Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Postprandial Glucose Response To Mango, Banana And Sapota, Z Contractor, F Hussain, A Jabbar
Postprandial Glucose Response To Mango, Banana And Sapota, Z Contractor, F Hussain, A Jabbar
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Objective: Mango and Sapota are two fruits indigenous to Indian subcontinent. The objective of this study was to evaluate postprandial blood glucose response to mango and sapota in comparison to banana in patients with diabetes mellitus Type 2.METHOD: The plasma glucose response to mango, sapota and banana were determined in ten diabetic patients. Blood was tested at 0, 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes following the ingestion of test meal.Results: The results showed that the blood glucose response to these three fruits was not different in terms of area under the curve and postprandial change in blood glucose from baseline.CONCLUSION: …
Why Physicians And Lay People Smoke And How Can It Be Reduced?, S B. Memon, A M. Memon
Why Physicians And Lay People Smoke And How Can It Be Reduced?, S B. Memon, A M. Memon
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Objective: The objective of this study was to find out the level of knowledge the physicians and lay people have pertaining to the effect of cigarettes, why certain physicians smoke and what measures could be applied to reduce the rate of smoking.
Methods: A questionnaire was administered to the one hundred physicians who smoke, one hundred non-smoking physicians and one hundred lay people who smoke to determine their attitude towards this addition. Subjects were chosen using convenience sampling. The physicians were picked from six hospitals of Karachi.
Results: When the smoking physicians were asked what could motivate them …