The use of carer assisted adherence therapy for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers (CAAT-PARK): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Pharmacological intervention is essential for managing the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Adherence to medication regimens however is a major problem. Poor adherence leads to significant motor deterioration and inadequate symptom control.

Lung carcinosarcoma as a rare biphasic sarcomatoid carcinoma: a case report.

Introduction: A fit, 57-year-old man admitted with chest pain and haemoptysis turned out to have a primary tumour in the left lung.

Case Presentation: In this 57-year-old Caucasian man, the diagnosis followed a computed tomography scan and histopathological evidence gained post-resection. The biopsy showed a uniform, spindle shape with focal pleomorphism which was suggestive of lung carcinosarcoma.

Nocardia - Opportunistic chest infection in elderly: A case report.

In this rare case a non-immunocompromised patient with old Tuberculosis on low dose of steroids presents with opportunistic infection of a weakly aerobic gram positive acid fast, filamentous bacteria called Nocardia.An 80 year old non-smoking white female presented with cough, shortness of breath and purulent sputum.Initial antibiotics given were not helpful.

Role of grand rounds in the education of hospital doctors.

The educational role of grand rounds in continuing medical education of junior hospital doctors is unclear. In this article, the authors examine the benefit for junior doctors of attending grand rounds by assessing a groups' knowledge a week before, and 4 days after a grand round. The scores obtained were compared between pre- and post-grand round periods and between grand round attenders (fully or partly) and non-attenders.