Three hundred and eighty male hypertensive patients with diastolic blood pressures averaging 90 to 114 mm Hg were randomly assigned to either active antihypertensive agents or placebos. The estimated risk of developing a morbid event over a five-year period was reduced from 55% to 18% by treatment. Terminating morbid e-vents occurred in 35 patients of the control group as compared to 9patients ...

This research was designed to investigate the effects of discourse markers on EFL Iranian learners' listening comprehension. Fifty eight male and female students took a pre-test as a proficiency test first, 39 students out of 58 are needed. To gain this aim, a language proficiency test, i.e., Nelson test will be given to the total participants. After calculating Mean and Standard Deviation, eac...

One hundred eighty adult patients (age 20 to 50 years) referred to Psychology section for differential diagnosis of brain pathology from 1976 to 1980 and where at least two of the three cognitive functions- intelligence, memory, and percepto motor ability, were tested and clinical diagnosis arrived at follow-ups, etc. were included. Nineteen psychological test variables were rescored to minimiz...

Nineteen eighty-nine marked the 25th anniversary of the publication of Herbert Marcuse's influential critique of "advanced industrial society," One Dimensional Man. Of the many books that Marcuse was to write during the 1960's and 70's, One Dimensional Man was the first o address the central concerns of the then emerging student and New Left movements. Ironically, a book that: analyzed the prof...

Nineteen eighty-six was a most significant year in the life of the mental health services in Northern Ireland. The introduction of new and progressive legislation updates the landmark of reform the 1961 Mental Health Act. The Royal Commission on Mental Health (1957) which laid the foundation to this Act articulated the philosophy of change a change from institutional care to community care. Thi...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze the pattern of occult cervical lymph node metastasis among patients with clinically N0 salivary gland carcinoma. METHODS One hundred nineteen patients underwent primary surgery and ipsilateral neck dissection for clinically N0 carcinomas of the major and minor salivary glands. Eighty patients (67%) had parotid tumors. Distribution of T class...

Nineteen eighty-five has been an interesting year in general surgery and I have picked out some of the highlights that I have found of special value. They reflect the present trend to critical review of patient management, scientifically conducted prospective trials and the application of modem technology to patient care. This year I review abdominal emergency surgery (including appendicitis, p...