Statin intake can decrease acute pancreatitis severit.

Background/objectives: Acute Pancreatitis (AP) is one of the leading gastrointestinal conditions requiring hospitalization. It has been suggested that statins could exert a protective role in the natural history of AP; however, their influence is not entirely clear. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between statin intake and AP.

Pattern of Local Recurrence After I-125 Episcleral Brachytherapy for Uveal Melanoma in a Spanish Referral Ocular Oncology Unit.

Purpose: To describe the time, frequency, and clinical characteristics of treatment failure after I-125 brachytherapy in patients with uveal melanoma treated and followed in a Spanish referral ocular oncology unit.

Design: Prospective, consecutive, interventional case series.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma from 1995 to 2016 and treated with episcleral brachytherapy were included.

Malaria in developing countries.

Malaria still poses a real threat to travellers, particularly in areas with high transmission rates such as sub-Saharan Africa, Papua New Guinea, and the South Pacific islands. Malaria causes an estimated 660,000 deaths each year from 219 million cases of illness. It is a preventable and curable disease.