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"You must carry your wheelchair" : barriers to accessing healthcare in a South African rural area
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015-10-01)Background: There is international evidence that people with disabilities face barriers when accessing primary healthcare services and that there is inadequate information about effective interventions that work to ... -
Young breast cancer patients in the developing world : incidence, choice of surgical treatment and genetic factors
(Medpharm Publications, 2007-10)Carcinoma of the breast is the most common cause of cancer in women in Western society. Although breast cancer occurs predominantly in older premenopausal and postmenopausal women, it also occurs in young women. Literature ... -
ZAMSTAR, The Zambia South Africa TB and HIV Reduction study : design of a 2x2 factorial community randomized trial
(BioMed Central, 2008-11)Background: TB and HIV form a deadly synergy in much of the developing world, especially Africa. Interventions to reduce the impact of these diseases at community level are urgently needed. This paper presents the design ... -
Zinc and platelet membrane microviscosity in Alzheimer's disease. The in vivo effect of zinc on platelet membranes and cognition
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1997)Objectives. To investigate the effects of oral zinc supplementation on: (i) plasma zinc concentrations; (ii) platelet membrane microviscosity in vivo; and (iii) cognitive function of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. ... -
The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome : a case report
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1985)A vagotomy and antrectomy was performed on a 15-year-old boy with malignant gastrinoma for emergency control of massive upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage from a large posterior penetrating duodenal ulcer in the presence ... -
Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis : induced tuberculosis in humans
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013-06)We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific ... -
The β-adrenoceptor and endocrine abnormalities in juvenile depression
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1990)Neuro-endocrine disturbances were determined in juvenile depressives and possible correlations with biochemical abnormalities investigated. It was established that, as in adult depressives, the young also showed a high ... -
β-cell response to high fat diet induced metabolic demands in the obese Wistar rat
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: A westernized diet rich in saturated fats and sugars, together with a sedentary lifestyle, has contributed to the dramatic increase in obesity during the last decade (Zimmett et al, 2001; ...