I served for 36 years in several hospitals as a medical social worker. In my childhood, father was internist and mother helped his work. She also prepared meal using foodstuffs. Families the district were almost two family dwelling. And elderly people cared neighboring children their spare time. studied welfare worked at some gave advise to solve personal problem of patients. We (doctor, nurse,...

background: bipolar mood disorder (bmd) is a type of mood disorder which is associated with various disabilities. the family members of the patients with bmd experience many difficulties and pressures during the periods of treatment, rehabilitation and recovery and their quality of life (qol) is threatened. in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of family-centered education on me...

objectives: speech and language development is one of the main aspects of evolution in humans and is one of the most complex brain functions such that it is referred to as one of the highest cortical functions such as thinking, reading and writing. speech and language disorders are considered as a major public health problem because they cause many secondary complications in the childhood and a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Certain diseases such as multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) 2A, MEN 2B, familial and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and renal dysgenesis are related to abnormalities of the RET protein. Our aim was to evaluate the frequency of RET mutation in 10 Saudi families with MEN type 2A and familial MTC. DESIGN AND SETTING A cross-sectional prospective study of pat...

Ironworkers frequently perform heavy lifting tasks in teams of two or four workers. Team lifting could potentially lead to a higher variation in peak lumbar compression forces than lifts performed by one worker, resulting in higher maximal peak lumbar compression forces. This study compared single-worker lifts (25-kg, iron bar) to two-worker lifts (50-kg, two iron bars) and to four-worker lifts...