Menstruation among adolescent girls in Malaysia: a cross sectional school survey
Menstruation among adolescent girls in Malaysia: a cross sectional school survey ~ ABSTRACT-Introduction: The onset of menstruation ispart of the maturation process. However,variability in menstrual cycle characteristicsand menstrual disorders are common. Thepurpose of this study was to determine themenstrual characteristics of adolescentfemales and factors associated with it.Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptivestudy carried out [...]
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What Works? A Review of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions
What Works? A Review of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions ~ The monograph therefore fills an important gapby providing an overview on which nutritioninterventions improve the nutrition status of womenand children, with emphasis on the poor in developingcountries. The purpose is to define a core menu ofproven investment options supported by soundevidence of [...]
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Noninvasive Differentiation of Uric Acid versus Non Uric Acid Kidney Stones Using Dual Energy CT
Noninvasive Differentiation of Uric Acid versus Non Uric Acid Kidney Stones Using Dual Energy CT ~ Abstract Rationale and Objectives To determine the accuracy and sensitivity for dual energy computed tomography (DECT) discrimination of uric acid (UA) stones from other (non UA) renal stones in a commercially implemented product…. Materials and Methods Forty human renal [...]
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The Persistent Problem of Colorism: Skin Tone, Status, and Inequality
The Persistent Problem of Colorism: Skin Tone, Status, and Inequality ~ Abstract- Colorism is a persistent problem for people of color in the USA. Colorism, or skin color stratification, is a process that privileges light skinned people of color over dark in areas such as income, education, housing, and the marriage market. This essay describes [...]
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HIV/AIDS and water, sanitation and hygiene
HIV/AIDS and water, sanitation and hygiene ~ HIV and AIDS AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the HumanImmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that damages a person’s immune system. Peoplebecome infected by HIV in three possible ways: 1. Through sexual intercourse either heterosexual or homosexual intercourse. Mostinfections in the developing world are transmitted heterosexually. 2. Directly [...]
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Fundamentals of clinical cardiology
Fundamentals of clinical cardiology ~ Anemia is the most common disease that may increase the cardiac out put at rest. Chronic anemia in man usuallyincreases the cardiac output when thehemoglobin level is 7 Gm. per 100 ml. of blood or less.’ Anemia not only decreasesthe oxygen carryingcapacity of the blood,but ordinarily decreases blood viscosity aswell. [...]
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SPREADING DEPRESSION OF ACTIVITY IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX*
SPREADING DEPRESSION OF ACTIVITY IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX* ~ DEPRESSION OF ACTIVITYA. Depression of ’ kpontaneous”electrical activity of cerebral cortex, causedby electrical stimulation. Following a brief period of repetitive electricalstimulationof the cerebral cortex (1 to 5 sec. of “tentanizing”current froma Harvard induction coil), a response consisting of a marked, enduring depression of its %pontaneou$’electrical activity [...]
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The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes
The hormone resistin links obesity todiabetes ~ Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that leads to complications including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness andnerve damage. Type 2 diabetes, characterized by target tissue resistance to insulin, is epidemic in industrialized societies and isstrongly associated with obesity; however, the mechanism by which increased adiposity causes insulin [...]
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Detection and Evaluationof Chronic Kidney Disease
Detection and Evaluationof Chronic Kidney Disease ~ Chronic kidney disease affects approximately 19 million adult Americans, and its incidence is increasing rapidly. Diabetesand hypertension are the underlying causes in most cases of chronic kidney disease. Evidence suggests that progression tokidney failure can be delayed or prevented by controlling blood sugar levels and blood pressure and [...]
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The National Diet & Nutrition Survey:adults aged 19 to 64 years
The National Diet & Nutrition Survey:adults aged 19 to 64 years ~ Background, research design and response This volume presents findings on vitamin and mineral intakes and urinaryanalytes from a survey of the diet and nutrition of adults aged 19 to 64 yearsliving in private households in Great Britain, carried out between July 2000and June [...]
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Computer-tailored smoking cessation materials:A review and discussion
Computer-tailored smoking cessation materials:A review and discussion ~ AbstractTailored smoking cessation materials combine many of the interactive, diagnostic elements of a clinical encounter with thedissemination potential of mass media. In this article, the differences between general, targeted and tailored smokingcessation materials are discussed, and the impact of tailored versus the general or targeted modalities is [...]
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Pattern of erectile dysfunction in Jeddah city
Pattern of erectile dysfunction in Jeddah city ~ Until 1990, impotence was the term used in the literature and meant erectile dysfunction in some articles, whereas in others, it meant male sexual dysfunction, including libidinal, orgasmic, and ejaculatory dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is one of the most common diseases of male sexual dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is [...]
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