Injury is the leading cause of alcohol-attributable mortality in Canada. Risk is determined by amount consumed per occasion and accumulates across drinking episodes. The authors estimated alcohol-attributable injury mortality in Canada for 2002 by combining the absolute risk of injury unrelated to alcohol with relative risks that were specific to gender and consumption per occasion, while takin...

OBJECTIVES To examine the associations between absolute and relative handgrip strength (HGS) and physical performance. METHODS A total of 135 old men aged 70-89 years had muscle thickness (MT) measured by ultrasound at anterior forearm (MT-ulna). Maximum voluntary HGS was measured for the dominant hand. Relative HGS was calculated as ratios of HGS to MT-ulna (HGS/MT-ulna, kg/cm), HGS to forea...

OBJECTIVES Smoking of cigarettes or bidis (small, locally manufactured smoked tobacco) in India has likely changed over the last decade. We sought to document trends in smoking prevalence among Indians aged 15-69 years between 1998 and 2015. DESIGN Comparison of 3 nationally representative surveys representing 99% of India's population; the Special Fertility and Mortality Survey (1998), the S...

timurid era was a flourishing period of several arts which is in absolute contradiction to the political-military conditions of that period. after the conquest of iran, timor decided to gather artists in samarkand to help him demonstrating his power and superiority and his successors also adopted such a policy which resulted in creation of a thought school in the name of herāt in iranian cultur...

Geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, molecules with the same odor characteristics, are mainly responsible for the smell of soil and cause odor problems worldwide in drinking water supplies. However, the effect of these odor molecules on human brain function is still unclear. The present investigation aimed to evaluate the effect of inhalation of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol on human electroencepha...

PURPOSE Intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) has been widely tested in prostate cancer. However, phase III trials testing continuous androgen deprivation (CAD) versus IAD have reached inconclusive and seemingly contradictory results. Different design and conduct issues must be critically evaluated to better interpret the results. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seven published phase III trials were e...

BACKGROUND Evidence of inequalities in obesity and overweight is available mostly from national studies. This article provides a broad international comparison of inequalities by education level and socio-economic status, in men and women and over time. METHODS Data from national health surveys of 11 OECD countries were used. The size of inequalities was assessed on the basis of absolute and ...

       A multiple linear regression model is proposed to calculate capacity factor of  analytes using structural features computed using HyperChem software. The  chemical descriptors of analytes were computed using HyperChem software and  regressed against the experimental capacity factors of analytes collected from the  literature. The absolute average percentage deviation (AARD) and individua...

Osteoporosis in men is an increasingly important clinical issue, that actually remains under-recognized and undertreated. Moreover there is no validated strategy for a systematic osteoporosis screening in men and decisions regarding treatment should be based on the absolute risk of fracture. Among the different treatment options, bisphosphonate therapy is becoming a mainstay in the treatment of...

CONTEXT Based on observational and interventional data for middle-aged cohorts (aged 40-64 years), serum cholesterol level is known to be an established major risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). However, findings for younger people are limited, and the value of detecting and treating hypercholesterolemia in younger adults is debated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term impact of unf...