OBJECTIVE Previous studies in humans and animals have suggested that undernutrition in utero and in early post-natal life may lead to altered vascular function in a number of peripheral arteries. We investigated the effect of pre- and post-natal nutrient restriction on the vascular reactivity of the left internal thoracic artery using a sheep model. METHODS Welsh mountain ewes were mated and ...

BACKGROUND The South African Government has outlined detailed plans for antiretroviral (ART) rollout in KwaZulu-Natal Province, but has not created a plan to address treatment accessibility in rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal. Here, we calculate the distance that People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal would have to travel to receive ART. Specifically, we address the hea...

In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among the highest globally and would be higher if case-finding efforts were intensif...

1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Informática e Matemática Aplicada. BR 101 Lagoa Nova, 59078970 Natal/RN Brasil 2 Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte, Reitoria, Coordenação de Sistemas de Informação Rua Dr. Nilo Bezerra Ramalho, 1692, Tirol, 59015300 Natal/RN Brasil {rrafaelpinto, lyrene, marcia.luce...

Os tumores cardíacos constituem condição rara, com incidência entre 0,17 e 28/10.000 na população geral. Os rabdomiomas são os tumores mais frequentes no período pré-natal. Este trabalho tem como objetivo relatar o caso de um feto com 31 semanas de gestação que apresentava tumoração intracardíaca de grandes dimensões, com graves repercussões clínicas. Unitermos: Diagnóstico pré-natal; Ultrasson...

N Ferreira BSc, MBChB, FC Orth(SA), MMed(Orth), PhD LC Marais MBChB, FCS Orth(SA), MMed(Ortho), PhD C Aldous BSc, BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD 1 Tumour, Sepsis and Reconstruction Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grey’s Hospital, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal 2 Medical Research Scientist, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Kw...

I'HIS paper is based on1 experience-often bitter experience-and makes no pretence at summarizing the literature, which makes the whole problem sound far too easy. As we all know, textbook cases occur only in textbooks. Nor shall I quote the incidence of various conditions per one thousand live births. To know that something happens once in every two thousand babies is no help in deciding whethe...

background: depression is a kind of sorrow that decreases the level of juiciness. most studies have maintained that psy­chological risk factors have the most profound effect on the development of postnatal depression (pnd). we compared the postnatal depression among the women with elective caesarean and vaginal delivery.  methods: this cross- sectional study was carried out on 120 women 1-4 mon...

Animals exhibit diverse dispersal strategies, including sex-biased dispersal, a phenomenon common in vertebrates. Dispersal influences the genetic structure of populations as well as geographic variation in phenotypic traits. Patterns of spatial genetic structure and geographic variation may vary between the sexes whenever males and females exhibit different dispersal behaviors. Here, we examin...

BACKGROUND Extensive neuromotor development occurs early in human life, and the timing of brain injury may affect the resulting motor impairment. In Part I of this series, it was demonstrated that the distribution of weakness in the upper extremity depended on the timing of brain injury in individuals with childhood-onset hemiparesis. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to characterize how t...