Acceptability and feasibility of mifepristone-misoprostol for menstrual regulation in Bangladesh (Publications)
CONTEXT: Annually, more than 700,000 women turn to menstrual regulation, or uterine evacuation with vacuum aspiration; many more resort to unsafe abortion. Using pills for the evacuation of the uterus
Artemether administered together with hemin damages schistosomes in vitro (Publications)
We conducted experiments in vitro to assess the effect of artemether in combination with haemin on adult Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni and S. haematobium. When schistosomes were maintained in a me
Evaluation of the "future non-smokers" campaign of the Swiss Society of Pharmacists (Publications)
In order to promote low threshold smoking cessation, a campaign was organized by the Swiss Society of Pharmacists in 616 Swiss pharmacies. The evaluation of this project took into consideration the ac
Screening for mutations related to atovaquone/proguanil resistance in treatment failures and other imported isolates of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Two single-point mutations of the Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b gene (Tyr268Asn and Tyr268Ser) were recently reported in cases of atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone) treatment failure. Ho
Severe dengue virus infection in travelers: risk factors and laboratory indicators (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Dengue fever is the most common arboviral disease in travelers. In countries where dengue virus is endemic, sequential (secondary) infections with different dengue virus serotypes are asso
A new single nucleotide polymorphism in the insulin-like growth factor I regulatory region associates with colorectal cancer risk in singapore chinese (Publications)
Elevated levels of plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) are a potential risk factor for several cancers, including colorectal cancer. Physiologic levels of plasma IGF-I vary greatly; this varia
