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Prevalence, management, and outcomes of familial hypercholesterolemia in patients with acute coronary syndromes in the Arabian Gulf
(2018-05-01)
Background:
Information on the epidemiology of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in the Arabian Gulf region, which has an elevated rate of consanguinity and type II diabetes, is scarce.
Objectives:
To assess the ...
The Pattern of mRNA Expression Is Changed in Sinoatrial Node from Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat Heart
(2018-09-02)
Abstract:
In vivoexperiments in Goto-Kakizaki (GK) type 2 diabetic rats have demonstrated reductions in heart rate from a young age. The expression of genes encoding more than 70 proteins that are associated with the ...
Acute heart failure presentations and outcomes during the fasting month of Ramadan: an observational report from seven Middle Eastern countries
(2018)
Background:
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is practiced by over 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide. It remains unclear, however, how this change in lifestyle affects heart failure, a condition that has reached epidemic ...
A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical investigation into pain reduction effect of placing the pain spot outside the intersection area of the two currents of interferential therapy compared to traditional method
(2018-01-26)
Background:
Interferential therapy (IFT) is applied to intersect in the painful area but no confirmed effect with this method. Experimentally, the highest voltage of IFT is induced outside the intersection of the two ...
A novel 6D-approach to radically transform undergraduate medical education: preliminary reflections from MBRU
(2018-12)
Background:
Designers of undergraduate medical education (UME) need to address the exponentially expanding volume and variability of scientific knowledge, where by didactic teaching techniques need to be augmented by ...
Data and Lifelong Learning Protocol: Understanding Cultural Barriers and Facilitators to Using Clinical Performance Data to Support Continuing Professional Development.
(2018-10)
Abstract:
Continuing professional development (CPD) can support delivery of high-quality care, but may not be optimized until we can understand cultural barriers and facilitators, especially as innovations emerge. Lifelong ...
The medical school without walls: Reflections on the future of medical education
(2018)
Introduction:
Poems, medical schools and the future of medical education: “Something there is,” Robert Frost said, “that does not love a wall” (Frost 1949). The American poet was providing a lesson: human beings try to ...
Translating evidence into practice: Lessons for CPD
(2018)
Background:
Failure to translate best evidence into practice often generates inappropriate, unsafe, and costly healthcare.The continuing professional development (CPD) of physicians and other health professionals represents ...
Traditional Uses, Pharmacological Efficacy, and Phytochemistry of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori. —A Review
(2018-05-11)
Abstract:
Moringa is a sole genus of Moringaceae family with 13 species distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical regions. Among them, Moringa peregrina is one of the species which has wide range of traditional, ...