Over the years, our understanding of Graves’ disease (GD) has increased. We now know that it is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism and is responsible for a myriad of signs including; a goitre, a resting tremor, tachycardia, hyperreflexia, lid lag, skin changes and proximal myopathy ...
the patient is medicated or not. Nonadherence can be measured by various means, including self-rating instruments, external assessment interviews, or therapeutic drug monitoring of plasma levels. Questionnaires like the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS) are effective as an self-report tool for ...
.The Metro Health Services (MHS) in Cape Town decided to introduce home delivery of medication, using an existing network of 2500 CHWs [10]. While this was part of the emergency response to COVID-19 the MHS also saw the potential for this to be an ongoing initiative. To guide future po...
Keywords: osteonecrosis;medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw;systematic review;umbrella review;evidence-based medicine
Five key themes were identified: (1) The majority of studies reported that community platforms were an alternative to primary care to enhance the reach of services; (2) community components could augment clinical services, such as enhancing medication adherence; (3) community programs were also imp...
50,51 Physicians have a major role to play in addiction control by counseling their patients who are on medication for pain control.52-54 For cirrhosis, intervention strategies to treat hepatitis C and decrease excessive alcohol consumption are important. For self-harm, the most promising ...
10,13 Information on smoking status; physical activity level; educational achievement (number of years); the prevalence of CHD, stroke, diabetes, and cancer; the use of antihypertensive medication (only in FINE); and occupation (only in FINE) was collected using questionnaires. The prevalence of...
It should be cautioned that assessments by PMR may not always be reliable due to a lack of information about the populations at risk. Therefore, even though the denominator or numerator of the ratio is skewed, it is suggested that SMRs should be used instead of PMRs. In fact, the ...
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a subtype of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of mature B-cells characterized by translocation, which is typically due to excess expression of Cyclin D1. Although with the progress in our knowledge of the causes for MCL and availa
It is a technique in which an inactivated topical medication is applied to the affected area, and the area gets further activated by exposure to a certain wavelength of light. The main component of photodynamic therapy (PDT), a way of treating malignancies, particularly cancer, is the impact ...