In conclusion, we estimate the incidence of carpal tunnel surgery to be between 400,000
and 500,000 cases annually in the United States, with economic costs in excess of $2 billion …

Formidable impediments stand in the way of treatment development for lupus. These include
the unwieldy size of current trials, international competition for scarce patients, complex …

The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) convened an international working group to obtain
a consensus definition of disease flare in lupus. With help from the Paediatric Rheumatology …

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a well known hemostatic complication of
solid tumors. We evaluated the occurrence of DIC in 1117 patients with solid tumors. Of …

The global dairy industry needs to reappraise the systems of milk production that are
operated at farm level with specific focus on enhancing technical efficiency and …

Objectives. This study examined whether differences in heat alone, as opposed to public
health interventions or other factors, accounted for the reduction in heat-related deaths and …

Valvular incompetence associated with venous ulceration can occur in the superficial, deep,
or perforating systems. Duplex imaging was used to evaluate 95 extremities (78 patients) …

PastureBase Ireland (PBI) is a web-based grassland management application incorporating
a dual function of grassland decision support and a centralized national database to collate …

Previous studies have suggested that exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may
alter thyroid function, but data on effects of PCB exposure on other endogenous hormones …

Background This study investigated the expectations and experiences of a sample of new
patients visiting an Australian regional university Student Dental Clinic with regard to anxiety …