DIABETES MELLITUS MEDICATION USE GUIDELINES
Download free Diabetes Mellitus Medication Use Guidelines.pdf Diagnosis Criteria: Pre-Diabetes: Impaired fasting glucose (IFG)*: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) 100 to 125 mg/dL Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT): 2-h plasma glucose 140 to 199 mg/dL Diabetes: Symptoms of diabetes and a casual plasma glucose* ≥ 200 mg/dL; or Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)* ≥ 126 mg/dL; or 2-hr plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/L) during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
THE SOUTH BEACH DIET SUPERCHARGED
Download Free The South Beach Diet Supercharged.pdf In the original South Beach Diet book, Dr. Agatston changed the way America eats, with his right carbs, right fats approach. Now his mission is to change the way America lives, not only by helping people lose weight and eat healthfully but also by becoming more fit. “Adding functional core fitness and interval training to our proven diet principles will significantly enhance the lifelong health benefits of living a South Beach Diet lifestyle,” says Dr. Agatston. “I am thrilled to bring this groundbreaking new program to the public.”
INTRODUCTION TO CANINE DIABETES MELLITUS
Download Free Introduction to Canine Diabetes Mellitus.pdf Diabetes mellitus is not a single disease or condition with a solitary cause or treatment. It is the state of persistent uncontrolled hyperglycaemia and may be the result of many contributory factors. Factors that promote relative hyperglycaemia include anything that causes failure of adequate insulin secretion and/or peripheral insulin antagonism. Common causes of insulin secretory failure in dogs include immune mediated B-cell destruction and chronic pancreatitis, whereas insulin antagonism is often the result of obesity, or an increased progestagen, glucocorticoid or growth hormone influence (both naturally occurring and therapeutic). Depending on the cause/s, the Diabetes may be temporary/reversible (e.g. DM caused by increased circulating endogenous progestogen during metoestrus) or persistent (eg end stage chronic pancreatitis). It is important to understand the variable causes of DM as this can influence both the treatment and long term prognosis.
HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS (H5N1) INFECTION IN RED FOXES FED INFECTED BIRD CARCASSES
Download Free Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Infection in Red Foxes Fed Infected Bird Carcasses.pdf Eating infected wild birds may put wild carnivores at high risk for infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus (H5N1). To determine whether red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are susceptible to infection with HPAI virus (H5N1), we infected 3 foxes intratracheally. They excreted virus pharyngeally for 3–7 days at peak titers of 103.5–105.2 median tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) per mL; they became ill with severe pneumonia, myocarditis, and encephalitis. To determine whether foxes can become infected by the presumed natural route, we fed infected bird carcasses to 3 other red foxes. These foxes excreted virus pharyngeally for 3–5 days at peak titers of 104.2–104.5 TCID50/mL, but only mild or no pneumonia developed. This study demonstrates that red foxes fed bird carcasses infected with HPAI virus (H5N1) can excrete virus while remaining free of severe disease, thereby potentially playing a role in virus dispersal.
