OBJECTIVE To establish characteristics and the trend of mortality from thyroid cancer in Colombia. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a study of mortality from thyroid cancer in Colombia using official national mortality databases (1998-2010). Year of death, sex, age and department of residence were analyzed. Proportions, arithmetic mean and median were used. The p-value for statistical significanc...

After the 1988 measles outbreak, annual notification rates for measles in Hong Kong SAR between 1989 and 1999 were 0.4-4.9 per 100 000, with peaks in 1992, 1994 and 1997. The first half-year incidence rates per 100 000 were 2.3 in 1997, 0.5 in 1995 and 1.2 in 1996. Monthly notification rates increased from a baseline of <10 cases to 59 in May 1997. Serological surveillance showed only 85.5% of ...

Membrane bound, Triton X-100 solubilized bovine nucleus caudatus acetylcholinesterase is sedimenting in presence of Triton X-100 concentrations higher than the CMC as a 10.5 S-detergent-enzyme complex. There is evidence that this complex does neither represent the molecular enzyme arrangement present in the membrane, nor the molecular form originally released from the membrane. The purified, cy...

In our original article, we showed graphically that deaths/100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States have been steadily decreasing since 1925. We also showed motor vehicle related death rates/100 000 population decreased from 1966 to 1999. This decrease in deaths/100 000 population illustrated the impressive declines that resulted from aggressive traYc safety and public heal...

AIM To determine the incidence rate and characteristics in patients with testicular torsion in Taiwan using a nationwide insurance database. METHODS This study utilizes a subset of national health insurance research database, which contains the data of all paid medical benefit claims over the period 1997-2010 for in 1 000 000 beneficiaries in 2005. We analysed claims data for all male subject...

Hematologic evaluation via CBC—including automated analysis and manual blood smear evaluation—is routine for wellness health screening and diagnostic evaluation in clinically ill patients. Observed abnormalities typically indicate an underlying disease process; however, many breed-associated hematologic anomalies are not associated with clinical disease. These takeways are important to avoid mi...

Our objective was to estimate the burden of fungal disease on the island of Ireland, as part of a coordinated project estimating the global burden. Published epidemiology data describing fungal infection in Ireland were identified. Population and underlying disease data were collected for 2010 and a structured set of assumptions were applied to estimate burden of fungal disease based on immunos...

Use of pecan shell fiber in human food is presently limited, but could increase pending demonstration of safety. In a 91-day rat study, pecan shell fiber was administered at dietary concentrations of 0 (control), 50 000, 100 000 or 150 000 ppm. There was no effect of the ingredient on body weight of males or females or food consumption of females. Statistically significant increases in food con...

recommendation for additional biomarkers. A more comprehensive evaluation of PCa risk using existing risk assessment tools such as nomograms can be followed once additional biomarkers are measured. The current version of the chart is only a prototype and should be further developed to include the detection rate of aggressive PCa, and validated in larger studies. PCa is the second most frequentl...

As the 'observant researchers' who questioned the R 2 value reported by Calderón-Larrañaga et al we were disappointed by the correction in Thorax, 10 July 2013. 1 2 Our concerns were raised by the high adjusted R 2 value of 0.75 in the multivariate linear regression of the association of primary care trust (PCT) factors with PCT hospital admission rates and the high bivariate R 2 value attribut...