cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is one of the most common infections that affects humans’ cardiovascular system. although the literature includes controversial evidence for any correlation between cmv infection and arterial atherosclerosis, the majority of studies, especially those with larger patient population and stronger data stand for such a relationship. however, the number of prospective...

BACKGROUND Conflicting findings of the association between serum uric acid (UA) and stroke have been reported in both men and women, and it is unclear whether this association was different between men and women. We preformed this meta-analysis to assess the sex-specific effect of serum UA on the risk of stroke and its subtypes. METHODS AND RESULTS Prospective studies that reported sex-specif...

A survey of enteric Campylobacter infections was performed in Bangui, Central African Republic, with a cohort of 127 children from birth to 6 months of age by biweekly culture of stools; 82 infections were observed, and 41.7% of the children presented at least 1 infection before 6 months of age. Only 15.9% of the infected children had a diarrheic syndrome; moreover, 61.5% of these diarrheic chi...

BACKGROUND Despite the importance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission through heterosexual contact, the incidence of HIV infection in heterosexual cohorts has not been well studied, particularly in the developing world. OBJECTIVE To 1) determine the incidence of HIV infection in discordant heterosexual couples (couples in which one partner had HIV infection and the other did no...

technology has affected all aspects of our lives, but it seems that it does not penetrate to clinical research centers as much as other fields.   for example, technology could be used to promote the quality of “retrospective” studies as much as it become near to the “prospective” studies. orthopedics research centers, especially “hand and upper extremity services” are a good place to start. whe...

The authors examined the stability and dynamic structure of negative cognitions made to naturalistic stressors and the prediction of depressive symptoms in a daily diary study. Young adults reported on dispositional depression vulnerabilities at baseline, including a depressogenic cognitive style, dysfunctional attitudes, rumination, neuroticism, and initial depression, and then completed short...

The objective of this paper is to review the current recommendations for active surveillance in prostate cancer from the present prospective studies. Worldwide, there are increasing numbers of men with prostate cancer. It is now accepted as standard care that a number of men with favorable-risk disease can be followed with active surveillance. In 1995, the first prospective studies were initiat...