OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify those factors in the non-pregnant state that distinguished women who developed pre-eclampsia from those who had normotensive pregnancies. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a retrospective analysis of anthropometry, ... more

I suppose they might, if one does not see pious tourist junkets as an illustration of the problem. But I have serious reservations about some aspects of the short-term phenomenon, while recognizing the goodness, the dedication and the utter ... more

Iida A, Yoshidome H, Shida T, Kimura F, Shimizu H, Ohtsuka M, Morita Y, Takeuchi D, Miyazaki M.Department of General Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. ... more

A project was launched in Kenya called “kippo” where the local people hated elephants because they raid the crops, which they have worked on for six months, and when they are about to harvest the crops the elephants create havoc. Because of this ... more

Offspring of women who smoke during pregnancy are themselves more likely to take up smoking in adolescence. We evaluated neurotoxicant effects of prenatal and adolescent nicotine exposure in developing rats to evaluate whether these contribute to a ... more