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There is increasing demand for herbal and nutritional supplements in the Middle East. This study aimed to examine the use of supplements by college students in Qatar and to elucidate users' views about them. A total of 419 college students completed a self-administered questionnaire. Almost half of the respondents (49.6%) had used supplements (ever users), with 32.7% reporting using them in the previous 6 months (current users). Of the latter, 27.7% had used herbal supplements, 56.2% vitamins and minerals and 56.9% non-vitamin, non-mineral, non-herbal supplements. Many participants considered supplements to be safer and more effective than conventional medicines. Supplements were preferred over conventional medicines for the treatment of digestive conditions and common respiratory ailments and for weight management. Educating health-care providers about the benefits and risks of supplements is imperative and will enable health-care practitioners to guide patients in making informed decisions about supplement use.
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Complementary Therapies/statistics & numerical data , Dietary Supplements/statistics & numerical data , Students/psychology , Students/statistics & numerical data , Universities , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Qatar , Socioeconomic FactorsABSTRACT
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a recently recognized clinical entity with specific morphologic, immunocytochemical, and genetic features. Though this tumor is mostly described to involve serosal surfaces, we report a case with ovarian involvement. The clinical presentation and differential diagnoses as well as the treatment including aggressive surgical debulking and multiagent chemotherapy are discussed.
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Abdominal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnosis , Sarcoma, Small Cell/diagnosis , Abdominal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Abdominal Neoplasms/drug therapy , Abdominal Neoplasms/secondary , Abdominal Neoplasms/surgery , Adult , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Aorta, Thoracic , Diagnosis, Differential , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Lymph Node Excision , Lymphatic Metastasis , Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy , Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology , Ovarian Neoplasms/surgery , Pelvis , Sarcoma, Small Cell/diagnostic imaging , Sarcoma, Small Cell/drug therapy , Sarcoma, Small Cell/secondary , Sarcoma, Small Cell/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
A unilateral twin tubal pregnancy occurring in a solitary fallopian tube is presented. The gynecological history was notable for a previous extrauterine pregnancy in the contralateral fallopian tube and reconstructive surgery to the ipsilateral one. Radical total salpingectomy was performed. The rationale for this management is discussed and different therapeutic alternatives presented.
