WHO Growth Standards - Suitable for Everyone? Yes

BPH treatment: laser for everyone | Opinion: YES.

During the past decades, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has been the gold-standard procedure for surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and became the second most common surgery in men in the Western world (1). A number of other techniques were developed through the years, trying to replace TURP, including vaporization, microwave thermotherapy, transurethral ne...

WHO child growth standards.

comprehensive review of the uses and interpretation of anthropometric references. The review concluded that the NCHS/WHO growth reference, which had been recommended for international use since the late 1970s, did not adequately represent early childhood growth and that new growth curves were necessary. The World Health Assembly endorsed this recommendation in 1994. The WHO Multicentre Growth R...

WHO Child Growth Standards

The New Who Child Growth Standards

Adequate nutrition during the early years of life is of paramount importance for growth, development and long-term health through adulthood. It is during infancy and early childhood that irreversible faltering in linear growth and cognitive deficits occur (1, 2). Poor nutrition during this critical period contributes to significant morbidity and mortality (3). Similarly, the increasing prevalen...

[WHO growth standards for infants and young children].

The growth pattern of healthy breastfed infants deviates to a significant extent from the NCHS/WHO international reference. In particular, this reference is inadequate because it is based on predominantly formula-fed infants, as are most national growth charts in use today. The WHO multicentre growth reference study (MGRS), aimed at describing the growth of healthy breastfed infants living in g...