Does residential exposure to air pollutants influence mortality and cardiovascular morbidity of older people from primary care?

Background: Diseases affecting the cardiovascular system are the most common cause of death worldwide. In addition to classical risk factors of atherosclerosis, long-term exposure to particulate matter with particles of size up to 10 µm (PM10) in the atmosphere has become an increasing focus of scientific attention in recent decades. This study analyses the associations of residential-associated air pollutants exposure with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular morbidity of older patients in a primary care setting.

Nuclear DNA content-derived parameters correlated with heterogeneous expression of p53 and bcl-2 proteins in clear cell renal carcinomas.

Background: p53 and bcl-2 are two key genes involved in cell cycle and cell death regulation. Altered expression or mutation of these genes has been found in human cancers and also has been identified in clear cell renal carcinoma (RCC). Their role in RCC progression, however, is still unclear.

[Ureteral calculi: comparison of echographic and radiologic scanning].

The ureteral calculi can be treated, today in situ with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. In our study we have used three different lithotriptors, two with fluoroscopic scanning, one with ultrasound scanning. The patients we have treated with ultrasound scanning lithotriptor Dornier MPL 9000 were 48 (22M-26F), while 210 patients were treated with fluoroscopic scanning lithotriptor, respectively 23 (15M-8F) with Direx Tripter XI and 187 with Dornier HM3.