Background: Malnourishment is highly prevalent among COPD patients. The study was carried out to assess the nutritional status of hospital admitted patients evaluate relationships between indices and pulmonary function parameters with severity correlation. Methods: A cross-sectional observational done constituting 50 spirometryproven at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Lung measured by routine s...

Diagnosis: Superior mesentartic artery (SMA) syndrome. The radiographic and CT findings (figures 1 and 2) are consistent with SMA syndrome. This is an infrequent cause of highintestinal obstruction that occurs in association with a period of rapid weight loss. Although initially described in the 1820s [1], its status as a true clinical syndrome was not confirmed until the late 1960s, with impro...

[1] Most food production depends, directly or indirectly, on freshwater resources. In the absence of importation of food commodities, population growth is constrained by the availability of local resources—including water—as well as by cultural and health‐related factors. The global trade of massive amounts of food makes societies less reliant on locally available water resources, thereby allow...

Although beneficial effects of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition have been demonstrated in ill (ischemic, failing) hearts, it has not been proved that ACE inhibition induces changes in healthy hearts. The question is of clinical relevance, as many hypertensive patients do not display cardiac damage at the onset of treatment with ACE inhibitors, and possible changes in cardiac work ...

10.1586/14750708.4.4.473 © 2 Patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) commonly struggle with an eating disorder as well, which raises several issues for treatment providers. First and foremost, the patient who is seeking treatment for OCD may not have identified or disclosed the presence of an eating disorder, leaving it to the clinician to accurately assess these diagnoses. Diagnosis ...

Gene therapies for neurological diseases with autonomic or gastrointestinal involvement may require global gene expression. Gastrointestinal complications are often associated with Parkinson's disease and autism. Lewy bodies, a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's brains, are routinely identified in the neurons of the enteric nervous system (ENS) following colon biopsies from patients. The ENS ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver condition that can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer. It is considered an emerging health problem due to malnourishment or a high-fat diet (HFD) intake, which is observed worldwide. It is well known that the hepatocytes' apoptosis phenomenon is one of the most important features of NAFLD. Thus, this review ...

BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence and associated factors with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a cohort of HIV-positive individuals with undetectable viral load on HAART. METHODS From March, 2009 to September 2009, 213 individuals between 18-70 years, period on HAART ≥12 months, viral load < 50 copies/mm(3), and CD4 ≥ 200 cells/mm(3), were consecutively enrolled at the outpatient clinic o...

BACKGROUND Frailty is a common problem among older people and it is associated with an increased risk of death and long-term institutional care. Early identification of frailty is necessary to prevent a further decline in the health status of home care clients. The aims of the present study were to determine the prevalence of frailty and associated factors among 75-year-old or older home care c...

The theme of this conference, Biotechnology: Science and Society at a Crossroad, is particularly relevant to developing countries, where decisions concerning the use of agricultural technologies profoundly affect large numbers of people. Currently, 80% of the world’s population lives in developing countries. By 2050, the United Nations estimates that the global population will increase by rough...