AIMS Chronic ethanol consumption leads to oxidative damage in the central nervous system inducing neuronal degeneration and impairment of brain functions. Nevertheless, it has been reported that grape polyphenols might prevent the alluded ethanol effects. We have reported that prolonged red wine intake improves hippocampal formation oxidative status, a finding not replicated using Port wine. Th...

Acquired port-wine stain is a rare vascular lesion that mimics a congenital port-wine stain clinically and histologically, but is acquired after birth. A survey on more than 60 reported cases in the literature reveals that most of these cases are idiopathic, but some of the cases developed after physical or mechanical trauma, hormonal changes, chronic sun exposure, and medications (OCP, i...

BACKGROUND Cryoablation has been performed laparoscopically for small renal masses using 3-4 ports with promising oncologic results. OBJECTIVES To report the initial experience of Single Port Access Renal Cryoablation (SPARC). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Beginning in September 2007, outcomes of patients undergoing SPARC have been recorded into an IRB approved database. Patients with l...

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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has been proposed for multimedia services and wide-area connectivity in smart home environments (SHEs). An important issue for SIP deployment in SHEs is network address translator (NAT) traversing. SIP and Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packets are delivered between an SHE (i.e., private IP network) and Internet (i.e., a public IP network) through an NAT fu...

There is growing realization that women's health and involvement in health care are essential keys to health for all. One way in which the midwifery profession can contribute to women's health is by providing high quality care during the six week postnatal review/checkup. A study in three provincial hospitals in the Port Elizabeth area showed that the actual structure of the postnatal review fe...

Objective: To determine whether gall bladder (GB) retrieval from umbilical port is associated with more pain at site as compared to GB epigastric in adult patients undergoing four elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy a tertiary care hospital. Methods: Adult patients, who were during six-month period 2010 our institute, randomized either group A (n = 60, through port) or B port). VAS for was as...

The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of HIV infection among female sex workers in the port area of Imbituba (State of Santa Catarina), and to identify the viral subtype and its susceptibility to antiretroviral medications. Ninety women were interviewed between December 2003 and February 2004. Six (6.7%) were HIV-positive. Genotyping for HIV, performed on four samples, de...

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