BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We hypothesized that any sex-related difference in outcome poststroke is explained by other prognostic factors and that the response to intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (r-tPA) is equal in males and females after adjustment for such factors. METHODS We accessed an independent collection of randomized clinical trials-the VISTA (Virtual Internatio...

Angela Williams Gorrell, a theologian and pastor, narrates in her book A Story of Pain Joy personal experience being lost to grief caused by the death loved ones finding way out helping others overcome their find joy. It is simple but with powerful message. addresses question: How conquer pain loss ones? Rather than surrendering grief, author prescribes how it feeling worse you thus steering yo...

AIMS Treatment guidelines have been developed for both "primary" and "secondary" prevention of coronary heart disease. These should consider both the efficacy as well as the costs of such treatment, particularly the costs of treatment with HMG co-enzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins). In the context of guideline development in The Netherlands, the cost effectiveness of treatment with statins ...

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to assess the shaping potential of a novel nickeltitanium instrument, the self-adjusting file (SAF), in long oval root canals in distal roots in mandibular molars. METHODS: Twenty mandibular molars with long oval distal root canals were selected and scanned preoperatively and postoperatively by using micro-computed tomography at an original resolution of ...