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The article offers information about a research related to retromesenteric para-aortic lymphadenectomy (RPL), surgical removal of one or more groups of lymph nodes, in case of gynecologic malignancy. It mentions that due to tedious preparations, lymphadenectomies are seldom performed. It informs that a blunt preparation was used to separate the mesentery of the descending colon from the kidney. It mentions that the results indicate that RPL is helpful in risk mitigation.

The high level of meat and saturated fat consumption in the USA and other high-income countries exceeds nutritional needs and contributes to high rates of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and some cancers. Affluent citizens in middle- and low-income countries are adopting similar high-meat diets and experiencing increased rates of these same chronic diseases. The industrial agricultural system, now the predominant form of agriculture in the USA and increasingly world-wide, has consequences for public health owing to its extensive use of fertilisers and pesticides, unsustainable use of resources and environmental pollution. In industrial animal production there are public health concerns surrounding feed formulations that include animal tissues, arsenic and antibiotics as well as occupational health risks and risks for nearby communities. It is of paramount importance for public health professionals to become aware of and involved in how our food is produced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Approximately 30% of the cultivated cropland in the state of Wisconsin is devoted to alfalfa ( Medicago sativa) production. Much of the alfalfa forage produced is used to feed the approximately 1,350,000 dairy cattle found in the state. A key concern of dairy producers is the cation to anion balance in rations for dry and early lactation cows, which is greatly influenced by soil K levels. This study was designed to examine the interactive effects that varying soil pH levels and annual potassium applications would have on forage mineral balance, yield, and quality. Three locations with varying soil textures were used for this 4-yr study. Results indicate that soil pH and applied K can both significantly influence forage yield, quality, and cation levels. At soil pH levels that are near optimum for alfalfa production and yield levels in the 8–10 Mg ha -1 range, it appears that approximately 224 kg K 2 O ha -1 is required annually to optimize yield and stand quality and to maintain soil test in the optimum category. At all locations, as soil K increased, tissue K increased, and to a much smaller extent, tissue Ca and Mg decreased. Annual K application resulted in a buildup of soil test K and a decrease in soil test Ca and Mg. Increasing soil pH, and consequently soil test Ca, did not consistently result in reduced tissue K levels. However, liming these acid soils was essential to optimize alfalfa yield. Keeping soil test K levels in the optimum range appears to be the best strategy for keeping forage tissue K levels in acceptable ranges for use as dry cow and early lactation dairy feed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effectiveness of the nitrification inhibitors, nitrapyrin and dicyandiamine, in reducing nitrogen loss from soil and preventing reduction in crop yield was evaluated in field studies conducted over dozens of site years in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin on corn, wheat, and a vegetable crop, potato. Both chemicals were effective in retarding the nitrification of ammoniacal fertilizers, including nitrogen from liquid animal manures, but this inhibitor did not always result in yield increases above that obtained with equivalent amounts of nitrogen applied without inhibitor. Greatest benefits for nitrification inhibitor use was obtained on coarse‐textured soils under conditions that were conducive to nitrate nitrogen loss when nitrogen was applied at rates not considered to be excessive. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An abstract of the article "Prenatal detection of congenital heart defects is hampered by overweight and obesity: Review on 19,687 pregnant women," by A. Schroer and colleagues is presented.