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For many, the very notion of admitting an elderly relative into a nursing or care home can be a very difficult choice. Doing all that is possible to keep your loved ones at home may quickly become a priority – although this may change if they are diagnosed with dementia. Whether from Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis [...]  It destroys the body’s own immune system as part of an inflammatory response known as insulitis, the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas itself. This inflammatory reaction is probably present already in early childhood. The ensuing destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells leads to a gradually increasing deficiency of insulin. Only when about 80-90% of the [...] DECIDE for alzheimer’s sufferers New International Research Project Improves Lives For Alzheimer’s Sufferers DECIDE infrastructure combines high speed GÉANT and national research networks with powerful computers to enable earlier diagnosis and treatment At the Alzheimer’s Europe conference which has just ended a new research project which has the potential to help people who suffer from Alzheimer’s and [...] Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) refers to a decompensation of diabetes mellitus, along with the hyperosmolar state and hypoglycaemias, which are the three major acute complications of diabetes mellitus. Unlike the chronic complications, this complication develops within hours and endangers the life of the patient and is considered a medical emergency. The essential background of the CAD is the [...] A distinction between 2 different types of the disease was published 1965, by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its “Recommendations for the classification and diagnosis. In 1997, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) changed the criteria for classification and diagnosis, which was adopted by the WHO in 2000. In the new model there is no longer [...] Gestational diabetes, GDM or Type-4-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes that arises during pregnancy and immediately after birth often disappears. It is one of the most common overall pregnancy associated diseases. Risk factors are obesity, age over 30 years and a genetic predisposition. Gestational diabetes may also occur without any known risk factors. Causes Children in Britain as young as five are getting treated in hospitals for the eating disorders bulimia and anorexia, details released on Monday reveal. The amount of children less than nine years old that have been hospitalised for disorders that have been debilitating has doubled in the last 12 months, with the trend spreading nationwide [...] Global action is being called for by medical experts to tackle those viruses that cause hepatitis the liver disease. A worldwide study, the first of its kind was done for drug users and showed that over 1.2 million have hepatitis B while a staggering 10 million have hepatitis C. Only a fraction, experts say are receiving [...] A pregnant woman who had a uncontrollable longing to eat furniture polish has made for a really unique case. She was diagnosed with a very rare disorder of a desire to eat furniture polish. It was obviously a disorder so it was recommended to her she get medical advice. Threes times daily she consumed the spray [...] An Advertising Feature Jemma Pixie Hixon, a singer from Malvern, Worcestershire, has attracted fans from all over the world after posting videos of herself performing on YouTube. It’s not just her voice that has gained the public’s interest however, but also her open struggle with agoraphobia, which has meant the 20 year old hasn’t left her [...] |
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