What is anemia? Anemia is the most common blood disorder that occurs due to a lack of enough healthy red blood cells (RBCs) or improper functioning of existing RBCs. RBCs contain a special functional protein called hemoglobin (Hb), essential to carry oxygen throughout your body. Anemia is clinically identified through a routine blood test and […]
Chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) or Rajarata kidney disease is a progressive disease that causes irreversible kidney failure and eventually death. Unlike chronic kidney diseases (CKD), which in most cases are linked to known causes such as, hypertension, diabetes, and chronic glomerular nephritis, the causative factors of this mysterious disease are obscure. Over
The Medical Mystery continues……. Wilgamuwa the newest hotspot of CKDu in Sri Lanka? Read More »
Jennifer Gia-linh Nguyen,1,* Shanika Nanayakkara,2 and Alexander C. L. Holden2 Abstract Maternal gum disease is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birthweight. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practice behaviour of Australian midwives regarding the periodontal health of pregnant women to inform interprofessional antenatal care. This was an observational, cross-sectional
The Kidney Progression Project (KiPP) research team would like to invite you to our NIH-Fogarty International Project Symposium. This event will summarize the major findings and outcomes of our R21 project which followed a cohort of 296 patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). We would greatly appreciate that you register for the
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“The conversation” උපුටා ගැනීමකි COVID-19 වසංගතය ආරම්භ වී වසරක් ගතවීමටත් මත්තෙන් එන්නත් කිහිපයක්ම භාවිත මට්ටමට පැමිණ තිබීම මානව ඉතිහාසයේ සුවිශේෂී ජයග්‍රහණයක් වේ. මේ සුවිශේෂී ක්‍රියා දාමයෙහි නියැලුණු ඔක්ස්ෆර්ඩ් විද්යාඥයන් ඔව්නගේ අත්දැකීම විස්තර කරන්නේ මෙලසිනි. අපගේ හවුල්කරු ඇස්ට්‍රාසෙනෙකා සමඟ අපි, එන්නතෙහි ක්‍රියාකාරිභාවය හා සුරක්ෂිතතාව යන කරුණු දෙකටම අදාළ දත්ත, ස්වාධීන පරීක්ෂාව සහ
විශ්මිත මිනිස් මනසින් බිහිවූ, …………………………. කොරෝනාව නිශ්චිතවම මැඩලන එන්නත Read More »
Yomani D. Sarathkumara 1, Chandika D. Gamage 1, Sithumini Lokupathirage 2, Devinda S. Muthusinghe 3, Nishantha Nanayakkara 4, Lishanthe Gunarathne 5, Kenta Shimizu 2, Yoshimi Tsuda 2, Jiro Arikawa 2 and Kumiko Yoshimatsu 2,3,* 1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty
Duminda B. Basnayake1*, W. G. H. Sandamali2 , Ayesha Nayanamali1 , Abdul W. M. Wazil1 , R. M. P. A. Siriwardena2 , T. M. C. I. Thennakoon2 , Thilak Dharmasiri1 , Nishantha Nanayakkara1 1Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant, 2Department of Bio-chemistry, National Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka. ABSTRACT Background: Dyslipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University – 13th International Research Conference DRTS Dasanayake1#, AMSD Pathiranage1, N Nanayakkara2 1#Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2National hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka #[email protected] Abstract- Dietary nutrient intake plays a dominant role in maintaining proper nutritional status in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) patients. Adhering to
R. D. Jayasinghe,1 W. A. M. U. L. Abeysinghe,2 P. I. Jayasekara,3 Y. S. Mohomed,4 and B. S. M. S. Siriwardena2 1Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 3Department of Mycology, Medical
