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Health & Views –June 2020 – 1st issue By Harold Gunatillake   Download the PDF file . Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and whilst the author will endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, eLanka makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the eLanka website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this article for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In otherwords, eLanka In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website / ...

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Why do most diabetics worry about the morning fasting blood sugar being high?-by Dr. Harold Gunatillake FRCS, MBBS, AM (Sing), FICS (US) FIACS (US). Editor of ‘Health & Views’ Newsletter and health writer to many newsletters, newspapers- globally. Fasting blood sugar is a test done on your early morning wake up time check, or when you visit the collecting centres to give blood for biochemical screening, fasting for 12 hours.   Fasting blood sugar is more diagnostic to check whether you have excess blood sugar. That would be the routine test your doctor will request on your annual blood check, sometimes with the HbA1C test. If it is on the high side your doctor refers you for a random plasma glucose test or oral glucose tolerance test. The oral glucose tolerance test is the gold standard for diagnosing type 2 diabetes. If your fasting level is higher than 126 mg/L ...

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Health & Views –May 2020 – 3rd issue By Harold Gunatillake   Download the PDF file .   Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and whilst the author will endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, eLanka makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the eLanka website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this article for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In otherwords, eLanka In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website ...

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Cytokine Storm Syndrome link with COVID-19  Written by Dr. Harold Gunatillake FRCS, MBBS, AM (Sing) FIACS, FICS. Health writer   Have you heard of a syndrome called Cytokine Storm? Let us find out what cytokines are. They are a group of proteins, peptides or glycoproteins secreted by specific cells of the immune system. They are chemicals that signal and regulate your immune system. Such signaling by these chemicals stimulate the immune system to fight a foreign germ, or attack by a cancerous tumor. Now these are the good beneficial cytokines, that protect you from the invaders. They function to protect your body cells from inflammatory diseases produced by bad damaging cytokines, and foreign invasions by pathogens. ...

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Alcohol consumption and COPD-by Dr. Harold Gunatillake  FRCS, MBBS,AM(Sing), FIACS, FICS   Any form of alcohol consumption, up to one to two drinks a day seem to favor good health in some chronic diseases including hypercholesterolemia, Essential high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, chronic airway disease(COPD), viral and bacterial diseases, and among others provided the medication taken has no side effects with alcohol, or contraindicated for other reasons. Research articles on the alcohol consumption shows a U-shaped relation with allcauses, including COPD and cardiovascular mortality. ...

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Should a COVID-19 patient with poor lung function go under ventilator management?Written by Dr. Harold Gunatillake-Health writer Confusing terms when it comes to the management of Corona virus endemic First thing we need to discuss is the difference between SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19.   The former is the scientific name of the virus that is causing the current pandemic (SARS stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome) The disease caused by this virus is called Covid-19 If you have the disease it means that you have been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 It is the same as in HIV virus causing AIDS. HIV virus is like the SARS-CoV-2 and the disease you refer to as AIDS, is like Covid-19. ...

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Is Tea as good as Coffee for your Liver & general Health?by Harold Gunatillake Website:www.Doctorharold.com Recently, I viewed an interview given by Dr. Sanjiv Chopra MD Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, regarding the health benefits of consuming coffee pertaining to your liver He gave some good reasons to drink coffee per day. He said multiple studies and meta-analysis have shown that people who drink two cups of regular have 40% reduction in primary liver cancer mortality. colon cancer, skin cancer including malignant melanoma, among others. I thought, I should discuss the comparison between the health benefits of tea drinking, goodness and general side effects, with drinking regular coffee. ...

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Let’s discuss the latest research on finding a vaccine to fight against the COVID-19 by Harold Gunatillake    Website:www.doctorharold.com/ Transcriptz; Under normal circumstances a vaccine program takes over 5 years to develop a vaccine. Due to the urgency to control the spread of the present virus being further attacking people, the researchers are attempting to produce one at high speed within one year. It is heartening to know that the Scientists at Oxford University have begun clinical trials of a coronavirus that has shown promise in rhesus monkeys and the first dose could be injected to humans within another few months. ...

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