Breast cancer patients may present with patient delay or experience provider delay-2 factors which can lead to a late-stage diagnosis and poor prognosis. Mass disasters drastically change social structures, and have the potential to contribute to these delays. However, there is little information available on patient and provider delay related to cancer after disasters. In March 2011, an earthq...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between various social isolation indicators and loneliness, and to examine the differential associations that social isolation indicators, loneliness have with depressive symptoms. METHODS Baseline data for 1,919 adults (aged 21 years and above) from a representative health survey in the Central region of Singapore was used for this study. The association...

introduction: while little is known about the molecular mechanisms that establish the apical growth patterns in fungal mycelia, recent research on the genetics of a. nidulans and n. crassa has provided considerable amount information on some genes involving in polarised cell growth. a.nidulans is particularly amenable to experimental analysis and is importantly related to other human pathogen f...

transferrin acts as a vehicle for iron transportation between the absorption, storage and utilization sites in the body and, besides iron, its two highaffinity iron-binding site are capable of binding to 29 other elements. in physiological and pathophysiological conditions, transferrin’s properties are different and close attention to these properties is required. for further investigation for ...

We describe the first clinical isolate of Bordetella petrii from a patient with mandibular osteomyelitis. The only previously documented isolation of B. petrii occurred after the initial culture of a single strain from an environmental source.

Both physicians and patients want deeply healing doctor-patient relationships. Too often, though, the ever-expanding demands of medical practice combine with the defenses of the patient to create doctor-patient isolation. Eastern and Western cosmologies and traditions may encourage different approaches to human interaction and healing. At times, probing the patient with more questions may open ...

in west africa and nigeria in particular, many virgin plants are still waiting to be evaluated for their medicinal importance. claims of plants with folk medicinal applications need to be evaluated and verified. gomphrena celosioides (family – amaranthaceae) is a weed grown in lawns and the biological activity of the extract had earlier been established. in the present study, the plant was coll...

background and objective : salmonellosis can be acquired through consumption of infected raw or undercooked eggs. the aim of this study was isolation and identification of salmonella spp from the eggshells and the egg contents samples of tabriz retails. methods : a total number of 150 samples of eggs were analyzed for the presence of salmonella spp. using conventional culture method and multipl...

background kelussia odoratissima mozaff. is one of the newest genera of umbelliferae which is represented by only one species. this sweet-smelling, self-growing monotypic medicinal plant is endemic to a restricted area in west of iran and is locally called karafse-koohi. the aerial parts of the plant are commonly used as a popular garnish and a sedative medicinal plant. there are several report...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: patients’ decision-making and legal capacity are major factors of informed consent considered as a basis of medical ethics. this study aimed to determine the undergoing surgery inpatients capacity to sign the consent form and admission clerks’ performance in taking the form in teaching hospitals in kashan. me...