The information provided in the PCOS pharmaceutical care service was delivered in the format of oral plus written information (most important facts to remember and take-home messages regarding lifestyle modifications). The information provided included the importance of exercise and motivational
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affecting 10-15% of the female population causes excess hair, acne, irregular/absent ovulation, infertility and is associated with hypertension, diabetes, heart attacks and stroke in later life.
The economic care-related burden of the syndrome is estimated at $4.36
Background The epidemics of obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis are increasing worldwide. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), for a long time unnoted in the metabolic field, is becoming recognized as a condition possibly involved in the pathogenesis of these
Objective: The Nanshan Elderly Cohort Study (NECS) aims to investigate the nutritional, as well as other environmental and genetic factors of chronic diseases, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, obesity, metabolic syndrome, chronic kidney disease, cancer
Introduction Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) represents a severe challenge to public health and a heavy economic burden to countries with a growing senior population. This illness represented the second cause of death and the third cause of world disability in 2010. In Latin America there are a few
BACKGROUND:
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder among reproductive age women with a prevalence as high as 15% using Rotterdam diagnostic criteria.1 PCOS is a heterogeneous clinical disorder characterized primarily by chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism.2 A
1. Background
During the past 30 years, survival of breast cancer patients has improved substantially due to earlier diagnosis, improved surgical techniques, introduction of new combination of chemotherapy, new hormonal treatment, introduction of targeted treatment, and refinement of radiation
PURPOSE:
Treatment of patients with heart failure (HF) is a great challenge for contemporary medicine. HF frequency in European population is assessed for 0.4 - 2%. This disease is characterized by high morbidity and mortality rate, poor quality of life and the necessity of frequent
Background Mortality rate of diabetic patients is about twice as much that of non-diabetic individuals of similar age; this makes diabetes a leading risk factor for mortality, especially of cardiovascular origin, which accounts for 2.9 million global events yearly. Such scenario is expected to
1. Purpose:
The overarching goal of the Living Well project is to maintain or improve quality of life for people with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and their partners by providing the couples with the tools to promote confidence and motivation to remain both physically and
MAIN STUDY
Despite improvements in medical management, significant residual disability remains in older persons after a hip fracture. The goal of current clinical practice is independent, safe household ambulation two to three months after surgery. Hip fracture-acquired dependency in functional
At CHR the investigators have been using DHEA supplementation to improve ovarian response to ovulation induction for in vitro fertilization for about five years (Barad, Brill et al. 2007; Barad, Weghofer et al .2009; Gleicher, Ryan et al. 2009; Gleicher, Weghofer et al. 2010; Gleicher and Barad
Study Design Older postmenopausal women will be randomized, in a double-blinded crossover design, to receive (i) transdermal estradiol, delivery rate 100 µg day-1 plus oral placebo, or (ii) placebo patch plus oral placebo. The experimental measurements and procedures below will be performed before
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- To evaluate the difference in overall survival of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer with unfavorable prognostic features between a) standard treatment (androgen-deprivation therapy [ADT] + radiotherapy) and b) standard treatment with the addition of 24 months
This is a single arm open label clinical study in Chinese men of 45 to 75 years of age with Type 2 Diabetes. Subjects will be recruited from participating family medicine clinics with the FMRN and followed for 90-days. All subjects will continue on pre-study treatment regimens and medications as
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