irradiation becoming the treatment of choice for condit...

Relocation puts elderly nursing home residents at risk of stress, although the stress is short lived.