Blending public health and primary care together means building bridges between professionals – those who deal with the health and care of individuals and those who deal with the health of a population. At the organizational level, many factors facilitate the integration of these two areas among which  a clear mandate with a vision, identified g…[Read more]

There were 554 patients admitted during 1-year period from September 2017 giving crude hip fracture incidence of 88 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI 85-90). The crude hip fracture rates among women and men were 132.2 and 35.3 per 100,000 person-years, respectively. The standardized hip fracture rate was 115.5 per 100,000 person-years. According to…[Read more]

Finally, participants whose DMPFC activity closely matched that of the average conservative or the average liberal participant were more likely to change their attitudes in the direction of that group’s position. Our work introduces a multimethod approach to study the neural basis of political cognition in naturalistic settings. Using this…[Read more]

In patients with negative RT-PCR results, 75% (308/413) had positive chest CT findings; of 308, 48% were considered as highly likely cases, with 33% as probable cases. By analysis of serial RT-PCR assays and CT scans, the mean interval time between the initial negative to positive RT-PCR results was 5.1 ± 1.5 days; the initial positive to…[Read more]

She was started on IV methylprednisolone. Her vision improved dramatically with steroids, measuring 20/50 with correction in the right eye after 24 hours and returning to baseline after five days. An extensive workup including imaging, bloodwork, and biopsies led to a diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, with PR3-positive ANCA.…[Read more]