BACKGROUND The population of oldest old is increasing, but the prevalence of cognitive impairment is not well characterized in this group. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, and their subtypes in oldest old women and to examine whether some groups of oldest old women were more likely to have cognitive impairment. DESIGN Prospective cohort st...

Rahman, l.r.c p. and lf.p s. (Glas.), Civil Surgeon, Burma. This Manual 1ms been compiled by Dr. Rahman to explain the methods of vaccination and its superiority to the dangerous practice of inoculation against small-pox. We entirely agree with him that a systematic training is necessary in the method of vaccination. The first chapter deala with the mortality from small-pox, its infectivity, it...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) linking HIV serological data and fertility, and to recommend new age-specific fertility rate (ASFR) ratios of HIV-positive women to HIV-negative women to be used in the WHO/UNAIDS HIV estimates. METHODS The authors obtained ASFRs and ASFR ratios from HIV-infected women and HIV-uninfected women from 20 DHS surveys collected...

Background Data on long-term venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence risk according to gender are conflicting. Objective To evaluate VTE after a first in men and women under 50 years old. Methods Since May 2000, 875 consecutive patients (315 men, 560 women) with symptomatic old were enrolled French prospective multicentre cohort study followed up as long possible. The primary outcome was recurr...

Background Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the United States, with over 40,000 cases diagnosed each year, typically in the postmenopausal women. 25% of cases affect premenopausal women. 14% of endometrial cancers are diagnosed in women younger than 45 years old. 5% of these tumors are diagnosed in women younger than 40 years old. In this talk the learning objecti...

background aging is an irreversible natural process characterized by a decline in both the physical and mental status of individuals. because of multiple factors, this process and its consequences vary greatly between individuals. a successful aging (sa) is the target of current health policies and well-being of individuals. knowing the factors that contribute to sa and its barriers would trans...

we have studied the patients who had a neck mass on presentation in five medical centers of tehran univ. of medical sciences (infectious disease department, ent department, dentistry faculty, cancer institute) during a period of 14 months. sixty patients, 20 women and 40 men, were eligible for our study. all patients underwent clinical and paraclinical work up and finally had histologic diagnos...