New Approaches to the Body Bataille, Sylvaine; Constantine, Elaine; Cox, Ailsa ...
Angles (Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur),
2016
Journal Article
Chronic necrotizing or semi-invasive aspergillosis represents a disease commonly occurred in patients with mild immunodeficiency. We report a case of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis in ...immunocompetent patient without underlying disease. The discovery of the disease was made accidentally, by finding a nodular opacity on a routine chest X-ray. The diagnostic was confirmed by pathological and bacteriological examination. With specific antifungal treatment, no complete eradication was obtained and the patient has a slow evolution with many relapses.
À mi-chemin entre oppidum gaulois et thermes antiques, le site de « La Carie » à Entrammes, installé près d’un gué sur un affluent de la Mayenne, a livré une succession stratigraphique débutant vers ...le milieu de La Tène moyenne, prenant son ampleur au Haut-Empire et finissant par une petite nécropole mérovingienne. Ces éléments s’organisent au sud, puis des deux côtés d’une large voie gauloise puis antique. L’habitat gaulois, peu dense, va en se complexifiant avant un abandon vers la fin de La Tène D1. Sur les mêmes bases, le site est réoccupé à partir de Tibère, des fours de potiers marquant la création d’une zone artisanale périphérique au nouveau chef-lieu du pagus gallo-romain d’Entrammes. À la période flavienne, de nouvelles structures sont élevées et agrandies jusqu’au début de la période sévérienne. Au Bas-Empire, si l’habitat est abandonné, la voie continue d’être utilisée ; une petite nécropole mérovingienne atteste de la permanence de cette dernière au moins jusqu’au viiie siècle. Enfin, mentionnons qu’un abondant mobilier, peu diversifié, illustre l’occupation, essentiellement de la période gauloise à la fin du Haut-Empire.
Postmenopausal women are reported to be at higher risk of eye diseases than men. The purpose of our study is to determine the relationships between endocrine status, specially plasma sex hormones ...levels, and the severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a large community-based sample of older French women.
The POLA (Pathologies Oculaires Liées à l'Age) Study is a population-based study on age-related eye diseases and their risk factors. The study enrolled 2584 residents of Southern France, among whom 1451 women aged 60 years or older were recruited between June 1995 and July 1997. A standardized international classification and grading system for AMD was used. Circulating sex hormones levels were measured from fasting blood samples.
No association of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), hysterectomy, or oophorectomy was found with soft drusen, pigmentary abnormalities, or late AMD. After multivariate adjustment, higher plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) were associated with a higher prevalence of soft drusen (OR
=
1.21; 95% CI
=
1.01–1.44).
These results may indicate no beneficial effect of HRT on AMD. The positive association of DHEAS with AMD requires further investigation.
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GEOZS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, UL, UM, UPCLJ, UPUK
OBJECTIVE:: To analyse the relationships between body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, physical activity and the risk of type 2 diabetes in a French elderly population. DESIGN AND ...SUBJECTS:: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 1113 men and 1419 women aged 60 y or more, participating in the POLA Study. RESULTS:: The prevalence of diabetes was two-fold higher in men than in women (19.1% and 9.3%, respectively). The anthropometric variables studied--body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and the waist/hip ratio (WHR)--were all positively related to the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. The strongest relationships were found for BMI in men and WHR in women. In both genders, sport activity and diabetes were inversely linked whereas no relationship was shown between the amount of household activity and diabetes mellitus. CONCLUSION:: In the elderly, overall obesity in men and abdominal fat accumulation in women appeared strongly related to diabetes. Sport activity was negatively and independently associated with the prevalence of diabetes mellitus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY: (2001) 25, 512-518
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DOBA, EMUNI, FIS, FZAB, GEOZS, GIS, IJS, IMTLJ, IZUM, KILJ, KISLJ, MFDPS, NLZOH, NUK, OILJ, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, SBMB, SBNM, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK, VKSCE, ZAGLJ
Prevalence rate of cataract is higher in women than in men. Sex hormones have been hypothesized to be linked with this gender difference. Our aim is to study the relationships between hormonal status ...and cataract in postmenopausal women.
The Pathologies Oculaires Liées à l'Age (POLA) study is a population-based study on age-related eye diseases and their risk factors, in 2584 residents of Sète (France). Cataract classification was based on a standardized lens examination, according to Lens Opacities Classification System III. Biological measurements were performed from fasting blood samples. We conducted a cross-sectional study in the female participants (n
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1451) aged over 60 years.
No association of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with any type of cataract was found, but an increased risk of cataract surgery was observed in women with a long duration of hormone therapy (⩾5 years) (multivariate-adjusted odds ratio (OR)
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3.80; 95% CI: 1.45–9.94). Globally, the risk for cataract (any type) was not associated with a long duration of HRT use (OR
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1.06; 95% CI: 0.64–1.74). After multivariate adjustment, oophorectomy was associated with a reduced risk of cataract (OR
=
0.60; 95% CI
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0.38–0.94). In the multivariate model, no association was found between estradiol, total testosterone or sex-hormone–binding globulin and cataract. However, high levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) were associated with a reduced risk of cataract (OR=0.79; 95% CI: 0.63–0.99).
HRT use was not associated with cataract. A reduced risk of cataract was found in oophorectomized women and in women with high DHEAS levels.
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