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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51147#.VFbi92fHRK0 Author(s) Sami Salman 1 , Ahmad SAlnuaimi 2 , Nizar Abdul Lateef 1 , Rana Kadhum 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq . 2 Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq . ABSTRACT Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and disabling disease that has a major impact on the lives of patients. Objectives: To test the patients’ knowledge about their disease, it’s treatment, its complications, and if this affects severity of the disease as measured by the disease activity index (DA...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50844#.VE3WkFfHRK0 Author(s)   Raj Kumar Nayak 1 , Mohammod Easin Rahaman Kahn 2 , Ellis Janzon 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Frederiksberg hospital KBH, Copenhagen, Denmark . 2 Health and Society, Department of Public Health, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden . ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of stroke has decreased in Sweden as well as in most developed countries, but a high number of migrants have arrived in Sweden, during the last decades, which may have influenced the incidence. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of stroke in women, born outside as well as in Sweden. Furthermore, the aim was to examine how s...