Augmentation of immune response to vaccinations through osteopathic manipulative treatment: a study of procedure.

Context: Anecdotal evidence suggested that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) may have imparted survivability to patients in osteopathic hospitals during the 1918 influenza pandemic. In addition, previous OMT research publications throughout the past century have shown evidence of increased lymphatic movement, resulting in improved immunologic function qualitatively and quantitatively.

Objectives: The following is a description of a proposed protocol to evaluate OMT effects on antibody generation in the peripheral circulation in response to a vaccine and its possible use in the augmentation of various vaccines.

Reproductive biology of albacore Thunnus alalunga.

Reproductive variables in albacore Thunnus alalunga were evaluated by gonad histology in samples of 132 males (58-118 cm fork length, L(F)) and 112 females (59-101 cm L(F)) that were collected from the western North Pacific Ocean from 2001 to 2006. In the sex ratio examination, males greatly outnumbered females in large adult fish (L(F) > 100 cm). Thunnus alalunga exhibited a protracted spawning period from March to September in the waters off eastern Taiwan and the Philippines, and the peak spawning activity occurred in March and April.

[Implementation of laparoscopic resection of the sigmoid colon, initial results and experiences].

Introduction: In recent years, the enthusiasm for laparoscopic surgery has been immense. In Denmark, laparoscopic surgery of the colon has been performed in only a few cases each year. In other countries, laparoscopic surgery foreign diseases of the colon is well established.

[Staging of rectal cancer by means of MRI. Experiences with the first twenty-five patients].

Introduction: The Danish Surgical Society recommends preoperative radiation for patients with T4 tumours of the rectum. However, the clinical examination with regard to fixation, especially for tumours in the upper part of the rectum, is encumbered by much uncertainty. MR imaging is a new modality in the staging procedure of the patient with rectal cancer.