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(Elsevier, 2008-02)
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(South African Medical Association, 2023-02)We report here on the process and findings of a research prioritisation exercise for universal health coverage (UHC) in South Africa, conducted during the course of 2019. As plans to roll out National Health Insurance ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2010-05)Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the performance of the ventricle: either to eject blood (systolic dysfunction) [or reduced ejection ...
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2010-06)Diabetes mellitus is associated with a two- to four-fold increased risk of coronary artery disease, and in diabetic people, about two-thirds of deaths are cardiovascular (ischaemic heart disease, congestive heart failure ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2018-02-02)OBJECTIVE : To assess the prevalence of HIV risk behaviour among sexually active HIV sero-negative individuals in the Tshwane district of South Africa (SA). METHODS : Demographic and HIV risk behaviour data were collected ...
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(New Media Publishing, 2015-11)Hypertension remains the most important treatable risk factor for cardiac disease worldwide.In the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) trials the importance of diet patterns to reduce blood pressure (BP), were shown.
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-05)BACKGROUND. Health service coverage cascades measure the proportion of a population in need of a service that experienced a positive health outcome from the service, and enable tracking of progress in achieving universal ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2008-10)Transmission of Helicobacter pylori is thought to occur mainly during childhood, and predominantly within families. However, due to the difficulty of obtaining H. pylori isolates from large population samples and to the ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-14)The reported prevalence of articular manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) varies, but with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for almost 70% of the people living with HIV, this results in a considerable burden ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-10)Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from the surfaces of human skin are of great interest to researchers in medical and forensic fields, as well as to biologists studying the ecology of blood-feeding insect vectors ...
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(New Media Publishing, 2016-05)Studies have shown that only 10.6% of people with hypercholesterolaemia receive a statin or treatment. There is a within-person variability of cholesterol measurements and therefore a one-time measurement of cholesterol ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2011-07)Approximately one in four adults has hypertension, a prevalence that increases with age and may reach to two out of three adults older than 70 years of age. In the Framingham Heart Study 65-75% of hypertension in the elderly ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012)No abstract available.
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(Wiley, 2020-12)AIMS : To compare the age at diagnosis and prevalence of islet autoantibody [glutamic acid decarboxylase (65 kDa) 65 and islet antigen 2] positivity in black and white participants with type 1 diabetes in South Africa, and ...
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(Future Medicine, 2017-03)AIM : Therapy with low-dose amitriptyline is commonly used to treat painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. There is a knowledge gap, however, regarding the role of variable CYP2D6-mediated drug metabolism and side effects ...
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(Schattauer, 2010)The AIM: of this study is to assess the potential impact of double-phase FDG PET versus routine staging in HIV-negative patients suffering from tuberculosis. PATIENTS, METHODS: 16 consecutive patients suffering from ...
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(Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016)OBJECTIVE : To evaluate the effect of a nutrition education (NE) programme on diabetes knowledge and attitudes of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS : Eighty-two adults (40–70 years) with poorly controlled ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2013)Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital condition generally, and may vary from mild to severe. Symptomatology depends on early or late presentation. Young patients may present within the first few weeks of life with poor ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-05-30)A 36-year-old asymptomatic female had a routine chest radiograph to exclude pulmonary tuberculosis, as part of an employee wellness programme. There was opacification of the right lower thorax. Computed tomography and ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2012-01)Transfusion therapy remains one of the most commonly used regimens to treat critically ill neonates. Neonatal intensive care professional nurses have a responsibility to ensure that the procedure is as effective, and as ...
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