Background Traditional physicians in Sri Lanka and India use extracts from the plant Salacia reticulata, or Kothala Himbutu (KH) to treat diabetes. The effect of a KH biscuit, taken as snack, on glycemic control was investigated patients with type 2 Methodology This triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, two-period, two-sequence, crossover study conducted Internal Medical Clinic, Teachin...

Aluminium hydroxide is used to prevent hyperphosphataemia in patients undergoing dialysis, but many standard preparations are unpalatable. In this study hydrated aluminium sucrose was suspended in synthetic cream and used as a biscuit filling. Six patients undergoing dialysis took part in five five-week study periods comparing different forms of treatment. No significant difference was found be...

Several substances/food baits and admixtures thereof were tested in a perspex trap, treated with insecticide [email protected] mg/cm2. Bioefficacy for housefly trapping was evaluated. Combination of ingredients was found to be more effective than individual ingredients. A combination of some easily available and cheap ingredients were employed for field trials. The admixtures of milk powder, dog b...

form complicating pregnancy and labour. The connexion between the generative organs and the nervous system is so intimate that functional disturbances of the latter in pregnancy are frequent. It is important, however, to remember that such disturbances as we commonly associate with hysteria may be the early symptoms of a grave nervous lesion, as the following case shows. The patient was a young...