A 12-year-old boy shows a restless sleep and snoring episodes declaring himself tired during the day and the school lessons.On clinical examination the patient presents a second-class profile, a retrusive jaw with a small chin 2006 nissan altima radio and an open nasolabial angle.From the intraoral examination a tonsillar hypertrophy is denoted.The
PurposeThis study investigated the potential association of cyberbullying victimization (CyVic) on substance use and mental health-related behaviors among Brazilian adolescents, using data derived from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE).MethodThe sample comprised 146,536 adolescents aged up to 17 years, who were selected through probabili
Athanasios Gogos,1,* Maria Skokou,2,* Eleni Ferentinou,1 Philippos Gourzis2 1School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece; 2Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Philippos GourzisDepartment of Psychiatry, General University Hospit
This review examined the current problem of low adherence to treatment in patients with chronic diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus.According to the definition of the World Health Organization, ‘adherence to treatment’ is the degree to which a patient’s behaviour corresponds to the doctor’s recommendations with r
Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular pathogens infecting nearly all animal phyla.The microsporidian Nosema bombycis has been isolated from several lepidopteran species, including the economy-important silkworms as well as several crop pests.Proteins secreted by parasites can be important virulent factors in modulating host pathways.R