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Wprowadzenie. Współcześnie ponad 60% polskich internautów korzysta z Internetu w celu poszukiwania treści dotyczących zdrowia i choroby. Najliczniejszą grupę z tej społeczności stanowią studenci. Coraz częściej wykorzystują oni uzyskane z zasobów sieci internetowej informacje, aby samodzielnie diagnozować schorzenia i podejmować próby ich leczenia. To narastające zjawisko potwierdza, że obecnie w...
Introduction and objectives: In the United States, breast cancer (BC) is the most common non-skin cancer. In Poland, it is estimated that the number of new breast cancer cases affects about 13,500 women each year. There are many methods for nutritional status assessment. One of them is bioimpedance analysis (BIA). Direct bioimpedance measures (resistance, reactance, phase angle (PA)) determined by...
The aim of this study was to determine the possible relevance of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) expression in laryngeal cancer as a prognostic criterion and to analyse the correlation between the expression and clinical and pathological features vs. survival rates. The immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of pRb in 130 samples of laryngeal cancer and in 22 specimens of...
The aim of the study was to estimate the acceleration of birth parameters: body length, body weight, head and chest circumference of Lublin newborns as a response to environmental changes observed since 1964 till 2001. The environmental conditions changes were characterized by: health care standards, average consumption of selected foodstuffs, furnishings, level of education and income of households...
Hypoxia experienced by the fetus is beli ved to be a major cause of disturbed CNS function during childhood. During perinatal hypoxia endogenous opioids are released in large amounts and the developing brain in the last week of gestation may be influenced by circulating opioids, down-regulates n-opioid receptors in neonatal brain. The opioid antagonist, Naltrexone (N) blocks opiate receptors in the...
The aim of the study was to determine the potential prognostic significance of intratumoral microvessel density assessment with panendothelial marker CD34, a new and specific marker for new blood microvessels CD 105, and a potent angiogenesis modulator, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) expression in women with serous ovarian cancer. Our results suggest that strong expression of EGF-R may be...
Psychological factors, such as anxiety, fatigue or stress, may influence the course of pregnancy and lead to spontaneous abortions. Psychological comfort is advised to increase symptoms regression and successful termination of pregnancy. The study aimed to evaluate the intensification and characteristics of anxiety in women with symptoms of imminent abortion and to analyze the relationship between...
Hypoxia induces an elevation of excitotoxic amino acid concentrations and may influence hypoxic-in- duced basal ganglia injury. During pregnancy, hypoxia as the destructive factor of CNS alters concentration and mental retardation during childhood. The NMDA antagonist, MK-801, is known to block the effect of amino acids and protect the developing brain against hypoxic insults. To test the hypothesis...
Pregnancy-induced hypertension is a life threatening complication of pregnancy, both for a woman and for a child. The study aimed to evaluate models of coping with stress in a group of women with pregnancy hypertension. 30 women with pregnancy-induced hypertension were enrolled in the study. Authors made use of the Cattell Personality Factors test by K. Hirszl that assesses personality profiles and...
Analysis of the connection between giving up smoking and demographic factors, subjective health ailments and the grade of nicotine addiction according to Fageström. The anonymous survey study assumed 25 247 students, aged 15-19 years old. The respondents came from 75 towns, randomly selected from 16 provinces. The following statistic procedures have been used to identify the factors that influence...
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