Metabolic Diseases

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Title:   Metabolic syndrome
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of metabolic Syndrome by professional health specialists.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Interventions for ketosis during labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Physical stress compounded by reduced food intake during labour can lead to raised levels of ketones in the blood and urine (ketosis). Ketone bodies transport fat-derived energy from the liver to other organs to provide an alternative source of energy. ...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Pharmacological and nutritional treatment for McArdle disease (Glycogen Storage Disease type V)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   McArdle Disease (also known as glycogen storage disease type V) is a disorder affecting muscle metabolsm and is caused by the absence of an enzyme called muscle phosphorylase. This causes an inability to break down glycogen 'fuel' stores. The condition ...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of hereditary haemochromatosis by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Diabetes insipidus
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of diabetes insipidus written by professional medical specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Porphyria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Porphyria is the umbrella term for a group of rare disorders that involve a particular molecule called 'heme' or 'haem'. Porphyria can affect the skin, gastrointestinal system, nervous system or all of these.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Criteria and Conditions
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Criteria and Conditions Applying to Financial Assistance under Life Saving Drugs Program
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Haemochromatosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Haemochromatosis is a common inherited disorder that causes the body to absorb more iron than usual from food. Excessive iron can cause damage to organs such as the liver, heart and pancreas. Treatment consists of regularly removing blood until the iron levels normalise.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rickets is a disease which affects the bone of growing children. Calcium and phosphate are important elements which form the bone. In nutritional rickets, initially the availability of calcium is diminished, later disturbances in phosphate occur. The sh...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Amyloidosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Amyloidosis is an umbrella term that describes diseases caused by abnormal deposits in the body of the protein amyloid. The symptoms of amyloidosis vary widely, depending on which tissues and organs are affected. There is no cure.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Metabolism explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Metabolism refers to the chemical processes that go on continuously inside the body to allow life and normal functioning. These processes require energy from food. The amount of kilojoules your body burns is regulated by your metabolism.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Tay-Sachs disease
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is an inherited (genetic) condition common in Jews and French-Canadians. A mutated gene stops the body from producing an enzyme needed for proper brain functioning. This leads to paralysis and death, usually by the age of five.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Diabetes insipidus
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Diabetes insipidus is characterised by extreme thirst and the passing of vast amounts of urine. It is caused by insufficient vasopressin (also known as antidiuretic hormone), a hormone produced by the brain that instructs the kidneys to retain water. It may also be caused when the body does not respond to vasopressin, even though enough is available.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Haemochromatosis
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Haemochromatosis is a condition in which the body takes in too much iron.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   FAQ on genetic haemochromatosis
Publisher:   Nutrition Australia
Description:   Some people suffer from the problem of too much iron in their bodies. In the vast majority of cases, this results from an inherited condition. It is one of the most common inherited diseases, and is probably also the most undiagnosed.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Treatment for mitochondrial disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is currently no established treatment for mitochondrial disorders, a group of diseases particularly affecting muscles but also every other part of the body. They can cause progressive disability and premature death, due to the involvement of multi...
Date:   Sep 2005
Title:   G6PD deficiency
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   G6PD deficiency is an inherited disorder. Lack of the enzyme G6PD means that red blood cells can be damaged and destroyed when the person is exposed to some chemicals.....
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Base administration or fluid bolus for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants with metabolic acidosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Metabolic acidosis in the early newborn period is associated with adverse outcomes in preterm infants. The most commonly used strategies to correct metabolic acidosis are intravascular infusion of base, for example sodium bicarbonate, and intravascular infusion of a fluid bolus, usually a crystalloid or colloid solution.
Title:   Notes to radiologists assessing Gaucher Disease patients with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Recommendations for doctors and radiologists assessing patients with Type 1 Gaucher Disease using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Gaucher disease
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Protocol for data collection for enzyme replacement therapy with Imiglucerase
Date:   Jan 2005
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