Why Korean Teens Started Declining in Height Growth in The Midst of Economic Prosperity: Despite Increasing Supply of Animal Protein?
In ten years after the end of WWII, Japan’s economy recovered to the prewar level and achieved fast and steady progress toward the 1990s. People, the young in particular learned to eat animal prod ucts and the teens grew in height nearly 10 cm by the early-1990s and plateaued in stature after that. South Korea was two decades behind Japan in economic development due to the Korean War (1950-53) and then has achieved uninterrupted progress to parallel with Japan in respect of living standard by the turn of the century.
Papillomavirus vaccines among university students in Angola
1.1. Aim: Cervical cancer is the first most common cancer among women in Angola and accounts for 37.6% of cancers among wom en in Angola.
Case of Anthrax abdominal form in Kazakhstan
Anthrax is a dangerous zoonotic infection that is transmitted from farm animals to humans, when cutting, butchering infected animals, contact with meat and other animal products. Infection occurs by contact, alimentary, aerogenic pathways, while developing corresponding clinical forms – skin /ulcerative, abdominal / intestinal, pulmonary /pneumonic
COVID-19 and Responsible Conduct of Research
COVID-19 has emerged as one of the largest pandemic of century, with 15 785 641 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 640 016 deaths, reported by WHO to date [1]. It has revealed that the world was clearly not ready for the surprise. The emergency response encompassed massive efforts to ensure health care delivery.
Hookah Use and COVID-19
A hookah (shisha, waterpipe) use may increase the risk of suffering from serious symptoms due to COVID-19. Like smoking, hookahs may exacerbate the risk for severe COVID-19 through shared use and being difficult-to-clean the long pipes and having a cold water reservoir. Social gatherings also provide an opportunity for the virus to spread.
Intraosseous Access Under Adverse Circumstances
This presentation displays the case of a 5-year old child suffering from severe pneumonia. No antimicrobial drugs had been given in the pre hospital setting so far. The boy lived in a remote home caring for children with innate, severely disabling musculoskeletal disorders. The rescue services were called in the morning due to the apparently life-threatening condition of the patient. I
A Novel Approach to Treat Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) after General Anesthesia
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is an everyday problem in each recovery room [1]. The use of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) and the administration of dexamthasone and ondansetron helps to significantly reduce the incidence of PONV [2].