Subjective incapacity and fatigue are common as secondary symptoms in many physical and psychiatric disorders. In the last decade, however, a range of “new” illnesses has emerged in which incapacity and fatigue are the primary and central complaints. Patients with these illnesses may often be difficult to treat on an individual level. In the public domain, they are very vocal, challenging medic...

The population of a neighborhood in the city Córdoba presents general irritant symptoms since bioethanol distillery began to operate there, from which formaldehyde, toluene, xylene mainly emanate. At request community, collective environmental health was evaluated with cross-sectional study prevalence these conditions. 53% residents reported respiratory disorders, conjunctivitis 31%, headaches ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an age-specific incidence of hospitalized cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) that has similar properties to the previously reported "normal crying curve," as a form of indirect evidence that crying is an important stimulus for SBS. DESIGN AND SETTING The study analyzed cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome by age at hospitalization from hospital discharge data...

In chamber experiments, we investigated the effectiveness of a task ventilation system with an air supply nozzle located underneath the front edge of a desk and directing air toward a heated mannequin seated at the desk. The task ventilation system provided outside air, while another ventilation system provided additional space cooling but no outside air. Test variables included the vertical an...