Diagnoses made in Northern Ireland Skin Clinics. May, 1949, to July, 1951

Recent Trends in Maternal Mortality in Northern Ireland

Hepatitis A outbreak predominantly affecting men who have sex with men in Northern Ireland, October 2008 to July 2009.

We describe an outbreak of hepatitis A which evolved in Northern Ireland between October 2008 and July 2009, against a background of large concurrent hepatitis A outbreaks in various parts of Europe. Thirty-eight cases were defined as outbreak cases using a stratified case definition; 36 were males with a median age of 29 years and of the 28 males whose sexual orientation was known, 26 were men...

Serendipitous Detection of Asymptomatic Lesions in International Travellers

The recent case of a 41-year-old British tourist, whose breast cancer was first suggested by a visit to a popular tourist attraction in Scotland, prompted us to consider how travel may serendipitously yield unforeseen diagnoses. The woman and her family were entertained in the thermal imaging camera room of the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions exhibit in Edinburgh when she noticed that her...

A Statistical Review of the Trend of Infant Mortality in Northern Ireland

INTRODUCTION IT has been stated that, by means of the infant mortality rate, "the stage of evolution reached by any given population can be measured; it is a measure of

The Inheritance of Tylosis Palmaris et Plantaris in Two Families in Northern Ireland

STEVENSON and Pearson (1953) recorded the inheritance of tylosis palmaris et plantaris in one large family in Northern Ireland, and an isolated case which they regarded as an example of a new mutation. It seems worth recording two additional families for a number of reasons. The condition is an example of a trait carried by a regular dominant gene, which appears always to be expressed. It seems...