However, comparisons between different types of client and treatment programs were the main focus of the study. Problem severity at Intake (defined by scores on drug history and psychosocial measures) was predictive of relapse to weekly cocaine use after treatment, but different programs were not all equally effective. While low-severity clients did about equally well regardless of the type of ...

Methamphetamine (MA) is a potent, addictive psychostimulant that has dramatic effects on the central nervous system (CNS). The onset of methamphetamine use has been linked to heightened attention, and chronic methamphetamine use has been associated with deficits in different aspects of attention that can significantly persist into abstinence. Attention deficits in chronic methamphetamine users ...

Results: The mean Lysholm score improved from 45.6 (range, 11-76) to 71.9 (range, 30-91). The median preoperative Tegner activity scale score was 3 (range, 1-7), while the median postoperative score was 4 (range, 1-9). The median Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) total score improved from 38 (range, 1-57) preoperatively to 6 postoperatively (range, 0-52). The mea...

PurposeTo compare metastasis-related mortality, local treatment failure, and globe salvage after retinoblastoma in countries with different national income levels.DesignInternational, multicenter, registry-based retrospective case series.ParticipantsTwo thousand one hundred ninety patients, 18 ophthalmic oncology centers, 13 on 6 continents.MethodsMulticenter data were pooled from patients enro...

dear editor we read the article by bagheri et al with great interest (1). we found the study interesting and comprehensive as four groups of patients, including operative and nonoperative in either pure dislocation or fracture dislocation, were compared in terms of mayo wrist score, grip strength, range of motion and radiographic parameters. it seems that the results were comparable to studies ...