Shared Risk Factors for Constipation, Fecal Incontinence, and Combined Symptoms in Older U.S. Adults.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of constipation, fecal incontinence (FI), and combined symptoms and to identify shared factors associated with bowel symptoms in older U.S. men and women DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study.

Buccal Bone Thickness in the Esthetic Zone of Postmenopausal Women: A CBCT Analysis.

Purpose: To compare bone thickness buccal to the teeth in the esthetic zone of postmenopausal women, premenopausal women, younger men and older men.

Methods: Retrospective data were randomly selected from 4 groups: 59 premenopausal women, 60 postmenopausal women, 60 men less than age 50, and 60 men more than 50. Half-root and bone crest landmarks were identified on each participant's cone beam computed tomography for teeth 7 to 10 and 23 to 26.

Closing the gap: training for healthcare workers and people with disabilities on the interrelationship of HIV and disability.

Background: HIV and disability are interrelated providing a double burden to HIV endemic countries in East and Southern Africa and their already fragile health systems. Although literature reveals that people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to HIV and that HIV, its opportunistic infections and treatments can cause disability, only few interventions target this issue and none have been evaluated in this region.

Methods: Formative evaluation was undertaken with regard to the effectiveness of a workshop-based intervention for healthcare workers and people with disabilities on the intersection of disability and HIV in order to inform the further development of this intervention.

Can the FRAX tool be a useful aid for clinicians in referring women for periodontal care?

Objective: This study aims to compare periodontitis severity in postmenopausal women whose FRAX (World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) scores indicate a major risk for osteoporotic fracture (OPF) versus controls.

Methods: Participant charts from the Case/Cleveland Clinic Postmenopausal Wellness Collaboration 853-sample database were selected based on the following inclusion criteria: (1) aged between 51 and 80 years; (2) menopause for more than 1 year but less than 10 years; (3) nonsmoker; (4) hemoglobin A1c less than 7; and (5) no glucocorticoid, hormone, RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand) inhibitor, or bisphosphonate therapy within 5 years. FRAX score was calculated, and participants were organized into two groups: women with major OPF risk (FRAX scores >20%) and controls.

Feasibility of early diagnosis and treatment of acute chest syndrome in sickle cell anaemia--a case report.

Acute chest syndrome is a serious complication and one of the causes of mortality in sickle cell disease. Twenty eight year old male was admitted in our hospital with fever, severe chest pain and haemolytic crisis. He was treated with intravenous antibiotics, fluids, parenteral analgesics and blood transfusion.