Facial morphology predicts male fitness and rank but not survival in Second World War Finnish soldiers. (73/81)

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Prevalence, predictors and covariates of functional status impairment among Finnish Second World War veterans during 1992-2004. (74/81)

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Women veterans' healthcare delivery preferences and use by military service era: findings from the National Survey of Women Veterans. (75/81)

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Early life stress and physical and psychosocial functioning in late adulthood. (76/81)

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Visualizing Europe's demographic scars with coplots and contour plots. (77/81)

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Long-term health effects in adults born during the Holocaust. (78/81)

BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that exposure to starvation and stress between conception and early infancy may have deleterious effects on health later in life; this phenomenon is termed fetal origin of adult disease. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether exposure to the Holocaust from preconception to early infancy is a cause of chronic morbidity in adulthood. METHODS: This pilot study involved 70 European Jews born in countries under Nazi rule (exposed group) during the period 1940-1945 who were interviewed to determine the presence of chronic diseases. A control group of 230 Israeli-born individuals of the same descent, age, and gender distribution were extracted from the Israel National Health Interview Survey-2 (unexposed group). The prevalence of selected risk factors and chronic diseases was compared between the groups. RESULTS: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and morbidity was significantly higher in the exposed group: body mass index (BMI) (29.06 +/- 3.2 vs. 26.97 +/- 4.42, P = 0.015), hypertension (62.9% vs. 43%, P = 0.003), dyslipidemia (72.9% vs. 46.1%, P < 0.001), diabetes (32.9% vs. 17.4%, P = 0.006), angina pectoris (18.6% vs. 4.8%, P = 0.001) and congestive heart failure (8.6% vs. 1.7%, P = 0.013). The prevalence of cancer (30.0% vs. 8.7% P < 0.001), peptic ulcer disease (21.4% vs. 7%, P = 0.001), headaches/migraines (24.3% vs. 12.6%, P < 0.001) and anxiety/depression (50.0% vs. 8.3%, P < 0.001) was also higher in the exposed group. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that exposure to Holocaust conditions in early life may be associated with a higher prevalence of obesity, dyslipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular morbidity, malignancy and peptic diseases in adulthood. These findings set the stage for further research, which might define those exposed as a high risk group for chronic morbidity.  (+info)

The attempt on the life of Reinhard Heydrich, architect of the "final solution": a review of his treatment and autopsy. (79/81)

Reinhard Heydrich, architect of the "Final solution of the Jewish problem," had a meteoric career in the SS. He organized the Wannsee Conference and created the SS killing squads. Under his leadership as Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, the suppression of the Czech community was brutal. An attempt on his life in Prague was unsuccessful but it left him severely injured and he died eight days later. Reviewing the available information on his hospital treatment and the autopsy report, it is suggested that Heydrich received substandard medical treatment, quite likely a result of political interference from rival members of the SS hierarchy.  (+info)

Venereal disease control by health departments in the past: lessons for the present.(80/81)

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