The article discusses research on the financial cost of chronic kidney disease to the Great Britain National Health Service (NHS) in England, referencing a study by M. Kerr and colleagues, published in the August 5, 2012 issue of "Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation."...
found that NHS Health Check attendees had a higher short-term likelihood of a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease and receive treatment with statins and antihypertensives [33]. These findings were subsequently confirmed in a large nationally representative sample (Q...
The impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis on adverse clinical outcomes and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pr... BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) frequently co-exist. We assess the impact of having...
wholegrains, nuts and seeds are needed to counteract the harmful free radicals which the body naturally produces during all of the millions of metabolic reactions and processes that occur in every cell of our bodies. Excessive free radicals contribute to chronic diseases including cancer, heart disea...
Hunt wants to make sure the NHS and its staff are "digital ready." In a news release, he said: "Every week we hear about exciting new developments surfacing in the NHS which could help provide answers to some of our greatest challenges, such as cancer or chronic illness. ...
"Having considered the consultation responses, the advice of my officials and NHS leaders including the chief executive of the NHS, I have concluded that all those working in the NHS and social care will have to be vaccinated," Mr Javid said. ...
They play a key role in the diagnosis of diseases such as anaemia, diabetes, malignancies, emergency blood transfusions services, meningitis, hepatitis, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, haematological malignancies, haemoglobinopathies, coagulation disorders, HIV and AIDS. They use computer...
Ideally, antibiotic treatment should start within an hour of diagnosis to reduce the risk of serious complications or death. Once a specific bacterium has been identified, a more focused antibiotic can be used. This has the advantage of reducing the chance of the bacteria becoming resistant to ...
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Chronic infections, including HIV Diagnosis and treatment of encephalitis Genetics of Kawasaki disease Vaccine studies Severe enterovirus infections TB epidemiology & diagnostics (part of the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet)) Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections...