/library/oar/handle/123456789/44048 2025-12-25T12:46:24Z 2025-12-25T12:46:24Z Micallef, Adrian /library/oar/handle/123456789/44849 2019-07-15T19:41:06Z 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Cosmetic dermatology : a medical intervention or an aesthetic procedure? Authors: Micallef, Adrian Abstract: Disfigurement of face and body through disease or trauma has inspired the development of various ingenious surgical and non-invasive techniques which, aided by advances in research and technology, have evolved into the speciality of plastic and reconstructive surgery. In tandem with these developments, society has imposed an increasing desire to retain and enhance aesthetic features, so it is not surprising that the application of these techniques would eventually evolve into the fascinating art and science of aesthetic dermatology. The boundary between correcting and enhancing desirable features or changing unflattering ones has thus been blurred, and in the following article, we shall be reviewing some examples of these applications.

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Title: Update on avian influenza : november 2006 Abstract: Data collected from human cases in Vietnam and Thailand since 2003 show that disease and mortality from H5N1 avian influenza tends to be more severe among children than adults. This is complicated by the fact that severe and fatal H5N1 infections in children and adolescents have been shown to occur in the absence of respiratory presentations or marked respiratory involvement. This represents an apparent change in the epidemiology of the H5N1 virus in humans subsequent to the 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong. where severe disease symptoms were seen less frequently among children than adults.

2006-11-01T00:00:00Z Savona-Ventura, Charles /library/oar/handle/123456789/44846 2019-07-15T19:41:01Z 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Advances in oral hormonal contraception Authors: Savona-Ventura, Charles Abstract: Various Egyptian medical papyra describe methods for increasing fertility and for decreasing the likelihood of conception. The Industrial Revolution, beginning in the middle of the eighteenth century, resulted in dramatic changes in world economy. The resulting urbanisation brought on major problems of poverty, crowding and over-population with the attendant health hazards. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the birth control movement had got under way first in Britain and subsequently in the United States. The methods of birth control available at the time included natural methods [prolonged lactation, the safe period and coitus interruptus]; barrier techniques [condom, cervical cap and diaphragm]; and surgical interventions [intrauterine device, abortion and sterilization]. Pre-twentieth century contraceptive methods known to have been used in Malta included prolonged lactation, coitus interruptus and abortion. These were generally frowned upon by the clergy and medical community alike.

2006-11-01T00:00:00Z Pace, Joseph L. /library/oar/handle/123456789/44809 2019-07-12T19:37:56Z 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Recent advances in treatment of non melanoma skin cancer Authors: Pace, Joseph L. Abstract: Actinic (Solar) Keratoses now considered by many authorities to represent a superficial squamous cell carcinoma, 2. Bowen's disease, 3. Basal cell carcinoma, 4. Squamous cell carcinoma. A world wide epidemic of tsunami proportions of NMSC continues, in part due to the: aging of the world's population; • increased frequency of early childhood sunburns; increased exposure to UV light; • fashion trends (arsenic has made something of a comeback being found repeatedly in some alternative medicine preparations from 3rd world countries but now also available in the West); increased leisure, sun-holidays; depletion of ozone layer; and, more recently, immunosuppression (eg. medication following organ transplant and AIDS). Squamous cell carcinoma has increased 30%, whilst Basal cell carcinoma have increased 75% over 10 years in South Wales. It is also likely that similar increases have occurred in other parts throughout the Western world.

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