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Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. The most common is type 2 diabetes, usually in adults, which occurs when the body becomes
Background:
Many myopathies are inherited in a recessive manner, but in some of these recessively inherited disorders, clinical manifestations may potentially manifest in carriers of just a single mutation. This has recently been demonstrated by researchers for the recessively inherited limb girdle
1. OBJECTIVE- To assess the efficacy of co-administered chloroquine+primaquine (CQ+PQ) vs.CQ alone (PQ being postponed up to day 28 of CQ therapy) as a schizontocidal therapy (28-day follow-up) and as radical cure among uncomplicated P. vivax malaria (6-month follow-up). Specifically:
- To measure
Statins, a class of hydroxyl methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors that lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, are commonly prescribed to patients with the metabolic syndrome or those with multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors when lifestyle changes fail to achieve LDL targets to
5 Introduction Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a slowly progressing neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by i) a hypokinetic movement disorder which defines MSA of the parkinsonian type (MSA-P) or by ii) cerebellar symptoms which define MSA of the cerebellar type (MSA-C). In both types
Background.
Ascites is the most frequent complication of liver cirrhosis and carries a significant worsening of the prognosis. Medical treatment of uncomplicated ascites is based on diuretics associated to a mild reduction of dietary sodium intake. Approximately 10% of patients per year develop
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or motor neuron disease (MND), is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurodegenerative condition characterized by loss of upper and lower motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The terms ALS and MND are often used inter-changeably to cover the different clinical
SHIATSU ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA Protocol for an Open Pilot Study
1. Background Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic mental illness that affects approximately 1% of the population worldwide. While the pharmacological treatments available have advanced considerably in the last fifty years,
1. OBJECTIVES
To assess the effectiveness of self-management interventions in men with uncomplicated LUTS.
2. STUDY DESIGN
2.1 This is a randomised controlled trial comparing self-management with standard therapy. These interventions are proposed to optimise watchful waiting, providing an