background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...

Faisal SHAHZAD*, Muhammad ABDULLAH, Abdul Shakoor CHAUDHRY, Abu Saeed HASHMI, Jalees Ahmed BHATTI, Makhdum Abdul JABBAR, Hafiz Muhammad ALI, Tauseef Ur REHMAN, Farah ALI, Mian Muhammad Khubaib SATTAR, Fayyaz AHMED, Irfan IRSHAD University College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan Department of Livestock Production, University of Veteri...

Lebanon is a small country located in the Middle East region which is undergoing rapid demographic transition. Among Arabic countries Lebanon has the fastest growing elderly population, and by the year 2025, older adults above 65 years are expected to represent more than 10% of the population. Nutrition is a key factor during the aging process and may help to prevent age-related diseases. Howev...

Sharin Ab Ghani*, Zulkarnain Ahmad Noorden, Nor Asiah Muhamad, Hidayat Zainuddin, Mohd Aizam Talib Institute of High Voltage and High Current (IVAT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal ...

Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (J.P.B., S.J.S.), New York, New York 10032; Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (J.T.P., R.N.), Boston, Massachusetts 02114; American University of Beirut Medical Center (G.E.-H.F.), Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine (M.K.), D...

1Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; 3American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 4Novartis Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; 5University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; 6Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland, CA; 7Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 8University of Miami, FL; 9Columbia University, New York, NY; 10University of Mis...

1American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2University College London, London, United Kingdom; 3Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 4First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 5Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 6Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial...

BACKGROUND To date, approximately 43 cases of hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola have been reported, most of which have been sporadic. OBSERVATION We describe 3 patients with this dermatosis who were encountered in the outpatient clinic of the Department of Dermatology at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, within a 1-year period. CONCLUSION Hyperkeratosi...

Tommaso Caneva,1,2 Tommaso Calarco,2 Rosario Fazio,3 Giuseppe E. Santoro,1,4,5 and Simone Montangero2 1International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 2-4, I-34014 Trieste, Italy 2Institut für Quanteninformationsverarbeitung, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany 3NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore & Istituto di Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy 4CNR-INFM De...