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Wheezing is common in young children and parents often worry that the child has asthma. The diagnosis of asthma in the under-fives is not always easy but assessing the severity of wheezing and whether it is transient, intermittent, persistent or associated with viral infection helps health
Dr William Whitby was a general practitioner in Sydney who, from 1978 until about 1987, self published two books extolling the virtues of smoking and ridiculing anti-smoking claims. Privately the tobacco industry regarded him as "nutty", while nonetheless believing that his views should be promoted.
Recombinant proteins are commonly expressed in prokaryotic expression systems for large-scale production. The use of genetically engineered affinity and solubility enhancing fusion proteins has increased greatly in recent years, and there now exists a considerable repertoire of these that can be
Bladder cancer is one of the few cancers that have been linked to carcinogens in the environment and tobacco smoke. Of the carcinogens tested in mouse chemical carcinogenesis models, N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN) is one that reproducibly causes high-grade, invasive cancers in the
King James VI of Scotland (Jamie the Saxt) became James I of England in 1603. This led to what is now known as the United Kingdom: indeed the flag, the Union Jack, is named after him. He was probably the best educated king to sit on a European throne, although he often lacked sagacity. He authorised
Dr. Charles Giffin Pease, a colorful, feisty, New York City reformer practiced both dentistry and medicine and lectured in various dental and medical schools. At several New York dental institutions, he taught oral surgery, materia medica, therapeutics and pathology. From the age of 12 until his
BACKGROUND
Hand eczema (HE) is a common occupational skin disease. Tobacco smoking is known to be associated with adverse cutaneous effects. However, its influence on the prognosis of occupational HE has not yet been studied.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate relations between smoking status, severity and
A 39-year-old man with no prior history of atrial fibrillation was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation and a rapid ventricular rate. For the 7 months before presentation, he had been chewing nicotine polacrilex gum on his own. The week he first developed palpitations, he was chewing more than 1
Evarts Ambrose Graham (1883-1957) was one of the most prominent American surgeons of the 20th century. Some believe that he belonged, together with William Halsted and Harvey Cushing, to the three most respected American surgeons. Graham was mainly dedicated to thoraco-surgery. He proposed a new
The author discusses instruction on the harmfulness of smoking tobacco in the Polish educational system. This concerns primarily two subjects, Nature and Biology, in which this issue appears. In this context, he examined the content of their syllabi, manuals, and teacher's guides. He presents the
Dr Glantz is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, the Truth Initiative Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and Director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He obtained a BSc in aerospace