Association of Family History and Life Habits in the Development of Colorectal Cancer: A Matched Case-Control Study in Mexico.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers and, as such, is important for public health. The increased incidence of this neoplasm is attributed to non-modifiable controls such as family history and modifiable variable behavioral risk factors involved in lifestyle like diets in Mexico. The presence of these factors is unknown.

[Definition and classification of cerebral palsy: a problem that has already been solved?].

Aim: To carry out a review of the definition and classification of cerebral palsy (CP) from a historical point of view and in the light of current knowledge.

Development: Defining and classifying CP in the medical literature have been difficult to achieve. The different definitions and classifications have represented a limitation when it comes to interpreting the results of epidemiological studies.

Reproductive behaviour of couples at risk for sickle cell disease in Cuba: a follow-up study.

Three hundred and forty-three Cuban women at risk of having children with sickle cell anaemia or sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease were interviewed 2-8 years after the index pregnancy (that in which their risk was detected). The aim was to collect information on their attitude towards prenatal diagnosis in subsequent pregnancies. Twenty-two per cent (75/343) had dissolved their marriage and 9 per cent of these (7/75) considered that their at-risk status had influenced the separation.