Current Concepts on Control of Diarrheal Disease

Current Concepts of Lymphomas

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Moyamoya Disease: Current Concepts

Moyamoya disease is a disease of the cerebral vessels, which is characterized by narrowing of the intracranial vessels as they emerge from the base of the skull, and hypertrophy of fine collateral vessels in response to this vessel narrowing. Moyamoya means the puff of smoke in Japanese, and refers to the appearance of the abnormal fine collateral vessels appearing on cerebral angiography in pa...

Paget’s Disease - Current Concepts

Paget’s disease of the bone remains the second commonest metabolic bone disease in adults. Early diagnosis and appropriate management is essential to reduce the risk of potentially debilitating consequences. Diagnosis can be challenging; with many patients initially asymptomatic. In the majority of cases it is a diagnosis made incidentally with either an unexplained alkaline phosphatase or radi...

Current Concepts in Muscle Disease

Zinc and diarrheal disease: current status and future perspectives.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To evaluate clinical data indicating the benefits of oral zinc supplementation to prevent and/or treat diarrhea in children and extend these findings to adults. RECENT FINDINGS Zinc plays an important role in modulating host resistance to infectious agents and reducing the risk, severity, and duration of diarrheal diseases. Zinc is important in the developing world and in lo...