Optimal glucose control can be achieved in the young diabetic

Diabetes in prison: can good diabetic care be achieved?

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characteristics and metabolic control of diabetic patients given structured diabetic care in prison. DESIGN Survey of diabetic men serving prison sentences during a 22 month period in a large British prison. SETTING HM Prison, Walton, Liverpool. SUBJECTS 42 male diabetic prisoners, of whom 23 had insulin dependent and 19 non-insulin dependent diabetes...

Laboratory quality control for all. Can this be achieved?

Visiting hospitals in Africa and meeting with clinicians, pathologists, and laboratory directors, it rapidly becomes apparent that confidence in any diagnostic services is lacking. Clinicians cite many reasons. Some days complete blood cell counts and chemistries are available, while on other days, because there are no reagents available, physicians have no results to guide treatment for their ...

What can be achieved in the aeromedical environment in 2012?

Systems The first speaker was Colonel Peter Kovats, United States Air Force, Chief of Aerospace Medicine at RAF Lakenheath UK. He spoke on Aeromedical Evacuation – ‘from point of wounding all the way home’. Colonel Kovats gave an extensive review of intra/inter-theatre air-evacuation and discussed 7656 patients injured in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010. 15% were military coalition casualtie...

Optimal intelligent control for glucose regulation

This paper introduces a novel control methodology based on fuzzy controller for a glucose-insulin regulatory system of type I diabetes patient. First, in order to incorporate knowledge about patient treatment, a fuzzy logic controller is employed for regulating the gains of the basis Proportional-Integral (PI) as a self-tuning controller. Then, to overcome the key drawback of fuzzy logic contro...

Can Male Fertility Be Improved Prior to Assisted Reproduction through The Control of Uncommonly Considered Factors?