Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlinch: An unusual presentation in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome.

Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome is an uncommon urogenital anomaly defined by uterus didelphys, obstructed hemi-vagina and unilateral renal anomalies. The most common clinical presentation is dysmenorrhoea following menarche, but it can also present as pain and an abdominal mass. Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare neuroendocrine genetic syndrome.

Effects of therapeutic lifestyle changes on peripheral artery tonometry in patients with abdominal obesity.

Background And Aims: Abdominal obesity (AO) is associated with endothelial function (EF) alteration and increased global cardiovascular (CV) risk. Therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLSC) reduce CV risk, but the impact on EF assessed by peripheral artery tonometry (PAT) is unknown. In this study, we aimed to prospectively assess the effects of TLSC on EF measured by PAT in increased CV risk patients with AO.

Plant sterol-enriched fermented milk enhances the attainment of LDL-cholesterol goal in hypercholesterolemic subjects.

Background: The number of hypercholesterolemic individuals who do not meet their cholesterol recommended targets is inappropriately high. The use of plant sterol-enriched foods could help in this clinical setting.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the efficacy and side effects of plant sterol-enriched fermented milk in reducing LDL-cholesterol and increasing the number of patients who attain their therapeutic targets.

Patterns of regular drug use in Spanish childbearing women: changes elicited by pregnancy.

Objective: To determine drug use in Spanish women before pregnancy and from conception to the awareness of pregnancy (early period of pregnancy, EPP), as well as to analyse attitudinal changes when pregnancy was planned or known.

Methods: Trained gynaecologists used a structured questionnaire to collect demographic and obstetric characteristics, histories of regular drug taking before pregnancy, attitudes towards drug taking during pregnancy and current drug use in the EPP. Women were interviewed at their first antenatal visit during the first trimester.

[The effect of pregnancy on the consumption of tobacco and alcohol].

Objectives: To determine if the knowledge of pregnancy modifies smoking and drinking habits and if some socio-demographic variables exert any influence in these changes.

Design: Descriptive observational study with a sectional design (prevalence study).

Setting: Obstetric service of a Spanish general hospital, and also three private centres in the same area.