Health behaviors of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their influence on the patients' satisfaction with life.

Background: The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) carries with it a number of changes to the patient's lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle, health and preventive behaviors, as well as healthy nutrition habits play a key role in treating T2DM as well as limiting its complications.

Materials And Methods: The aim of this study was the analysis of the correlation of T2DM patients' health behaviors and their influence on the patients' quality of life.

Rare Case of Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm.

Hepatic artery aneurysms are rare, but potentially life-threatening vascular pathologies. They are usually discovered incidentally during imaging diagnostics of different pathologies. The study presented a rare case of hepatic artery pseudoaneurym with a fistula to the left branch of the portal vein.

Occupational HIV risk for health care workers: risk factor and the risk of infection in the course of professional activities.

Virtually created panic among health care workers about pandemic acquired immune deficiency syndrome prompted us to review the scientific literature to investigate the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission in the daily works of health care workers, especially surgeons and anesthesiologists. In this review, we report worldwide valuations of the number of HIV infections that may occur from unsafe daily work in health care. We also present how to minimize the risk of infection by taking precautions and how to utilize postexposure prophylaxis in accordance with the latest reports of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.