Effectiveness of earlier antenatal screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia in primary care: cluster randomised trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of offering antenatal screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia in primary care as a way of facilitating earlier uptake of screening.

Design: Partial factorial cluster randomised controlled trial.

Setting: 25 UK general practices from deprived inner city areas.

Do or decline?: comparing the effects of physical inactivity on biopsychosocial components of successful aging.

Research has shown that physical activity (PA) is associated with overall successful aging (SA), but it is unknown whether PA promotes each SA component in similar ways. This cross-sectional population-based cohort study investigates SA in adults aged 60 years+ using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey ( N = 12,042). Multivariate comparisons showed that, compared to those who were PA, physical inactivity was a much stronger associate of functional limitations than either chronic disease or being socially unengaged with life.

Physical activity and successful aging in Canadian older adults.

Rowe and Kahn (1987) proposed that successful aging is the balance of three components: absence of disease and disease-related disability, high functional capacity, and active engagement with life. This study examines the relationship between physical activity involvement and successful aging in Canadian older adults using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 2.1 (N = 12,042).

Maximising recruitment and retention of general practices in clinical trials: a case study.

Background: There is limited evidence regarding the factors that facilitate recruitment and retention of general practices in clinical trials. It is therefore pertinent to consider the factors that facilitate research in primary care.

Aim: To formulate hypotheses about effective ways of recruiting and retaining practices to clinical trials, based on a case study.

Developmental contexts and sporting success: birth date and birthplace effects in national hockey league draftees 2000-2005.

Objectives: To examine relative age and birth place effects in hockey players drafted to play in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2000 and 2005 and determine whether these factors influenced when players were chosen in the draft.

Methods: 1013 North American draftees were evaluated from the official NHL website, which provided birthplace, date of birth and selection order in the draft. Population size was collected from Canadian and American census information.

The reliability of "Analyze" software in measuring orbital volume utilizing CT-derived data.

Introduction: Craniomaxillofacial surgeons require to estimate the orbital volume in a variety of clinical situations. This paper evaluates a new method based on software analysis of computerized tomography (CT) scan data.

Material And Methods: Five dried skulls with prosthetic globes and periorbita were non-helically scanned in an Elscint 2400 CT scanner.