M A Lumsden

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..In the Working in Health Access Programme (WHAP), we report on the potential usefulness of such a measure. In addition, we describe a programme for raising awareness of higher education (HE) and careers in health care...

..Improved objectivity, fairness and effectiveness of selection procedures are desirable. The ultimate outcome sought is the graduation of competent doctors who reflect the values of and are in tune with the communities they serve...

..However, it is associated with significant complications and requires further evaluation before being accepted as a useful alternative to surgical therapy in the management of women with uterine fibroids...

..However, factual knowledge of medical science is also essential and ways of achieving a balance are discussed...

..To compare the long-term results of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) with surgery for women with symptomatic uterine fibroids...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare both ovarian function and menstrual characteristics following uterine artery embolisation (UAE) and surgery...

..Data were consistent with improvements in endothelial function, vascular smooth muscle function, or both. Controlled studies are required to confirm and extend these findings...

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..Impaired CVR is associated with elevated risk of stroke. We performed a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial to investigate the effect of two HRT preparations upon CVR...

..To determine whether motivational interviewing--a behavioural therapy for addictions-provided at home by specially trained midwives helps pregnant smokers to quit...

..Women with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are at increased cardiovascular risk and have impaired endothelial function. Any benefits of HRT on endothelial function in this group are of particular interest...

..These observations suggest that endothelin-1 may play a role in maintaining peripheral vascular tone in normal pregnancy, and the decreased sensitivity seen in pregnant women with diabetes may reflect abnormal vascular reactivity...

..UAE is also associated with a statistically significant reduction in uterine volume at six months. There was no relationship between the changes in uterine volume and MBL...

..To investigate any potential effect of fibroid size and distribution on menstrual blood loss (MBL)...

..This study suggests that the problems associated with diabetic pregnancies are unlikely to be due to vascular dysfunction...

..Furthermore, the attenuation of vasoconstrictor tone is via an endothelium-independent mechanism. This suggests that the vascular dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus does not occur with physiological insulin resistance...

..Since these statements have such an enormous impact, this presentation will consider further the background to the authorities and the mechanism by which their decisions were reached...

..Induction of a hypoestrogenic state does not appear to influence cerebral vasodilatory capacity in the short term...

..CONCLUSIONS: In women with symptomatic fibroids, the faster recovery after embolization must be weighed against the need for further treatment in a minority of patients. (ISRCTN.org number, ISRCTN23023665 [controlled-trials.com].)..

..Menorrhagia is defined in terms of statistical"abnormality"as blood loss of >80 mL. We examined the usefulness of this definition in women who were referred to gynecology clinics with heavy periods...

..Hormone replacement still offers the potential for benefit to outweigh harm, providing the appropriate regimen has been instigated in terms of dose, route and combination...

..HRT still offers the potential for benefit to outweigh harm, providing the appropriate regimen has been instigated in terms of dose, route and combination...