15 Results Found for “Family-centred care”
This Q&A with Dr Paul Brennan offers a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Covering key risk factors, non-invasive diagnostic tools, lifestyle strategies, and emerging therapies, it provides clinicians with clear approaches to early detection and comprehensive patient care.
Approximately 20–34% of hospitalized patients have a diagnosis of diabetes, while many others experience stress hyperglycaemia, both increasing the occurrence of dysglycaemia in the hospital.1 Hyperglycaemia is associated with increased infection rates and higher mortality rates. Conversely, hypoglycaemia can lead to ...
In this Future Leader Q&A, Dr Ignacio Portales-Castillo reflects on his path from rural primary care in Mexico to physician-scientist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He shares how formative patient encounters and exceptional mentors shaped his passion for bone and mineral disorders in chronic kidney disease, how he strives to balance an intense research and clinical workload with family life, and why he believes the future of nephrology–endocrinology lies in both innovative therapies and sustainable, patient-centred care.
Diabetes is a chronic disease associated with both acute and chronic complications. Many advances have been introduced throughout history to address these problems. While each clinical breakthrough was welcomed with relief and the expectation that a solution had been discovered, ...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial, multifaceted syndrome that affects women across all ages from adolescence to post-menopause. It is reported to be the most common endocrinopathy in women of the reproductive age group.1 The nature of this syndrome ...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycaemia resulting from insulin resistance, inefficient insulin secretion and disproportionate glucagon secretion.1 It has been reported to be an expanding global health issue of the 21st century, and one of ...
“It is difficult to evaluate what did not happen.” – Academician, LV Gromashevsky The COVID-19 pandemic may be considered the first global health catastrophe in the past 100 years, since it has affected not only economic, political and medical paradigms, but also ...
Obesity has reached pandemic proportions globally and is rapidly increasing even in developing countries.1,2 More recent research on this subject has improved the understanding of its pathogenesis and it is no longer considered due to a simple mismatch between diet ...
The family and diabetes’ is the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) theme for 2018 and 2019.1 A similar theme was chosen for the Ahmedabad Declaration, released at the annual conference of the Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI). The family ...
The years 2018 and 2019 are being observed by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) with the theme ‘the family and diabetes’.1 A similar theme was chosen for the Ahmedabad Declaration, released at the annual conference of the Research Society for Study of ...
The year 2019 is special. It marks the anniversary of two events: one a beginning, the other an end. While the beginning signals an end, the end represents a beginning as well. Both events have influenced humankind immensely; both deserve ...
Diabetes distress (DD) is a frequently documented aspect of living with diabetes.1 DD is defined as an emotional state characterised by extreme apprehension, discomfort or dejection due to perceived inability in coping with the challenges and demands of living with ...
‘We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts… Be the witness of your thoughts.’ – Gautama Buddha1 The biomedical approach in modern medicine focuses on disease as a deviation from the norm of measurable biological variables. ...
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has recently concluded its World Diabetes Day campaign. This year-long awareness campaign, run by the IDF with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), aims at informing the public of the causes, symptoms, complications ...
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