School performance and long-term outcomes of very preterm children conceived via in vitro fertilization.

Objective: To assess the impact of in vitro fertilization (IVF) on school performance and long-term outcomes in very preterm children aged 8-16 years.

Methods: Seventy-nine children born after IVF were compared with 79 randomly selected matched controls born after spontaneous conception (SC). Information was obtained from parents via a questionnaire administered through telephone interviews looking into school performance, including preschool education, repeated grades, extra lessons, special education needs, and learning difficulties; long-term status, including incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism; and family profile.

Diabetic patients' awareness of diabetic retinopathy symptoms and complications.

Background: Diabetes is a very common chronic endocrinological disease. A total of 8.8% of the adult population worldwide was diabetics.

Blood pressure control, lifestyle and disease awareness of Saudi hypertensive patients.

Mortality and morbidity from hypertension have reached epidemic proportion worldwide. It has been estimated that 874 million adults globally have systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 140 mm Hg or higher. A recent study from Saudi Arabia found 15.