Patient Selection Criteria Coverage eligibility for genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in cancer-affected individuals will be considered when ANY of the following criteria are met:  Individual from a family with a known BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation  Personal history of breast cancer and ≥1 of the following: o Diagnosed age ≤45 years o 2 primary breast cancers when 1st breast cancer diagnos...

A retrospective review was done of 20 children with spastic cerebral palsy who had had a total of 25 triple arthrodeses at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. The average age at the time of surgery was 15.5 years and average follow-up was 4.5 years. Indications for surgery were progressive deformity (15) and relief of pain (five). The deformities was planovalgus (12), equinovalgus (six), equinovarus (s...

The purpose of this paper is to describe a monarticular, non-infective subacute arthritis of the sterno-clavicular joint which occurs in middle-aged women. The clinical features are so typical and the course is so predictable that this condition can be considered a specific entity. This report is based on twelve patients. Seven were studied by the author throughout their illness; the other five...

This study aims to find empirical evidence about the factors that affect timeliness of financial reporting manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange. The research uses quantitative methods. data collected in this will be analyzed using two methods, namely 1) Descriptive statistical method, analytical tool used is average (mean) and standard deviation 2) Hypothesis Testing, hypo...

Background: Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a severe form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis with high mortality and morbidity rate in all age group patients specific in adults and children. The incidence and prevalence are not exactly known in Iran. In this study, we tried to evaluate the role of rapid diagnosis and to find out the highest risk group patients.  Methods:Totally,...

OBJECTIVE The traditional Mediterranean food pattern is more easily preserved when meals are eaten at home; however, as a result of recent socio-economic changes, away-from-home meal consumption has increased rapidly in Mediterranean countries. Little research has been conducted so far to investigate the long-term health effects of these changes in the Mediterranean area. DESIGN In a prospect...

under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if current age-specific mortality rates be continued. under-5 mortality, a millennium development goal indicator, is a leading indicator of child health and overall development. this indicator measures child survival. it also, reflects the social, economic and environmental conditions i...