The fatal sleep: Africa’s killer disease that went undiscovered for centuries

The anomaly that finally went away?

When Archie Cochrane, Fred Moore and I conceived of trying to relate mortality in developed countries to measures of health service provision little did we imagine that it would set a hare running 20 years into the future. To us this was an amusing correlational study in the spirit of McKeown and Illich—those sceptics of medical prowess. That our work has been reprinted in two collections of ep...

Cutaneous Lupus - "The Pimple That Never Went Away".

A 28-year-old woman presented with an erythematous rash involving the nose, nasolabial folds, and philtrum that appeared after she had manipulated a painful vesicular lesion at the base of her nose that she believed to be a pimple. The patient received cloxacillin for presumed erysipelas and had a partial response. However, after cloxacillin therapy, worsening induration (Panel A) prompted trea...

Obstructive sleep apnea and the severity of coronary artery disease

Background: It has been implicated that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease including stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease (CAD) and hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between OSA and severity of atherosclerosis assessed by angiography. Methods: This study included 337 patients ...

Genetic Mutations that Cause Coronary Artery Disease

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...