conclusions to enhance the follow-up rate, three strategies were proposed: patient-focused strategies such as emphasizing patient education upon discharge and providing rewards; structural-focused strategies such as scheduling home visits and uploading questionnaires onto the research center’s website; and provider-focused strategies such as selecting coordinators with good communication skills...

15th July 1836 My dear Sharpey, The day before yesterday I got a summons from Carswell' to see him in some way or other as soon as possible and when I called on him I found you were the subject of conversation. From what he said I think there is every likelihood ofyour being chosen by the Council of the London University, but of course we can have but a very imperfect notion at present. The Fac...

a family in which two members are affected by pemphigus vulgaris is presented from gilan. up to now only 25 families in which more than one member was affected have been reported

human mesenchymal stem cell (msc) can be isolated from bone marrow (bm) and differentiated into multiple lineages. these properties make them promising tools in cell and gene therapy. up to now, no definite therapeutic intervention for late stages of multiple sclerosis (ms) has been found. we decided to inject ms patients with autologous expanded msc. five patients participated in this ongoing ...

Reusing the data collected during an epidemiological study is a complex task. This is mainly due to the frequent utilization of traditional storage supports, as well as specific formats and/or terminologies which can make it difficult to integrate the gathered data with data from other information resources. Using terms from the UMLS Metathesaurus, we have annotated the data collected during th...

Radiology is a relatively high-cost and high-maintenance aspect of medicine. Expertise is constantly required, from acquisition to its use and quality assurance programmes. However, it is an integral part of healthcare practice, from disease diagnosis, surveillance and prevention to treatment monitoring. It is alarming that two thirds of the world is deficient in or lacks even basic diagnostic ...

The recently evolving global financial crisis reveals both the fragile state of the global economy and the major long-term implications of an increasingly unfair global economy for global health and human flourishing. We are also at a critical juncture in world history in relation to understanding and endeavoring to counteract the adverse effects of modern life on climate change and our natural...