OBJECTIVE To investigate the characteristics of sexual behavior in school-aged adolescents and possible differences regarding sex and type of school. METHODS Cross-sectional study using data from the National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE) 2009, carried out by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The s...

female cancer, especially breast and gynecologic cancers are considered multistage disease, highly influenced by risk and protective factors and/or screening preventive modalities. consequences of all these factors result in the trend of change over time.in this comparative study, based on data of national cancer registry of iran 2004 published by iranian ministry of health, age - standard inci...

introduction: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a potentially curative treatment modality for hematological malignancies. we evaluated the outcome of patients suffering from hematological malignancies, including acute leukemias, chronic myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome after allogeneic transplantation. methods: all patients having hematological malignancies with...

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conclusions the incidence of ipa in allogeneic hsct and patients with hematological malignancies was relatively high and a. flavus was the most common cause of pa. as molecular methods had higher sensitivity, it may be useful as screening methods in hsct and patients with hematological malignancies, or to determine when empirical antifungal therapy can be withheld. results seven (15.2%) out of ...

Catholic Care Option and Programs for the Elderly (CCOPE)* Catholic Health Care Services Philadelphia CCOPE aids individuals who, because space is unavailable or placement would be inappropriate, cannot be admitted to one of die five nursing facilities owned and operated by the archdiocese. The program either helps the client find an alternative placement option or arranges for alternative comm...

According to anecdotal reports, AIDS stigma and discrimination continue to influence people living with and affected by HIV disease as well as their health care providers, particularly in southern Africa where the burden of AIDS is so significant. Stigma is perceived as a major limiting factor in primary and secondary HIV/AIDS prevention and care. It reportedly interferes with voluntary testing...

Development of CXCR4 antagonist for treatment of AIDS Wan-Gang Gu1* and Xuan Zhang2 1Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China 2School of Pharmaceutical Science & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan 650500, China *Corresponding author: Dr. Wan-Gang Gu, Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medic...

As the data on the epidemiology and outcome of fungal infections in children with hematologic cancer are limited especially in Iran, this study was aimed to delineate the epidemiologic features and outcome of fungal infections in this population. The medical records of all children with hematologic malignancies diagnosed with a fungal infection from 2005 to 2010 at a tertiary pediatric hospita...