Obesity surgery---another unmet need

Unmet need for surgery in South Asia.

Cachexia vs obesity: where is the real unmet clinical need?

A striking discrepancy exists in the number of publications on obesity as compared to cachexia or wasting disorders. In PubMed, the number of entries that contain "cachexia" as a title word is only 1,825, whereas the number of entries for "obesity" in the title is 47,828, giving a ratio of 1:26 in favor of "obesity" publications. The difference in publication activities in these two fields has ...

Cancer surgery in low-income countries: an unmet need.

OBJECTIVES To describe the surgical oncology experience at a major regional hospital in Malawi and to identify barriers to improved outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective review of operating logbooks from a single tertiary referral center. SETTING Major tertiary referral center (Kamuzu Central Hospital) in Lilongwe, Malawi, in sub-Saharan Africa. PATIENTS Patients were identified with a suspected...

Allergy: the unmet need.

report on the provision of allergy services in the UK, Allergy – the unmet need: a blueprint for better patient care,1 was launched on 25 June. This excellent report was the result of detailed discussion and consultation between a multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals, which included allergists, clinical immunologists, dermatologists, chest physicians, general practitioners, speci...

Unmet Need: Specific PCOS-Diagnostic

While there are no obvious signs if a woman is suffering of «PCOS», the patient herself already feels that something is going «wrong». From puberty to menopause this syndrome without clear root cause is present, in lean women with BMI < 25 Kg/m2 as well as in overweight/obese women. PCOS became diagnosed approx. at the age 20 [3]. At that point a lot of unsureness over a couple of years was wit...