Impact of the 2007-2008 United States Economic Crisis on Pet Ownership.

Limited literature explores the relationship between economic impacts and pet ownership. Do people have more pets as a result of economic crises? In the current study, we answer this question by looking at the time series of pet ownership and children present in U.S.

Pre-operative Predictive Factors of Post-operative Pain in Patients With Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To analyze pre-surgical predictive factors of post-surgical pain in patients undergoing hip or knee arthoplasty.

Methods: A systematic literature review was performed. We defined a sensitive strategy on Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library up to May 2013.

Suggested guidelines for the diagnosis and management of urea cycle disorders.

Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are inborn errors of ammonia detoxification/arginine synthesis due to defects affecting the catalysts of the Krebs-Henseleit cycle (five core enzymes, one activating enzyme and one mitochondrial ornithine/citrulline antiporter) with an estimated incidence of 1:8.000. Patients present with hyperammonemia either shortly after birth (~50%) or, later at any age, leading to death or to severe neurological handicap in many survivors.

Metabolic syndrome in childhood.

The so-called epidemic of childhood obesity has increased the interest in the metabolic syndrome (MS) due to the potential projection into adulthood. Prevalence of the MS in adolescents has been estimated to be 6.7% in young adults and 4.

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in rat maternal milk, offspring brain and peripheral tissues in essential fatty acid deficiency.

Fatty acid status in humans is usually related to plasma or red blood cell fatty acid profiles. The aim of the study was to explore whether a maternal deficiency in dietary essential fatty acids would differentially affect lipid fractions in several tissues of the offspring, including brain. Female Wistar rats were fed an essential fatty acid-deficient diet during 3 months before mating.