The Best Vitamins and Minerals for Seniors

For seniors deficient in vitamins B and D, calcium, and iron, supplements can help with nutritional balance.

And Then I Was Sued....For Millions of Dollars

This article is an IMG's personal story sent anonymously by someone who is not the writer, although signed by the writer. Even though we cannot confirm its authenticity, yet its fresh and vivid writing can only come from a personal experience; but much more, it contains highly valuable lessons for any IMG doctor (just like the story of Hadiza Garba in the UK), especially for IMGs practicing in the United States and other western countries. It re-emphasizes the need for detailed documentation in medical practice. This personal story is compelling and really worth the read. Enjoy...

Diabetes - An Overview of the Key Facts

Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. A person with prediabetes has a blood sugar level higher than normal, but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. He or she is at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy. So how does one prevent Diabetes? Research studies have found that moderate weight loss and exercise can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes among adults at high-risk of diabetes.

Acute Pancreatitis - Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management

Pancreatitis is an inflammatory process in which pancreatic enzymes autodigest (i.e. self-digests) the gland. The gland sometimes heals without any impairment of function or any morphologic changes; this process is known as acute pancreatitis. Pancreatitis can also recur intermittently, contributing to the functional and morphologic loss of the gland; recurrent attacks are referred to as chronic pancreatitis.

Ageing and health: Understanding the Facts and Challenges

AGEING AND HEALTH

People worldwide are living longer. Today, for the first time in history, most people can expect to live into their sixties and beyond. By 2050, the world’s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 900 million in 2015. Today, 125 million people are aged 80 years or older. By 2050, there will be almost this many (120 million) living in China alone, and 434 million people in this age group worldwide. By 2050, 80% of all older people will live in low- and middle-income countries.

To Err Is Homicide in Britain: The Case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba

The good that doctors do is oft interred by a single error. The case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a trainee pediatrician in the NHS, convicted for homicide for the death of a child from sepsis, and hounded by the General Medical Council (GMC), is every junior doctor's primal fear.

Saturated Fat Does Not Clog the Arteries And Does Not Cause Heart Attacks

Coronary artery disease pathogenesis and treatment urgently requires a paradigm shift because saturated fat does not clog the arteries. This is the conclusion of a landmark April 2017 systematic review and meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions, the publication further adds.

Lassa fever - Symptoms, Transmission, Management and Prevention (An Overview of the Key Facts)

Lassa fever is an acute viral illness that occurs in west Africa. The illness was discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria. The virus is named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases occurred. The virus, a member of the virus family Arenaviridae, is a single-stranded RNA virus and is zoonotic, or animal-borne.

Guillain–Barré Syndrome - Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Key Facts

In Guillain-Barré syndrome, the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The syndrome can affect the nerves that control muscle movement as well as those that transmit feelings of pain, temperature and touch. This can result in muscle weakness and loss of sensation in the legs and/or arms.

Yellow Fever - Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Key Facts

No one knows for certain, but scientists believe that yellow fever has plagued the world for at least 3,000 years. It is believed the disease was brought into the western world on slave ships from West Africa. The first definitive evidence of yellow fever in the Americas was in Mayan manuscripts describing an outbreak of the disease in the Yucatan and Guadeloupe in 1648. Yellow fever virus is found in parts of tropical and subtropical areas in Central and South America, and Africa.

Healthy Diet - Basic Principles and Practical Advice for Daily Living

A healthy diet is one that helps to maintain or improve overall health. A healthy diet provides the body with essential nutrition: fluid, adequate essential amino acids from protein, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and adequate calories. The requirements for a healthy diet can be met from a variety of plant-based and animal-based foods.

Huntington Breakthrough: New Drug May Stop or Cure The Disease

The defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time. An experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid, safely lowered levels of toxic proteins in the brain.

Chikungunya Viral Disease: Transmission, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Prevention and Key Facts

Chikungunya (pronunciation: chik-en-gun-ye) is a mosquito-borne viral disease first described during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952. The most common symptoms are fever and joint pain, however, other symptoms may occur.

Marburg Virus Disease Key Facts: Transmission, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Control

Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg virus disease (MVD), a disease with a case fatality ratio of up to 88%. Marburg virus disease was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, Serbia.

Avian and Other Zoonotic Influenza: Risk factors, Clinical features, Treatment and Other Key Facts

There are 3 types of influenza viruses: types A, B, and C. Influenza A viruses infect humans and many different animals. Influenza B viruses only circulate among humans and cause seasonal epidemics. Influenza C viruses can infect both humans and pigs but infections are generally mild and are rarely reported.