the field of endocrine pharmacology is very wide but most of studies in the recent years from the world and iran have focused on diabetes, osteoporosis, and lipid disorders. in the present review, we tried to evaluate the improvements and publications in that field briefly. interestingly, many of studies have focused on agents that have traditional and natural origin. although few basic studies...

conclusions fear of neighborhood violence is a contributing factor to increased risk of obesity for female african american youth who live in disadvantaged areas. this finding has implications for prevention of obesity among african american women who are at highest risk for obesity in the united states. initiatives that enhance neighborhood safety are critical strategies for obesity prevention...

The so-called 'hospital superbug' methcillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) became a topic of media and political concern in Britain from the middle of the 1990s. It was increasingly politicised in the period leading up to the British General Election of 2005. This study examines the meanings of MRSA that circulate in Britain by analysing newspaper coverage of the disease over the 10-ye...

Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp1, 2, Metin Akgun1, 3, Mecit Kantarci1, 4, Hamit Acemoglu1, 5 1Editor, The Eurasian Journal of Medicine 2Department of General Surgery, Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey 3Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey 4Department of Radiology, Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey 5Department o...

A 1-day table-top exercise in San Diego, California, in December 2004 emphasized voluntary compliance with home quarantine to control an emerging infectious disease outbreak. The exercise heightened local civilian-military collaboration in public health emergency management. Addressing concerns about lost income by residents in quarantine was particularly challenging.

The high incidence of emerging infectious diseases has highlighted the importance of effective immunization strategies, especially the stochastic algorithms based on local available network information. Present stochastic strategies are mainly evaluated based on classical network models, such as scale-free networks and small-world networks, and thus are insufficient. Three frequently referred s...

Introduction In Rwanda, communicable diseases are the mostly predominant representing 90% of all reported medical consultations in health centers. The country has often faced epidemics including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. To enhance its preparedness to identify and respond to outbreaks and prevent epidemics, the Government of Rwanda has developed and deployed an electronic In...

BACKGROUND The New Zealand (NZ) Government has made a strong commitment to reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever (RF) by two thirds, to 1.4 cases per 100,000, by mid-2017. We reviewed the NZ RF surveillance sector, aiming to identify potential improvements which would support optimal RF control and prevention activities. METHODS This review used a recently developed surveillance sector revi...

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