had no relevance to his illness. He was a non-pigmented normotensive man with an enlarged (6 cm below costal margin) firm non-tender liver, and was otherwise normal. Apart from minor abnormality of liver function tests the results of other relevant laboratory investigations were normal. The serum iron was 57 7 Mmol/l (322 Mg/100 ml) and 100 saturated transferrin. The resting electrocardiogram (...

Abstract Lung cancer (LC) is one of the most common causes death globally. Adults aged 55+, (ex)-smokers and living in areas deprivation are at greater risk from lung cancer. Leading to a 20% decrease mortality rates, screening with Low Dose CT (LDCT) promising means detecting LC early. Autoantibody biomarker blood tests may play role identifying people suitable for LDCT screening, forming nati...

800x600 background : hepatitis b and c infections have remained major global health burdens during the most recent century. the viral agents responsible for these diseases share common modes of transmission with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) such as needle-sharing in iv drug abusers. coinfection of hepatitis b or c with hiv increases the rate of progression of chronic liver disease. given ...

Background and Aims: The genes involved in detoxification and the elimination of toxic metabolites have a vital role in cancer pathogenesis. Also, there is evidence that higher amounts of body fat are associated with increased risks of several cancers. The current study aims to identify the relationship of age, body mass index (BMI), smoking, family history, and polymorphism rs1056827 of CYP1B1...

The importance of the blood volume in maintaining a normal circulation is now well recognized. The circulation will fail if the volume of blood becomes too small to fill the vascular system adequately. In general, the quantity of blood in the vascular bed is of more significance in maintaining a normal cardiac output than is the proportion of red cells to plasma. Because the volume of plasma ca...

BACKGROUND Nutritional status of pre adolescent children is not widely studied in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional status among pre-adolescent school children in a rural province of Sri Lanka. METHODS A school based cross sectional study was carried out in North Central Province in 100 rural schools, selected using multi stage cluster sampling with probabi...

BACKGROUND Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are a family of commonly used synthetic chemicals that have become widespread environmental contaminants. In human serum, perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perflurooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are most frequently detected, in part owing to their long elimination half-lives of between 3.8 yrs (PFOA) and 8.5 yrs (PFHxS). These PFA...