Background: The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the breakup of the former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1991 challenged the public health infrastructure in the former Soviet republic of Belarus. Because infant mortality is regarded as a sensitive measure of the overall health of a population, patterns of neonatal and postneonatal deaths were examined within the Mogilev region of Belarus between 1980 and 2000.
Background: Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are the first drugs to alter the devastating effects of Alzheimer disease. The next generation of drugs will prevent the -amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles or block enzymes that lead to neuron destruction. Effective use of these medications will require early identification of patients at risk.Methods
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