Are increased chronic diseases a potential legacy of Cuba's special period?

Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: what can we learn from Cuba's Special Period?

Frequency of Chronic Physical Conditions in Older Population Attending Kerman Social Security Health Care Centers

 Background and purpose: Nowadays, population of older age is increasing throughout the world and most of them suffer from chronic diseases. Many have multiple chronic diseases and require special attention. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of chronic diseases in older population. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, records of 610 elderly people attending...

Cuba's National Health Sciences Prizes 2007.

In December 2007, Cuba's National Health Science Prizes were awarded for outstanding contributions to basic science, clinical medicine, and population health. The prizes, first bestowed in 1976, are sponsored by Cuba's Ministry of Public Health and the National Council of Scientific Societies. Works are selected based on excellence, scientific rigor, and relevance. In 2007, one Grand Prize, 13 ...

Averting the legacy of kidney disease-focus on childhood

World Kidney Day 2016 focuses on kidney disease in childhood and the antecedents of adult kidney disease that can begin in earliest childhood. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood differs from that in adults, as the largest diagnostic group among children includes congenital anomalies and inherited disorders, with glomerulopathies and kidney disease in the setting of diabetes being rela...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...