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The association between renal impairment and polypharmacy among older Palestinian patients: a multi-center cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates a relationship between polypharmacy and renal impairment. Some people with renal impairment receive drugs that those with kidney illness should avoid or use with caution. It is important to prescribe only necessary medication, choose non-nephrotoxic alternatives, and frequently monitor renal function.PMID:36797685 | PMC:PMC9936647 | DOI:10.1186/s12875-023-02005-9
Source: Primary Care - February 16, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Shayma Naghnaghia Zaher Nazzal Layan Abu Alya Rowa' Al-Ramahi Zakaria Hamdan Esra'a Samara Source Type: research

Challenges and Opportunities in Stroke Nursing Research: Global Views From a Panel of Nurse Researchers
This article reflects panel insights on challenges and opportunities for nurse-led stroke research. DISCUSSION: The research challenges discussed include nursing independence, the processes of informed consent and randomization process, obtaining adequate independent funding, recruiting research subjects, and working with vulnerable groups. The major opportunities to leverage and improve stroke nursing research include facilitating the nurse investigator role, information digitalization, improving health literacy, and collaboration between nurse researchers. SUMMARY: We are living in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and amb...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - May 13, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Articles Source Type: research

From Rags to Riches: Power and progress in Abu Dhabi
The Ethiad TowersBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Apr 20 2022 (IPS) I recently visited Abu Dhabi and my impressions became intermingled with worries about the war in Ukraine. I also happened to read Livy’s The Early History of Rome, written around the beginning of CE, coming across these lines: The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid....
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Energy Headlines Health Labour Middle East & North Africa TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Impact of thyroid disease in patients with atrial fibrillation: Analysis from the JoFib registry
CONCLUSION: Despite having similar stroke and bleeding risks, patients with thyroid disease demonstrated meaningful differences in their baseline characteristics. Prospective studies are required to assess the influence of thyroid hormone fluctuations on the progression of AF.PMID:35145683 | PMC:PMC8818533 | DOI:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103325
Source: Annals of Medicine - February 11, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Hanna Al-Makhamreh Abdallah Al-Ani Dana Alkhulaifat Liza Shaban Neveen Salah Rusul Almarayaty Yazan Al-Huneidy Ayman Hammoudeh Source Type: research

Ischaemic stroke management at Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip: a clinical audit
Publication date: 21 February 2018 Source:The Lancet, Volume 391, Supplement 2 Author(s): Amir Abukaresh, Rami Al-Abadlah, Bettina Böttcher, Khamis El-Essi Background In the 2014 Palestinian annual health report, cerebrovascular accident was ranked as the third leading cause of death in the occupied Palestinian territory. Cerebrovascular accident is also one the most common causes of disability worldwide. Good management decreases mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to assess the current management of patients with ischaemic stroke at the Al-Shifa Hospital and to compare this with international guidelines....
Source: The Lancet - February 23, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Factor V Leiden G1691A and prothrombin G20210A mutations among Palestinian patients with sickle cell disease
ConclusionsFVL was more prevalent among SS patients compared to controls and it was associated with higher incidence of disease complications among SCD patients.
Source: BMC Hematology - January 16, 2018 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Results of global fats and carbs study not very relevant for UK
Conclusion The results of the study have been presented in the media as if they overturn all current dietary guidelines. In the UK at least, that is completely misleading. The study results support the UK guidelines, having found that people who get around 50% of their calories from carbohydrates and 35% from fat, as recommended by Public Health England, were likely to live the longest. There are some limitations to the study, not least that observational studies cannot prove cause and effect. For example, the very low fat and high carbohydrate levels of diets found among some participants in the study might simply repres...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news

Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Complications among Palestinians with T2DM
Conclusions The present cross-sectional study shows poor glycemic control in Palestine, while blood pressure and lipids are less poorly controlled. The study emphasizes the need to optimize the glucose-lowering treatment and to implement diabetes care program that could face the challenge of high uncontrolled diabetes as well as complications of diabetes.
Source: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews - June 3, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research

Factors enhancing activities of daily living after stroke in specialized rehabilitation. An observational multicenter study within the Sunnaas International Network.
CONCLUSIONS: The study indicates that the organisation of services in specialized rehabilitation after stroke has a major impact on improvement of ADL outcomes. Main positive predictive factors were models of teamwork, with the multidisciplinary model as most beneficial, and concentrated hours of therapy. Negative predictors were the level of baseline severity and disability post stroke. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: The results indicate that organization of services should be at target to optimize patients' outcomes in rehabilitation. Furthermore, that concentrated hour's related to specific goals in therapy are pr...
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - April 14, 2017 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Langhammer B, Sunnerhagen KS, Lundgren-Nilsson Å, Sällström S, Becker F, Stanghelle JK Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research

Philadelphia Odd Couple - Silas Weir Mitchell - Neurologist-Novelist-Poet and Phillips Brooks - Brahmin Prophet - Sons of 19th Century Rittenhouse Square (P1.288)
CONCLUSIONS:Phillips Brooks and Silas Weir Mitchell were a Philadelphia odd couple closely linked by Elizabeth Mitchell, his sister. Their friendship spanned nearly a half-century and affected the intellectual prowess of each.Disclosure: Dr. Brooks has received personal compensation for activities with Biogen Idec, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Acorda Therapeutics, Cytokinetics, Synapse, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Dr. Brooks has received research support from Biogen Idec, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Cytokinetics, Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., and the National Institute of Neu...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Brooks, B. Tags: History of Neurology Source Type: research

Was Arafat poisoned by radioactive polonium?
Yasser Arafat The Maybe-Murder of Yasser Arafat: In a must-read post on Wired Science Blogs, Deborah Blum points out that despite the recent confirmation of traces of radioactive polonium-210 in the exhumed remains of Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat, it is far from certain that he died of radiation poisoning. In October 2004, a month before he died, Arafat developed vomiting and abdominal pain. The symptoms were so severe that he was transferred from his home on the West Bank to a hospital in France. The direct cause of Arafat’s death — which occurred on November 11 — was a hemorrha...
Source: The Poison Review - November 12, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical acute radiation syndrome arafat cesium himalayan mountain salt hypokalemia pablo neruda poisoning polonium-210 radioactivity smacc 2013 weekly web review in toxicology Source Type: news

Leukocyte telomere length and coronary artery calcification in Palestinians
We examined the association of LTL with coronary artery calcification (CAC), which reflects the cumulative burden of coronary atherosclerosis, in an urban Arab sample of Palestinians, a population at high risk of CHD.Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, a random sample of East Jerusalem residents, comprising 250 men aged 45–77 and women aged 55–76 and free of CHD or past stroke, was drawn from the Israel national population register. LTL was measured by Southern blots. CAC was determined by 16-slice multidetector helical CT scanning using Agatston scoring. We applied multivariable logistic modeling to examine the a...
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jeremy D. Kark, Hisham Nassar, Dorith Shaham, Ronit Sinnreich, Nehama Goldberger, Vartohi Aboudi, Naama R. Bogot, Masayuki Kimura, Abraham Aviv Tags: Clinical & Population Research - Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Nutrition Source Type: research