Bilateral Maxillary Duplication in Tessier No. 7 Cleft: An Uncommon Congenital Deformity with a Challenging Radiological Diagnosis.

Tessier No. 7 cleft, known as lateral facial cleft, is a rare and understudied entity with an incidence of 1/80,000-1/300,000 live births. Besides perioral tissue abnormalities manifesting as macrostomia, Tessier 7 cleft also involves anomalies of the underlying bony structures.

Low-level radon exposure and lung cancer mortality.

Background: It is agreed that high level radon exposure is harmful to humans. However, some published literature suggests that low levels of radon show no adverse effects or may even be protective. Claims made using traditional methods of analysis on observational data often fail to replicate.

Radon versus other lung cancer risk factors: How accurate are the attribution estimates?

Unlabelled: This notebook paper provides a brief overview of attribution estimates for some key lung cancer risk factors, focusing on indoor radon gas exposure in the U.S., UK, and Canada.

Marketing communication in the area of breast and cervical cancer prevention.

Background/aim: Innovative marketing campaigns and promotional activities can successfully contribute to the improvement of public health by raising the level of general knowledge about health issues and benefits that the change of habits, eradication of undesirable behaviour and regular medical controls have. The focus should be on continuous marketing communication through various mass media or direct communication between medical staff and patients. The aim of this paper was to define the role that various communication channels have in the process of informing and educating the target group in case of breast and cervical cancer prevention.

Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults.

Background: The evidence on whether vitamin D supplementation is effective in decreasing cancers is contradictory.

Objectives: To assess the beneficial and harmful effects of vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults.

Search Methods: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science to February 2014.

A reanalysis of fine particulate matter air pollution versus life expectancy in the United States.

Unlabelled: A reduction in population exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) has been associated with improvements in life expectancy. This article presents a reanalysis of this relationship and comments on the results from a study on the reduction of ambient air PM2.

A reanalysis of fine particulate matter air pollution versus life expectancy in the United States.

Unlabelled: A reduction in population exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) has been associated with improvements in life expectancy. This article presents a reanalysis of this relationship and comments on the results from a study on the reduction of ambient air PM2.

Apparent temperature and air pollution vs. elderly population mortality in Metro Vancouver.

Background: Meteorological conditions and air pollution in urban environments have been associated with general population and elderly mortality, showing seasonal variation.

Objectives: This study is designed to evaluate the relationship between apparent temperature (AT) and air pollution (PM₂.₅) vs.

Asthma prevalence associated with geographical latitude and regional insolation in the United States of America and Australia.

Background: It has been proposed that vitamin D deficiency may be responsible for an increase in the prevalence of allergic diseases and asthma worldwide. Human ability to generate physiologically required quantities of vitamin D through sun exposure is decreasing with increasing geographical latitude.

Objectives: Considering that vitamin D deficiency is usually due to lack of outdoor sun exposure, this study is designed to test the hypothesis that a higher prevalence of asthma should be expected at high relative to low geographical latitudes.