background: there is growing evidence that diabetes mellitus (dm) is an important risk factor for tuberculosis (tb). a significant number of dm patients have poor glycemic control. this study was carried out to find the impact of poor glycemic control on newly diagnosed smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care hospital. methods: in a hospit...

The Northwestern Juvenile Project is a study of 1,829 juveniles sampled from intake at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, IL. Researchers gathered extensive self-report data on substance use and collected urine samples for drug analysis. This Bulletin describes the self-report and urinalysis findings, with the goal of providing practical guidance for juvenile justic...

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the National Institute of Justice funded an evaluation to examine the programs’ impact on eligible defendants— the target group—and those who agreed to participate in the two intervention services. Key components common to all three dockets were early intervention, frequent drug testing, judicial monitoring of each defendant’s progress, and a compute...

Charles A Kunos1* and Bhadrasain Vikram2 1Investigational Drug Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, USA 2Radiation Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA *Corresponding author: Charles Kunos, Investigational Drug Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 960...

Background: The efficacy of tocilizumab for treatment patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) was demonstrated before. We want to describe drug survival based on data from a single-center observation. Objectives: To analyze the in sJIA treated at National Medical Research Center Children`s health, Moscow, Russia. Methods: records (TOC) were analyzed retrospectively Results: ...