PURPOSE Prostate cancer is rarely diagnosed in men younger than 40 years of age. At present, the available data show a low rate of cancer detection from prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening of this group of young men. We analyzed the outcome of prostate biopsy results in patients of this age group with a high PSA. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between October 1997 and August 2008, a total of 81 ...

background and aims: recent studies on mortality in iran, in recent years clearly emphasize that unintentional injuries are the main cause of reducing iranian life expectancy in iran. this article aimed to assess the role of major causes of death for mortality patterns in the country by sex in 2010. methods: experimental results of this study are based on death registration system of ministry o...

To explore age-related mechanisms in the expression of recurrent headache, we evaluated whether genetic and environmental influences are a function of the reporting age using questionnaire information that was gathered in 1973 for 15- to 47-year-old Swedish twins (n = 12,606 twin pairs). Liability to mixed headache (mild migraine and tension-type headache) was explained by non-additive genetic ...

background neisseria lactamica as one of the main commensal in oropharynx during the childhood is related to the induction of a natural immunity against meningococcal meningitis. also moraxella catarrhalis in oropharynx of children is a predisposing factor for otitis media infection. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the frequency of the n. lactamica, other nonpathogenic neisser...

BACKGROUND Most human immunodeficiency virus positive patients now have a longer life expectancy, with the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy. However, they are now at increased risk of developing a malignancy during their lives. AIM To investigate the age at which oral squamous cell carcinoma presents in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. STUDY DESIGN Prospect...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the foot muscle strength, shortness, tibialis posterior endurance, balance, and shoe preference differences between neutral pronated posture.
 Methods: Forty-nine participants consisting 23 women 26 men, age 18 45 years were participated in study. Foot posture, medial longitudinal arch height, gastrocnemius hamstring ankle 
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The rapid progress of many countries toward gender equality in education has been welldocumented. Of 106 countries, 83 achieved the Millennium Development target of parity in primary and secondary education by 2005; only 19 countries, most in sub-Saharan Africa, are off-track to meet the target of gender equality in primary and secondary school enrolment by 2015. While the progress on meeting t...

OBJECTIVES To estimate overall and cause specific standardised mortality ratios in young offenders. DESIGN Comparison of mortality data in cohort of young offenders. SETTINGS State of Victoria, Australia. SUBJECTS Cohort of young offenders aged 10-20 years with a first custodial sentence from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Deaths ascertained by matching with t...