In 2005, the US Senate declared March as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) awareness month in the United States to increase the American public’s understanding of deep vein thrombosis.1 This was triggered by the death of 39-yr-old David Bloom, a National Broadcasting Company (NBC) reporter who died on April 6, 2003 from a massive pulmonary embolism (PE), and the activities of his widow, Melanie Bloom....

OBJECTIVE Examine the awareness of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in our community which would help in early recognition and improved support of affected families. METHODS A focused 20-item questionnaire was designed to survey the public awareness and knowledge of ASD. Personal interviews were conducted during an ASD awareness day, which was organized in a major shopping mall on February 20,...

In Ethiopia, glaucoma is the fifth most common cause of blindness and the disease caused irreversible blindness in an estimated 62,000 people in 2006.1 Due to the nature of the disease, an inadequate and inaccessible eye care service, and a very poor level of public awareness, glaucoma patients tend to come for help after they have become either unilaterally or bilaterally blind. Even among som...

Completely non-malleable encryption schemes resist attacks which allow an adversary to tamper with both ciphertexts and public keys. In this paper we introduce two extractor-based properties that allow us to gain insight into the design of such schemes and to go beyond known feasibility results in this area. We formalise strong plaintext awareness and secret key awareness and prove their suitab...

Patients who have a first episode of venous thromboembolism (VTE) have an elevated risk of a recurrent episode, and this necessitates secondary prophylaxis. Anticoagulant therapy is a double-edged sword, however, as it reduces the risk of recurrent VTE but increases the risk of hemorrhage. This balance must be taken into account when assessing the risk-benefit ratio of long-term anticoagulation...

Objective: To assess public awareness of cancer warning signs, anticipated delay, and perceived barriers to seeking medical advice in the British population. Methods: We carried out a population-based survey using face-to-face, computerassisted interviews to administer the Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM), a newlydeveloped, validated measure of cancer awareness. The sample included 2216 adults (9...

OBJECTIVE To explore public awareness of osteoporosis and willingness to manage the problem, with reference to a variety of socio-economic factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire study. SETTING A public hospital and a private health care clinic in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Two hundred and fifty postmenopausal women consisting of five equal cohorts recruited at random. The cohorts consiste...