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Public knowledge of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in Kuwait: a cross-sectional survey
Conclusions: There are deficiencies in CVD knowledge among Kuwaiti population, which could turn into insufficient preventative behaviours and suboptimal patient outcomes. There is an apparent need to establish more wide-spread and effective educational interventions, which should be sensitive to the perceptions, attitudes, and abilities of targeted individuals.
Source: BMC Public Health - November 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdelmoneim AwadHala Al-Nafisi Source Type: research

The Genetic and Clinical Significance of Fetal Hemoglobin Expression in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is phenotypically heterogenic. One major genetic modifying factor is the patient ’s level of fetal hemoglobin (HbF). The latter is determined by the patient’s β-globin gene cluster haplotype and cis-acting and trans-acting single gene polymorphisms (SNP) at other distant quantitative trait loci (QTL). The Arab/India haplotype is associated with persistently high HbF levels and also a relatively mild phenotype. This haplotype carries the Xmn1 (C/T) SNP, rs 7482144 in the HBG2 locus. The major identified trans-acting QTL contain SNPs residing in the BCL11A in chromosome 2 and the HMIP locus on ...
Source: Medical Principles and Practice - September 3, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research