THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (SPAIN) AND THE VIA FRANCIGENA (ITALY): A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO IMPORTANT HISTORIC PILGRIMAGE ROUTES IN EUROPE

The Camino de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and The Via Francigena (Italy): a comparison between two important historic pilgrimage routes in Europe

The Italian section of the Via Francigena, a Medieval pilgrimage route to Rome, has not yet been commercialised to its full potential when compared to the Camino de Santiago in Spain.There are many reasons for this under development.First, there is an absence of a specialised organisation focused on utilising the resources available; a difficulty t

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Fatal Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Attributed to Ovarian Tuberculosis

In developed countries, tuberculosis remains a health care challenge due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and immigration from endemic regions.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 9557 new cases in 2015, with extrapulmonary involvement in 20.2% of the cases.We present a 33-year-old woman from Cape Town, South Africa, who dev

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Bad news about an old poison. A case of nicotine poisoning due to both ingestion and injection of the content of an electronic cigarette refill

There are increasing concerns about the escalating use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).In jumbo glory double wall 2li bardak 250 ml particular, smokers have been advised by important agencies such as the US Food and Drug Administration about the potential harm to the health of these products, being now considered as drug delivery devices.Th

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