The case of a married couple developing polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) consecutively is presented. The 55-year-old wife complained in June 2010 about pain in her neck. Case history, physical examination, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 80 mm/hour led to the diagnosis of PMR. In May 2011, her 66-year old husband complained about pain in his neck, shoulders, buttocks, and thighs. Consid...

An early reference to the clinical evaluation of “delirium” appears in the seventh chapter of the Talmudic tractate dealing with divorce documents and proceedings.1 The Rabbis in Mishnaic (ie, Tannaim) and Talmudic (ie, Amoraim) times, extending from the beginning of the Common Era to ~800 CE, needed absolute assurance regarding a husband’s willful intention to divorce his wife for a variety of...

Whether or not the student of social evolution agrees with the philosophy of Spengler that progressive sterility of the educated classes, like the advent of the machine age, the congregation of men into cities, the pursuit of money and the neglect of culture, signify the decadence of Western civilization, he will recognize that this subject has an importance much broader than its interest to th...

This study postulates that contraceptive use in Pakistan is affected by the usual demographic factors as well as husband-wife communication, female autonomy, son preference, religious beliefs, and family planning service supply. Analysis is based on data obtained from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey of 1990-91. Findings indicate that 74% of women never talked in the past year with ...

one of recent developments in modern societies is the evolution in the structure of power division in the family and changes in reciprocal actions between wife and husband. this research aims to study the factors affecting distribution of power in the family by using the theories of: social capital, valuable resources, and sociability of gender. the data has been collected through survey method...