Background: Radiation doses associated with the conventional dental radiographies are relatively low, but their number is high. Therefore, justification is necessary to ensure that radiation doses to patients, particularly children, are kept as low as reasonably achievable. Materials and Methods: The exposure factors applied for real patients in four age groups (5, 10, 15-year-old and adult) we...

Modern research has found strong links between family structure and children’s outcomes. One of the robust findings is that stepchildren and adopted children have worse adult outcomes compared to biological children. However, we know very little about how non-biological children fared historically. In this study, by linking adopted children across U.S. federal censuses in the first half of the ...

Purpose The approximately 250 board certified Pediatric Rheumatologists in the United States are unable to see all of the children in need of specialized rheumatologic care. Consequently, many pediatric patients receive this care from practitioners trained in internal medicine and/or adult rheumatology. With only 10-20 fellows graduating from pediatric rheumatology training programs each year, ...

Background:Lead toxicity continues to remain a concerning health problem for developing nations like Pakistan. Due to the lack of studies, we aim to highlight the clinical spectrum of lead poisoning in patients presenting to an urban-based tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Method:This is a retrospective review of patients admitted form January 2011 to December 2014 using a structured question...

Worldwide there are over 4,000,000 ART conceived individuals. As fertility rates ‘fall’ in some countries use of ART is increasing with rates of 1.8% of live births in the UK, 4.4% in Denmark etc. Although still the single largest threat to future ART born children is being born twin, triplet or more, other research shows that there is good grounds for monitoring of the health of these children...

Objectives: To study the relationship between demographics and attachment styles among adult children of alcoholic fathers.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place Duration Study: Private Rehabilitation Centers, Lahore Pakistan, from Jan to Apr 2020.
 Methodology: A sample almost equal participation both genders (202 males 198 females) were included in study. Two measuring t...

BACKGROUND In previous years, research has focused on the situation of psychiatric patients' minor children. The aims of this qualitative study were to describe the experience of adult children of depressed and bipolar patients, including positive and negative factors as well as coping mechanisms, and to investigate possible predictors of burden in order to identify children in need of professi...

Learning disabled children have been reported to be deficient in attention and memory performance, especially selective attention in the presence of irrelevant information. But this finding has not al-

INTRODUCTION Early intervention implies a model of support focused on a child, family and a broader community from early childhood. The aim of this study was to analyze the elements of the successful early intervention in childhood, as well as to assess the role of a special educator and rehabilitator and level of their involvement in implementing the program on the territory of Novi Sad. MAT...

Pony riding can give a new dimension to the life of a handicapped child.