It has been suggested that the apparent relationship between children's cigarette smoking and their respiratory symptoms could be explained by the effect of parents' smoking upon both child's smoking and symptoms. This was investigated in a study of 6000 Derbyshire schoolchildren. Children who smoked regularly were more likely than nonsmokers to report cough first thing in the morning, cough at...

A literature on young adults reports that morning-type individuals, or "larks," report higher levels of positive affect compared with evening-type individuals, or "owls" (Clark, Watson, & Leeka, 1989; Hasler et al., 2010). Morning types are relatively rare among young adults but frequent among older adults (May & Hasher, 1998; Mecacci et al., 1986), and here we report on the association between...

CASE REPORT A twenty three year old woman was diagnosed of a morning glory papillary anomaly, then with normal visual acuity (VA). Nine years later, the VA decreased to 0.4, secondary to a serous macular detachment, confirmed by optical coherence tomography (OCT). After treatment with C2F6 gas injection, positioning, and peripapillary laser, the VA improved to 0.7 and the foveolar area reattach...

BACKGROUND Data on the prevalence and co-occurrence of multiple somatic symptoms among US adolescent females as they are influenced by sociodemographic, behavioral, and environmental factors is limited. OBJECTIVES To describe the health status of adolescent US females measured by the prevalence, frequency, and co-occurrence of headache, stomachache, backache, and morning fatigue and to invest...

morning glory syndrome (mgs) is a rare congenital optic disc anomaly characterized by a funnel-shaped, excavated optic disc surrounded by chorioretinal pigmentary disturbance. the main ophthalomoscopic feature of the mgs is enlarged optic disc with a funnel shaped scleral defect; elevated peripapillary chorioretinal pigmentation; and pale fluffy tissue of glial hyperplasia overlying the optic d...

1. Pierre-Filho Pde T, Limeira-Soares PH, Marcondes AM. Morning glory syndrome associated with posterior pituitary ectopia and hypopituitarism. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2004;82:89--92. 2. López-Lizárraga EP, Bolaños-Jiménez R, Treviño-Alanís MG, Rivera-Silva G. Morning glory syndrome. Gac Med Mex. 2011;147:70--1. 3. Tanimoto K, Onda S, Sawaki H, Hiraiwa T, Sano H, Ohnishi M, et al. Hypopituitaris...

OBJECTIVE To find out whether acupressure wristband can alleviate nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. DESIGN Double-blind, placebo-controlled study. SUBJECTS 97 women with mean gestational length completed 8-12 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Symptoms were recorded according to intensity, duration and nature of complaints. RESULTS 71% of women in the intervention group reported both le...

Akademisk avhandling som med tillstånd av Kungl Tekniska högskolan framlägges till of-fentlig granskning för avläggande av teknologie licentiatexamen i radiosystemteknik tors-dagen den 28 november 2013