Each of these groups is organised and run by highly trained nurses; Durban North for example by Miss V. M. Borgen, who for many years was Chief Matron of King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban, at the helm. However, each group is run in a different way — to suit the local conditions and the nurses. But all are doing sterling work in the community; we are all on very friendly terms, and exchange id...

how many patients are walking about suffering from the disease in a mild form in whom some of the major catastrophes never occur. 3. Its relationship to cancer is doubtful. Most writers say it is not a precursor, but W. T. Mayo found carcinoma in thirteen out of forty-two cases of diverticulitis. 4. It is hard to treat successfully. The treatment that is theoretically correct is often unsuitabl...

As the ages of the patients concerned may vary from a matter of hours to weeks, and, as feeding difficulties have usually rendered them underweight, it will be appreciated that these factors, when reinforced perhaps by vomiting and increased liability to respiratory infection, make anesthesia in infants one of the major problems to be faced in anaesthetic practice. When operation is not a matte...

Natal teeth (teeth present at birth) and neonatal teeth (teeth observed in the first 30 days of life) are uncommon. They may cause feeding problems and ulcerations on the ventral surface of the tongue. They can also be alarming to parents and cause discomfort with breastfeeding. A review of literature was conducted to review their etiology, significance, and clinical features with special empha...

BACKGROUND To investigate lifetime history of interpersonal abuse and risk of pre-natal depression in socio-economically distinct populations in the same city. METHODS We examined associations of physical and sexual abuse with the risk of pre-natal depression in two cohorts in the Boston area, including 2128 participants recruited from a large urban- and suburban-managed care organization (Pr...

The potential existence of natal dispersal strategies depending on parental age has been suggested by Hamilton and May [Hamilton, W. D. & May, R. M. (1977) Nature 269, 578-581] for organisms whose survival rates decline with age. When competition between parent and offspring is strong, any individual should disperse a smaller fraction of its offspring when it ages. Here, we verify their verbal ...