With approximately 11 million habitants, Guatemala is mostly a rural country, with 60 percent of the population living on farms and 50 percent of the population indigenous. Maize and beans are the main staple food in most households, with a per capita consumption of 9.4 kg per year. Since few other sources of protein are available, this amount is not sufficient to ensure an acceptable nutrition...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is recommended for most women who experience surgical menopause following hysterectomy/oophorectomy for noncancerous conditions; it is also commonly prescribed for postmenopausal women. Beginning in 1992, 1,299 women undergoing hysterectomy in 28 hospitals throughout Maryland were interviewed prior to hysterectomy and were subsequently followed over a 2-year pe...

BACKGROUND A survey was conducted to study current attitudes and common practices in breast augmentation. METHODS A 35-item electronic questionnaire was sent to the entire active American Society of Plastic Surgeons membership. It was divided into current controversies, new technologies, common practices, secondary procedures, and member demographics. RESULTS There were 1067 respondents. Fi...

Volume 84, Number 8 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 947 Bell palsy is an idiopathic, unilateral, acute paresis or paralysis of facial movement caused by dysfunction of the lower motor neuron. Up to 30 percent of persons with acute peripheral facial palsy have an alternative cause diagnosed at presentation or during the course of their facial palsy. Alternative causes are higher in ch...

This study aimed to estimate the proportion of patients at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Diabetes Clinic who engage in recommended foot care and footwear practices. Seventy-two participants from the UHWI Diabetes Clinic completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire on foot care practices and types of footwear worn. Participants were a subset of a sex-stratified random ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology of non- transported emergency medical services (EMS) calls within the EMS system at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to identify factors that contributes to non-transport of patients by EMS provider, and to recommend suggestions for reduction in number of non-transported calls.  METHODS Retrospective analysis of 1390 patient care reports (PCR) of non-transported ...