A randomized controlled trial of rivastigmine for chronic sequels of traumatic brain injury-what it showed and taught?

Primary Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of rivastigmine for chronic sequels of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Research Design: Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover trial.

Methods And Procedures: Of 772 outpatients with TBI treated during 1993-2002, all eligible patients were contacted and 102 patients volunteered.

Uncovering hidden eating disorders using the SCOFF questionnaire: cross-sectional survey of adolescents and comparison with nurse assessments.

Background: The majority of individuals with an eating disorder remain undetected in healthcare. To improve the situation, screening for eating disorder symptoms is suggested to be a routine part of the health examination of adolescents. Given the busy practice of school healthcare, the screening tool needs to be brief and efficient.

Effect of a low dose of sea buckthorn berries on circulating concentrations of cholesterol, triacylglycerols, and flavonols in healthy adults.

Background: Epidemiological studies indicate beneficial effects of flavonoids on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Aim Of The Study: To study the effect of flavonoid-rich sea buckthorn berry (SBB) on circulating lipid markers associated with CVD risk and plasma flavonol concentration. Also investigated was whether changes in the circulating flavonol concentrations correlate with the SBB induced changes in C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration observed previously.

The natural history of thyroid function abnormalities after treatment for childhood cancer.

The aim of the study was to find out which of childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk of thyroid dysfunction, and the timeframe for its development. The consequences of different treatments, particularly chemotherapy, were of interest. Follow-up data for 291 patients from a cohort of 360 patients were available and analysed in this retrospective study.

Squamous cell carcinomas arising from different types of oral epithelia differ in their tumor and patient characteristics and survival.

A hypothesis that OSCCs originating from different types of oral epithelia may have different patient and tumor characteristics was evaluated in this retrospective analysis of 188 patients with primary OSCC treated at Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland in 1988-1997. The tumors were categorized according to the type of oral epithelium from which they have originated: (1) specialized epithelium (dorsal tongue) (2) keratinized (masticatory) epithelium, (3) non-keratinized (lining) epithelium, and (4) tongue epithelium (epithelium on the lateral border of the tongue). The relevant clinical data, including age, sex, social status, and risk behavior of the patients and clinical presentation, histopathological grading, and treatment of the tumors, as well as the follow-up information, were collected from the patient charts of the hospital.