The results presented in this study reflect the current status of the medical and surgical management of SAH in Nigeria. Conclusive data relating to epidemiology, incidence, diagnosis, current treatment modalities and outcome of SAH in Nigeria have not been published. There is, therefore, a ...
Early detection of CAC in younger subjects has important prognostic impact in terms of predicting future CHD risk (72). However, on a per patient basis, we cannot reliably predict who will have an event and when and where these will occur. When it comes to older patients, the proportion ...
The paper reviews two strands of research on communication of uncertainty that usually have been investigated separately: (1) Probabilities attached to specific outcomes, and (2) Range judgments. Probabilities are sometimes expressed by verbal phrases (“rain is likely”) and at other times in a n...
However, the role of a stay-at-home dad comes with responsibilities. If a man fails to pull his weight around the house or be an engaged father, the arrangement won’t fly. In such cases, I’d have a candid conversation with him—man-to-man—and remind him to honor hisProvider’s ...
1998). While the complete cross-country rankings remain sensitive to research design, it is commonly agreed that institutional and socio-economic factors play an important role in shaping population health. However, a more holistic approach is needed to understand how differences in the distribution ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global public health crisis. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been infected with COVID-19 and millions have died and continue to die from this unrelenting virus. Furthermore, many COVID-19 survivors experience a post-COVID-19 condition (...
An important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to understand asymptomatic disease and the extent to which this may be a source of transmission. As asymptomatic disease is by definition hard to screen for, there is a lack of clarity about this aspect of the COVID-19 spectrum. ...
Based on the evidence that intestinal inflammation is consistent with intestinal symp- toms and may act as a driver of disease pathology, Housers and colleagues conducted an extensive anal- ysis of immune and angiogenetic factors in stool of PD patients and healthy contro...
Metro as a rapid mass transit system transports a large number of people from an origin to a destination at once and at high speed. It can bring benefits to the society in different ways. In general, metro as public transport is cheaper than private transports. This may create equitable opp...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is the most common cause of dementia and currently has few clinically efficacious disease modifying therapies [1]. In order to develop disease modifying therapies, it is imperative to better understand the mechanisms of disease initiation...