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Cadmium a metalloestrogen: are we convinced?

Silva, N.; Peiris-John, R.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Senanayake, H.; Sathiakumar, N. (Wiley, 2012)

Metalloestrogens are inorganic metal ions that bind to and activate oestrogen receptors. They are implicated in the aetiology of oestrogen-dependent diseases such as cancers of the breast and endometrium as well as ...
The Caesarean section rate is rising

Gunasekera, P.C.; Wijesinghe, P.S.; Goonewardene, I.M.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2001)

No Abstract Available.
A Cafe coronary death due to a banana

Edirisinghe, P.A.S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, 2010)

Café Coronary syndrome which was first reported as sudden collapse at restaurants while dining was found to be due to fatal occlusion of upper airway by large pieces of food. Many of those individuals had consumed large ...
Calcified Meningioma

Gunatilake, S.B. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1994)

No Abstract Available
Can pain flares in knee osteoarthritis be predicted?

Atukorala, I.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Makovey, J.; Metcalf, B.; Bennell, K.L.; March, L.; Chang, T.; Zhang, Y.; Hunter, D.J. (:Taylor & Francis-Informa Healthcare, 2021)

OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) pain such as age, gender, body mass index (BMI), baseline pain, and other putative risk factors for knee osteoarthritis pain flares (KOAF) ...
Can we deworm this wormy world?

Bundy, D.A.P.; de Silva, N.R. (Oxford University Press, 1998)

While programmes such as the Rockefeller campaign were specifically targeted at a particular parasite species, the current trend is towards the simultaneous control of all the major geohelminth species. New, broad-spectrum, ...
Can we eliminate soil-transmitted helminth infections in Sri Lanka?

de Silva, N.R.; Jayawickrama, H. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2012)

No Abstract Available
Canine filaria species in selected lymphatic filariasis endemic and non-endemic areas in Sri Lanka

Rathnayake, S.; Chandrasena, N.; Wijerathna, T.; Mallawarachchi, H.; Gunathilaka, N. (Springer International, 2022)

Subperiodic brugian filariasis and dirofilariasis show a rising trend in Sri Lanka posing a threat to public health. As information was limited on canine filaria species in Sri Lanka, we studied the filaria parasites among ...
Canine Rabies and its implications for human health in Sri Lanka

Ubeyratne, J.K.H.; Srikitjakarn, L.; Pfeiffer, D.U.; Kohnle, L.; Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Chaisowwong, W.; Hemwan, P. (Veterinary Research Institute, 2018)

Rabies is an endemic viral zoonotic disease in Sri Lanka. Dogs are the main reservoir and transmitter, making surveillance of canine rabies crucial for disease elimination. Sri Lanka is one of the Asian countries where ...
Capacity building in environmental and occupational health in Sri Lanka

Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Peiris-John, R.; Nandasena, S.; Delzell, E.; Tipre, M.; Sathiakumar, N. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)

BACKGROUND: Although environmental and occupational health (EOH) research and services in Sri Lanka have a long history, policies related to EOH are outdated. METHODS: We review the International Training and Research in ...
Capacity building in genomic medicine and molecular diagnostics: the case of Sri Lanka

Manamperi, A.; Huzair, F. (Bentham Science, 2012)

In this paper, we advance the extant health technology innovation frames on global personalized medicine by highlighting the need to rethink genomics medicine in real-life settings – including situations where populations ...
Carbimazole induced agranulocytosis treated with GCS Fand surgery

Senevirathne, M.P.; Rathnasena, B.G.N.; Jayathileke, M.M.; Pathmeswaran, A. (College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2006)

No Abstract Available
Cardiovascular risk stratification in primary prevention of non-communicable diseases

Mettananda, C. (Ceylon College of Physicians, 2022)

No abstract available
Carer burden in dementia

Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; Lawrence, T.S. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2006)

Comment on: Efficacy of rivastigmine on activities of daily living in Sri Lankan patients with Alzheimer disease and on improving caregiver burden: a prospective study.(Ceylon Med J. 2005; 50(3):106-9)
Caring for women in their post reproductive life: current recommendations on hormone replacement therapy

Palihawadana, T.S.; Morris, E.P. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
A Case of dapsone-Induced severe agranulocytosis causing life-threatening skin Sepsis in a Sri Lankan child with borderline Leprosy: A success story!

Fernando, M.; Kankananarachchi, I.; Navabalasooriyar, P.; Herath, B.; Punchihewa, P. (Hindawi Pub. Corp, 2019)

Leprosy is a common skin disease in Sri Lanka which is being increasingly diagnosed due to the existing successful public health programme. Dapsone is a drug which holds unique pharmacological properties where it serves ...
A Case of embryonal sarcoma of the liver

Pathirana, A.; Siriwardana, R.C.; Deen, K.I.; Rupasinghe, Y. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2010)

No Abstract Available
A Case of fatal pressure on the neck in a woman with a stab injury

Kitulwatte, I.D.G.; Pollanen, M.S. (College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka, 2011)

Evidence of pressure on the neck forms a spectrum of degree from minimal to marked. We report a case of fatal pressure on the neck with minimal external signs. A 27 year old woman was found dead in her home. A blood stained ...
A case of hypotension and heart rate changes on rechallenge with a low dose of clozapine with no apparent secondary cause

Harshini, M.L.; Fernando, A.I.W.; Abayawickrama, H.M.T.S.; Ikram, M.I.N.; Rajapakse, S.; Hapangama, A. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2022)

Clozapine is known to cause innocuous as well as severe and or fatal cardiovascular side effects. These side effects are commonly reported at the initiation of clozapine therapy. We report a patient who was stable on ...
A Case of imported malaria: the first report of Plasmodium malariae infection in Sri Lanka after 37 years

Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Senevirathne, M.P.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008)

We report a case of Plasmodium falciparum and P. malariae mixed infection in a patient who had been living in Malawi. This is the first case of P. malariae reported in Sri Lanka in 4 decades. The presence of both parasites ...

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