A n op-ed published last year in The New York Times titled " Why You Hate Work " highlighted Gallup Poll data that revealed that only 30% of employees in the United States and 13% across 142 countries feel engaged at work. 1 Noting the high rate of burnout , the authors declared that for most of us, work is a depleting, dispiriting experience that is getting worse. Within healthcare, stress and...

(l" Table 1, l" Fig. 1 ± 3) with lymphoid pseudotumoral hyperplasia (LPH), two with an atypical localization (diffuse dis− ease). The lesion diameters varied from 7 to 30 mm. In our patients, the treatment was: con− servative (patient 1), surgery (patient 2), corticosteroids (patient 3), and a milk− free diet (patient 4). Complete remission of lesions and/or clinical improvement were seen in al...

Each year, more than 65 million people in the United States (29% to 39% of the population) provide care for a chronically ill, disabled, or elderly family member or friend. 1 Such caregivers, who help with both basic life functions and managing medical care, are critical to helping people maintain their health and remain in their communities. 2 Many chronically ill and older people also have lo...

Purpose The purpose of this guideline is to define, describe clinical presentation, and set forth general criteria and therapeutic goals for common pediatric oral surgery procedures and oral pathological conditions. Methods This guideline is an update of the previous document adopted in 2005 and last revised in 2014. It is based on a review of the current dental and medical literature related t...

satisfaction for carotid endarterectomy performed under local anaesthesia. properties of local anesthetics and their present and potential clinical implications. Anesthetic technique for radical prostatectomy surgery affects cancer recurrence: a retrospective analysis. regional analgesia reduce the risk of recurrence after breast cancer? Methodology of a multicenter randomized trial. In 1979, t...

The use of electronic health records is emerging across North America, but adoption of this tool has been slow. 1 A US survey conducted in 2008 revealed that 100% of pharmacy departments were computerized, but only 10% were using electronic health records. 2 A Canadian survey conducted in 2009 revealed that only 6% of departments were using this type of medical record, 3 even though the Canada ...

The Warfarin-Aspirin Recurrent Stroke Study : For stroke patients with no atrial fibrillation or symptomatic carotid stenosis, the long-standing argument whether the success of warfarin with atrial fib rillation would show comparable effects for those without obvious cardiogenic stroke risk factors is better understood with the recent publication of the Warfarin Aspirin Recurrent Stroke Study (...

Today's ready access to electronic devices and the inter-net often substitute for social interaction. Such situation, if it starts in early childhood, in certain vulnerable individuals , who crave immediate rewards, can decrease the ability to maintain prolonged attention (1) and tolerate delayed gratification, thus reinforcing future addictive behaviors (2). Once established, these behaviors, ...

Diverse and distinct subtypes of HIV-1, including complex circulating recombi-nant forms (CRFs), have been outstrip-ping the prototypic subtype B isolates in much of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. However, in the course of drug development , preclinical in vitro studies, pivotal clinical trials, and analyasis of long-term treatment have largely focused on subtype B virus infection. With " sca...

SIR—The needs of older people are often multiple, complex and are at times experienced in combination, which require closely targeted services [1] and necessitate the collaboration of several professional groups. However, care has often been disjointed and compartmentalised [2]. One response to this has been a call for integration, between health and social care. Integrated care can operate at ...