Daily, in the popular press, politics, and academe, we read and hear about environmental consequences of the combined effects of population growth and per capita consumption (e.g., Durning, 1994; Mello, 1994; MacKellar & Hatcher, 1994). The Limits to Growth study of 1972 argued that current growth trends would reach serious limits, but that it was possible to alter patterns and "establish a con...

the study was carried out on 1300 in patients in isfahan medical school teaching hospitals during the last ten years. 1) 13.6% of patients complained pf pericardial pains but nothing wrong with their hearts. 2) more false pericardial pains were seen among young patients rather than c.h.d. in addition to these more false precardial pains among women with comparing to men. 3) the severity of c.h....

issues on differences between men and women have always been a source for dispute and different approaches in the available literature on women. some have seen these differences resulting from the dissimilar socialization of men and women in family and society. while some put more emphasis on the physiological differences and rely on theological interpretations, some others consider them as ess...

Background and Purpose—In a recent meta-analysis, women with stroke had 30% lower odds of receiving tissue plasminogen activator than did men, and some studies have reported greater in-hospital delays in women with stroke. Causes of these disparities are unclear but could result from a different symptom presentation in women. Our objective was to prospectively investigate gender differences in ...

OBJECTIVES AND METHODS Gender differences in the prevalence and impact of arthritis are discussed, using data and analytic results from national health surveys. RESULTS Most cases of arthritis are osteoarthritis, an ancient disease that causes pain, physical dysfunction, and social disability, but not death. Arthritis prevalence rates rise sharply with age; it is the leading chronic condition...