OBJECTIVE Earlier diagnosis of cancer has become a policy priority. There is evidence that minority ethnic groups are more likely to delay help-seeking for cancer symptoms, but few studies have explored reasons for delay in these groups. The present study explored facilitators and barriers to help-seeking for breast and cervical cancer in an ethnically diverse sample of women. METHODS Semi-st...

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Purpose: To determine the level of knowledge regarding cervical carcinoma risk factors and to evaluate selected health behaviours presented by nurses in primary prevention of the reproductive organ malignancies. Materials and methods: The diagnostic survey with the use of self-constructed questionnaire wa...

A system that monitors a region for a disease outbreak is called a disease outbreak surveillance system. A spatial surveillance system searches for patterns of disease outbreak in spatial subregions of the monitored region. A temporal surveillance system looks for emerging patterns of outbreak disease by analyzing how patterns have changed during recent periods of time. If a non-spatial, non-te...

INTRODUCTION The prognosis of dengue depends on early diagnosis and treatment, which can help prevent severe forms whose characteristics were evaluated here. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted involving dengue cases in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2011. RESULTS Two health regions registered 56.3% of 371 cases of severe dengue. Of these cases, 21.3% presented with ...

In this area, there was a large group of well women aged over 35 years eager for breast screening. For this survey using clinical examination, thermography, and mammography, we selected women considered to be at higher than average risk of breast cancer. Initially, unselected women were seen, by appointment, for clinical examination and thermography (see pp. 1664-1670, this issue). From that gr...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the second commonest cancer of females worldwide and the commonest cancer of the female genital tract in our environment. It can be prevented through early detection by cervical screening (Pap smear). OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of cervical cancer screening among female undergraduates. METHOD A pre ...

Studies of monozygotic twins in the context of overfeeding and energy deficit experiments have shown that gene-environment interactions affect energy balance. From a clinical standpoint, this implies that some individuals are more susceptible to body-weight gain or loss than others because of genetic differences. This opens new perspectives in predictive medicine. In the future, health professi...

Picky eating is prevalent in childhood and is associated with negative health outcomes. Therefore early detection of pickiness is pertinent. Because no psychometric measure of picky/fussy eating has been validated, we aimed to examine the screening efficiency of the 6-item 'Food Fussiness' (FF) scale from the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire using structured psychiatric interviews (the ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence and risk factors for overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) in women working at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS, per its abbreviation in Spanish) in Mexico City, using two different classification criteria. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed from July 1999 to September 2000. It included 588 women 20 to 65 years of age and who ...

Early diagnosis and prevention is a key factor in reducing the mortality and morbidity of cancer. However, currently available screening tools lack enough sensitivity for early diagnosis. It is important to develop noninvasive techniques and methods that can screen and identify asymptomatic patients who have cancer. Biomarkers of cancer status can also serve as powerful tools in monitoring the ...