To determine whether negative associations between enrollment in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) and one exemplar unhealthy behavior--daily smoking--are found only among people who chose these plans.Cross-sectional analysis of nationally-representative data.United States from 2007 to 2008.6,941 privately insured non-elderly adult participants

Cerebral arteries contain two primary and interacting cell types, smooth ointment muscle (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), which are each capable of sensing particular hemodynamic forces to set basal tone and brain perfusion.These biomechanical stimuli help confer tone within arterial networks upon which local neurovascular stimuli function.Tone

Background The perineal wound is considered an important source of postoperative morbidity and mortality following abdominoperineal resection (APR).Complications include wound dehiscence, infection, abscess, perineal herniation, radiation enteritis, persistent sinus, more nursing effort, prolonged hospital stay, and increase readmission with cost i