Assessment of musculoskeletal disorders among cricketers playing in domestic clubs of Lahore.

Objective: To assess musculoskeletal disorders among male cricketers in an urban centre.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from October to November 2020 in Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised male cricket players aged 10-25 years playing in four domestic clubs. Data was collected about musculoskeletal disorders experienced during the preceding 12 months using the Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire.

Is human saliva an indicator of the adverse health effects of using mobile phones?

Increasing use of mobile phones creates growing concerns regarding harmful effects of radiofrequency nonionizing electromagnetic radiation on human tissues located close to the ear, where phones are commonly held for long periods of time. We studied 20 subjects in the mobile-phone group who had a mean duration of mobile phone use of 12.5 years (range 8-15) and a mean time use of 29.

Costs of crashes to government, United States, 2008.

We estimated how much the Federal government and state/local government pay for different kinds of crashes in the United States. Government costs include reductions in an array of public services (emergency, incident management, vocational rehabilitation, coroner court processing of liability litigation), medical payments, social safety net assistance to the injured and their families, and taxes foregone because victims miss work. Government also pays when its employees crash while working and covers fringe benefits for crash-involved employees and their benefit-eligible dependents in non-work hours.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in patients over 75 years old.

Background And Aims: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral tongue is one of the most frequent head and neck cancers. The over-70-year age group is the fastest growing segment of the population. Age, however, is not considered a prognostic factor in oral tongue SCC.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in patients younger than 30 years: clinicopathologic features and outcome.

Objective: To assess the possible effect of young age on clinical behaviour and survival outcome of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue.

Design: Retrospective, case control study.

Setting: A major tertiary referral centre.