Stimulation of the nucleus magnocellularis (NMC) of the medulla produces changes in locomotion, muscle tone, heart rate, and blood pressure. Glutamatergic input has been found to modulate muscle tone, whereas cholinergic input has been found to mediate cardiovascular changes produced by stimulation of the NMC. The current study was designed to identify the brainstem afferents to NMC by using re...

BACKGROUND Cancer receives a great deal of news media attention. Although approximately half of all US patients with cancer die of their illness or of related complications, it is unknown whether reports in the news media reflect this reality. METHODS To determine how cancer news coverage reports about cancer care and outcomes, we conducted a content analysis of US cancer news reporting in 8 ...

In te rn a t io n a l ly r e n o w n e d activist and author Shirin Ebadi spoke to an audience of more than 400 students, professors, trustees, members of the media and local residents in Angela Athletic Facility at Saint Mary’s Thursday. Ebadi served as the keynote speaker in the three-day Center for W o m e n ’s In te rC u l tu ra l Leadership (CWIL) conference — “W omen as In te rcu l tu ra ...

Gerhard Aumüller / Andreas Hedwig (Hg.), Regionale Medizingeschichte. Konzepte – Ergebnisse Perspektiven (Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen 92). Marburg 2022. 436 S. ISBN 978-3-942225-53-3. € 34,–

inhabitants of 4 districts in the city of kermanshah, the capital of province, living under various socio- economic conditions, were examined for infection with intestinal helminthiasis. two of these districts were close to and the other two far from a small stream running through the city and serving as an unsanitary sewage system. a total of 889 persons in different sex and age groups from th...

BACKGROUND Septic shock remains a leading cause of death, despite advances in critical care management. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) has reduced morbidity and mortality. This study evaluated risk factors for mortality in patients with septic shock who received treatment following the SSC bundles. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study included patients with septic shock ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Laser induced fluorescence (LIF) from colonic mucosa was measured in vivo with and without delta aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in an attempt to differentiate between neoplasia and non-neoplasia in real time during colonoscopy. METHODS Spectra from 32 adenomas, 68 normal sites, and 14 hyperplastic polyps in 41 patients were obtained with a point monitoring system. Twenty one of...

HYPOTHESIS Since the early 1990s, the laparoscopic technique has been increasingly used for the treatment of perforated peptic ulcer. It is important to validate a risk scoring system that can stratify patients into various risk groups before comparing the treatment outcome of laparoscopic repair against that of conventional open surgery. The scoring system should be able to predict the likelih...

BACKGROUND Recent ecological research from Latin America has shown that infant health could be promoted through exclusive breastfeeding in infants aged 0-3 months and partial breastfeeding throughout the remainder of infancy. METHODS In a cross-sectional study in 1995, the author interviewed 518 mothers with infants leq; 1 year in La Paz, Bolivia, to describe the breastfeeding pattern and its...