Background: Despite the efficacy of reduction mammoplasty and demonstration that resection weight does not predict symptomatic relief of macromastia, many insurers still rely on the Schnur scale or predetermined resection weight for reimbursement. Insurers review pathology reports to determine reimbursement. Tissue desiccation and handling decrease specimen weight prior to pathology evaluation....

We studied 30 consecutive outpatients (14 men and 16 women; mean (SD) age 46 (11-8) years) with gallstone disease, confirmed by ultrasonography or radiography or at operation, who complained of biliary colic. Patients were randomly treated under double blind conditions with either 75 mg diclofenac sodium given intramuscularly or placebo and were followed up for 24 hours. All patients had given ...

OBJECTIVE The optimal choice of technique for the surgical treatment of pancreatic head lesions in chronic pancreatitis is still under debate. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to compare the effectiveness and safety of duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection (DPPHR) versus pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) by means of parameters of mortality and morbidity and functional outcomes and...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of the study are to characterize the frequency and size of small weight gains during behavioural weight loss treatment and to evaluate the relationship between small weight gains and weight loss outcomes. METHODS Participants (n = 281) in a year-long behavioural weight loss programme were weighed at treatment sessions, and between-session weight gains were classified...

What is the nature and function of relief? Relief has been studied little in psychological science despite its familiarity and pervasiveness. Two studies revealed that relief can result from two distinct situations: the narrow avoidance of an aversive outcome (near-miss relief) and completion of an onerous or aversive event (task-completion relief). Study 1 found that recollections of near-miss...

The incidence of obesity in the United States has risen to an alarming level, resulting in tremendous strain on our health-care system. Chronic and comorbid medical conditions like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, stroke, cancer, arthritis, and heart disease are all more prevalent in obese individuals.1,2 Additionally, obese individuals are more likely to die from diabetes, cardiovascu...

In cattle with foot diseases, application of a block on the healthy partner claw is common method pain relief. The aim this study was to evaluate effect wooden blocks locomotion characteristics and weight distribution in (group C; n = 17) versus lame L; cattle. Group L further subdivided into group L1 (lameness score ?3; 7) L2 >3; 10). We performed lameness scoring using numeric rating system m...