Maternal sun exposure in gestation and throughout the lifetime is necessary for vitamin D synthesis, and living near the sea is a population level index of seafood consumption. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence rate of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Wales and examine its association with sun exposure, coastal living, and latitude. The study used a database of MS hospital visits an...

Eyrean Grasswrens Amytornis goyderi have generally been considered habitat specialists associated with Sandhill Canegrass Zygochloa paradoxa on the dunes of inland Australian deserts in Lake Eyre Basin. Following above-average rainfall 2020–2022 and an vegetation response Strzelecki Desert, were observed at 39 locations south-east their known distribution, sites up to 11 km inside New South Wal...

Informal Caring and Labour Market Outcomes Within England and Wales This paper focuses on the links between informal care provision and labour market activity at the sub-national level. Within-country analysis of this issue has been very limited to date despite the wide regional variations in informal care provision that often exist. This issue is important in the context of policy decisions in...

BACKGROUND Commitment to food safety is evidenced by high profile governmental initiatives around the globe. To measure progress towards targets, policy makers need to know the baseline from which they started. AIM To describe the burden (mortality, morbidity, new presentations to general practice, hospital admissions, and hospital occupancy) and trends of indigenous foodborne disease (IFD) i...

Objectives To understand why mortality increased in England and Wales in 2015. Design Iterative demographic analysis. Setting England and Wales Participants Population of England and Wales. Main outcome measures Causes and ages at death contributing to life expectancy changes between 2013 and 2015. Results The long-term decline in age-standardised mortality in England and Wales was reversed in ...

COVID-19 had a major impact on transit ridership and behavior patterns in New South Wales, Australia, around the world. This paper evaluates on-demand levels using data from Wales Open Data Portal. By separating services by urban regional locality, it became clear that patronage different ways. The results demonstrate locational context can fundamentally service uptake.

Zhang D1, Fernon A1, Lam B1 and Riordan SM1,2* Author Affiliations 1Gastrointestinal Liver Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia 2Prince Clinical School, UNSW Medicine Health, University New South Wales, Received: August 23, 2022 | Published: September 06, Corresponding author: Stephen Riordan, Senior Staff Specialist Head, Gastrointestinal Unit Hospital Barker Street, Randwick NSW 2031, DO...

Surgery B. McKibbin, Professor ofTraumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery L. A. Williams, FRCS Ed, FRCR. Consultant in Radiology University ofWales College ofMedicine, CardiffCF2 ISZ, Wales. I. Mackie, FRCS, Senior Registrar Department of Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery. Cardiff Royal Infirmary. CardiffCF2 ISZ, Wales. Requests for reprints should be sent to Mr C. B. Howard ( 1985 British Editorial S...

IN FEBRUARY 1999, secretary of state for Wales Alan Michael announced that NHS Direct, a confidential, nurse-led service providing 24-hour health information and advice would become available to the people of Wales. The announcement became a reality on June 13, when, after several months of intensive preparation, the service went live'.

Correspondence to: Dr John Peters, Consultant Physician, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW, Wales. e-mail: [email protected] We have recently undertaken a study of diabetic patients that examines the influence of sex on the probability of presenting with coronary heart disease (CHD) related events. This work has been presented in a preliminary form,' and contrasts with the ...