Long-Term Effect of Alendronate on Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Tadasu Ikeda and Keiko Iwata

The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term effect of anti-resorptive agent, alendronate, on bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal osteoporotic diabetic wo..Voir plus»

Epiglottic Abscess as a Complication of Foreign Body Ingestion

Yen-Ming Chen, Chien-Chin Hsu and Kuo-Tai Chen

Foreign body-induced epiglottitis is rare and may not display typical manifestations of infectious epiglottitis. Besides, except for airway management and antibiotics treatment,..Voir plus»

A Resident’s Guide to the Art of Persuading those who Judge You at the Surgical M&M Conference

Paul J. Schenarts, Michael P. Meara and Brett H. Waibel

The M&M conference is a corner stone of surgical education. Frequently, this conference requires the resident to effectively put forth an argument why the supervising attend..Voir plus»

The Aryl-hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) as a Therapeutic Target in Human Breast Cancer

Julie M Hall

Breast cancer is currently the most prevalent malignancy among women in industrialized countries, and 1 in 8 women living in the United States will develop the disease at some p..Voir plus»

A Survey of the Participation of Nurses in Continuing Professional Education in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case for Chronic Disease Self- Management Education for Patients

Philip Onuoha, Denise Israel-Richardson and Chidum Ezenwaka

Aim: To assess nurses’ participation in continuing medical education (CME) in Trinidad and Tobago.

Methods: 1,032 of the estimated 1,443 qualifi..Voir plus»

Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Variability on Seasonal to Event Time Scales in TRMM Measurements

Kusuma G Rao * and Kenji Nakamura

An attempt is made here to examine the Indian monsoon rainfall variability on seasonal, inter annual, active-break and rain-event time scales in TRMM 3B42 V7 and IMD gridded dat..Voir plus»