In January, 1933, this Journal recorded the foundation of the Burden Mental Research Trust by Mrs. R. G. Burden, Warden of the National Institutions for Persons requiring Care and Control. Mrs. Burden donated the sum of ?10,000, and with the gift expressed her desire that it should primarily be devoted to problems underlying the causation and inheritance of normal and abnormal mentality, and th...

OBJECTIVES Analysis of the evolution of colorectal cancer in Spain during the period 1951-2007 and its relationship with diet. MATERIAL AND METHODS Calculation of incidence rates, standardized mortality and years of potential life lost (world population) and per capita consumption of different foods. RESULTS Red and processed meats, poultry, fish and fruits intake has increased and consumpt...

background: regarding the significance of abdominal masses in children, we aimed to identify the pathology of masses according to the age and sex groups. materials and methods: we retrospectively reviewed pathological reports of 461 patients with abdominal mass that underwent resection or biopsy during the study period (25 years). results: one hundred and eighty six cases (40%) were non-neoplas...

krabbe disease (kd) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by severe myelin loss and the presence of globoid bodies in the white matter. the gene for kd (galc) is located on chromosome 14q24.3-q32.1. the disease results from a marked deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme b-galactocereberoside. the symptoms of kd become evident during the first few months of life and...

football medicine has developed in the world in recent years. afc medical committee, established the idea of football medicine travelling fellowship two years ago and provided high-level healthcare services to football players in asian countries. this is a report on my one month experience in a travelling fellowship program for football medicine which is attempting to tell the reader about the ...

In the light of Mozambique's progress towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 of reducing mortality of children aged less than five years (under-five mortality) by two-thirds within 2015, this study investigated the relationship between the province of mother's residence and under-five mortality in Mozambique, using data from the 2003 Mozambican Demographic and Health Survey. T...