Evaluating whether Prostate Cancer UK's risk checker is a help or hindrance to prostate-specific antigen testing policy: a mixed-methods study.

Background: The UK has an informed choice testing policy for prostate cancer. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test is available for free to any man aged ≥50 years who requests it and has been informed of the harms and benefits. This policy leads to differences in PSA testing rates, which can exacerbate health inequalities.

Effectiveness of telerehabilitation in the management of adults with stroke: A systematic review.

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity and access to timely rehabilitation can reduce morbidity and help patients to return to normal life. Telerehabilitation can deliver rehabilitation services with the use of technology to increase patient options, deliver services more efficiently and overcome geographical barriers to healthcare access. Despite its popularity, there is conflicting evidence for its effectiveness.

Research, macro practice and aging in the social work education curriculum.

This paper presents a model that used a macro emphasis for teaching research using older adults. Faculty developed the teaching model to address three key areas of concern in the education of Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students for generalist practice: (1) research, (2) macro-level practice, and (3) aging. The paper explores the nature of these concerns and draws upon previous literature to delineate a teaching model designed to strengthen these areas of generalist practice by integrating content on macro-level concerns and aging into the curriculum of a research course.

Management of patients with epistaxis by general practitioners: impact of otolaryngology experience on their practice.

This study aims to assess the management of patients with epistaxis by general practitioners (GPs) and to show whether previous experience as a junior doctor in ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery influences their practice. A questionnaire was sent together with self-addressed reply envelopes to a random sample of 1,000 GPs. Four hundred and twenty eight GPs replied (43% response rate).

Do otolaryngology out-patients use the internet prior to attending their appointment?

The Internet has become a very important source of health information. We wanted to determine otolaryngology patients' access to, and use of, the Internet as a medical information resource, to identify factors that make patients more likely to use it, and to determine how useful they find this information. A questionnaire survey was completed by patients while waiting for their consultation in the out-patient department of the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital in London.

Distortion of the gizzard in Cyprus pigeons (Columba livia) associated with Hadjelia truncata infestation.

Hadjelia truncata is well recognised as an avian parasite but is rarely reported as pathogenic. This paper describes severe disease in pigeons due to this parasite and is the first to describe the condition in Cyprus. The morphology of the parasite and the associated lesions are described and illustrated and the pathogenesis of the condition is discussed.

Cooperioides antidorca from intestinal nodules in Gazella thomsoni and G. granti in Kenya.

Examination of nodules from the intestine of Gazella thomsoni and G. granti in Kenya revealed the presence of the trichostrongylid nematode Cooperioides antidorca. Nodules from the two hosts were histologically similar and took the form of chronic inflammatory lesions extending through the wall of the gut from the submucosa into the muscular layers.

Oestrogen and progesterone receptors and their relationship to histological grades of epithelial tumours of the magnum region of the oviduct of the domestic fowl.

Tumours of the proprial tubular glands of the magnum region of the oviduct of the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) were found to contain receptors for oestrogen and progesterone. The distribution of the receptors in the cytosol and nucleus of the tumour cells was similar to that of the normal magnum under oestrogen stimulation. Receptor content showed a positive correlation with increasing clinical stage and histological grade, i.

Studies on the induction of cholangiofibrosis by coumarin in the rat.

The histogenesis of coumarin-induced cholangiofibrosis in the rat has been determined. Proliferation of ductal structures was preceded by extensive damage to hepatocytes in the centrilobular region. Focal proliferation of ducts and fibrous tissue was present at 3 months and typical areas of cholangiofibrosis at 6 months.

Spontaneous occurrence and experimental induction of leiomyoma of the ventral ligament of the oviduct of the hen.

Leiomyoma of the ventral ligament (VL) of the oviduct is a common tumour of the domestic fowl which occurs in specific pathogen free hens and commercial breeding hens at the end of the first laying season, with prevalence varying from 0 to 60 per cent in different lines and breeds. To investigate the aetiological role of steroid sex hormones in this tumour, subcutaneous implants of diethylstilboestrol (DES), progesterone (P) and DES combined with P (DESP), were administered to chickens at three-week intervals, starting from eight weeks old. DESP produced hyperplasia and leiomyoma of the VL but DES alone produced only hyperplasia.

Histochemical studies on the zona reticularis of stress-susceptible pigs.

During an investigation into the role of the adrenal gland in stress susceptibility of pigs, the large lipid masses in the inner zona reticularis were seen to be particularly related to sex differences, although stress-susceptible castrates had significantly more lipid in this zone than had stress-resistant castrates. Significant histochemical differences were also found in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and succinic dehydrogenase between the sexes and between castrates of differing susceptibility to stress. The differences in histochemical activity suggest a different origin for some of the adrenocortical cells in the inner zona reticularis.

Cortical hyperplasia of the adrenal gland in the dog.

A survey of the adrenal glands of 151 dogs revealed 33 cases of nodular cortical hyperplasia and six cases of diffuse cortical hyperplasia. The gross, microscopic and ultrastructural changes seen in these two forms of the condition are compared. Detailed measurements indicate that a morphometric study is of some value in establishing a post mortem diagnosis of hyperadrenocorticalism.

Tumours of the adrenal gland and paraganglia.

This classification is arranged in two parts in order to take into account the different origins, structures, and functions of the cortex and medulla. The tabular classification is a simplified version of that suggested for adrenal tumours in man, and includes cortical adenoma and carcinoma, phaeochromocytoma, chemodectoma, neurofibroma, ganglioneuroma and ganglioneuroblastoma, and neuroblastoma. A detailed functional classification is not given, since the hormonal activity of many adrenal tumours in animals is less well known than it is in man.