Quality of life and satisfaction with treatment in subjects with type 2 diabetes: results in Spain of the PANORAMA study.

Objectives: Few studies are available on quality of life and treatment satisfaction of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Both of them were the primary objectives of the PANORAMA (NCT00916513) study. Metabolic control, treatment patterns, and management by healthcare professionals were also evaluated.

Seroprevalence of antibodies against measles, rubella, mumps, varicella-zoster, and B. Pertussis in young adults of Madrid, Spain.

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of cases of certain immunopreventable diseases in our country. A high proportion of these have been recorded among the young adult population. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of antibodies against immunopreventable diseases with the greatest health impacts on the young adult population (19-39 y of age) in Madrid.

The burden of hospitalizations for head and neck neoplasm in Spain (1997-2008): an epidemiologic study.

Background: Cancers of the head and neck currently figure as the 6th most important cause of cancer globally. They are strongly associated with tobacco and alcohol consumption, but recent studies showed the presence of HPV in patients with these types of cancer. The incidence of cancers of the head and neck potentially attributable to HPV has increased in the last years.

The burden of hospitalizations for anus and penis neoplasm in Spain (1997-2008).

An epidemiological retrospective study has been performed to assess the burden of hospitalization by anus and penis neoplasm in the general population in Spain. All hospital discharges and deaths related to anal malign neoplasm and penile malign neoplasm from 1997 to 2008 in Spain were obtained. A total of 19,608 hospital admissions were recorded during the study period: 11,965 were related to anal malign neoplasm (4,992 in women and 6,973 in men) and 7,643 to penis malignant neoplasm.

Factors associated to infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Half of the 10 million children who die annually in the world are from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The reasons are known, but lack of will and resources avoid the development of sustainable policies. Associated factors to the high infant mortality rate (IMR) in SSA have been investigated in this research.

Hospitalization in Spain associated with malignant neoplasias of the vulva and vagina (1997-2008).

An important percentage of vulvar and vaginal cancers may be attributed to infections by the human papillomavirus. Although the incidence of invasive vulvar and vaginal cancers is low, it has remained stable over the past years. Hospital discharges related to malignant neoplasias and in situ carcinomas of the vulva and vagina from 1997 to 2008 were selected from the Minimum Data Set of the Ministry of Health in Spain.

The burden of hospitalizations for meningococcal infection in Spain (1997-2008).

All hospital discharges and deaths related to invasive meningococcal disease, meningococcal meningitis and meningococcemia in the general population from 1997 to 2008 in Spain were obtained. Among the 11,611 meningococcal infection related discharges 53% were meningococcal meningitis and 55% were meningococcemia. The annual hospitalization rate was 2.