A 5-year trend of myocardial infarction, hypertension, stroke and diabetes mellitus in gender and different age groups in Erzurum, Turkey

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the trend and risk of coronary artery diseases (CAD), myocardial Infarction (MI), hypertension (HT), stroke, cerebrovascular disease (CVD), and diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) as regard to different age groups and gender.MethodsWe retrieved retrospectively almost 5-year data (January 1st 2007 through December 31st 2011) from the Ataturk university hospital that has database registry system based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). We included 88,293 patients in this analysis. A logistic-regression model was used to assess the effect of groups of variables on the associations of interest (sex and its interaction with age) with calculation of odds ratios with their 95 percent confidence intervals.ResultsOut of 88,293 patients, 45% (39,514) were females and mean age was 56.86 ± 16.23. The females were dominant (P = 0.001) in all age groups in diabetes type 2. Whereas in case of hypertension, CAD and strokes except in young age groups males were more prominent. We found that females had high risk 1.54 (95% CI, 1.50–1.59) for diabetes mellitus while for other cardiovascular disease females had lower risk except a slightly high risk for overall CVD (1.01; 95% CI, 0.93–1.09).ConclusionThe results demonstrated that for diabetes type 2 and young age group for other cardiovascular diseases females are dominant and have higher risk

Recommendations For The Management of Obesity

Obesity, which results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, is one of the most important health issues of our day, and is associated with many diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, increased cancer risk, osteoarthritis, and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Achieving long-term weight management in the course of obesity treatment is not possible as long as significant changes in life style are not implemented. In this manuscript, we present a simple and feasible treatment model that we employ in the management of obesity. [Med-Science 2014; 3(2.000): 1332-9

Hypothalamic hamartoma presenting with infantile spasms

Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) generally present with gelastic seizures. It is very unusual for a pediatric patient with HH to present with infantile spasms (IS)