• Effects of Gymnema lactiferum leaf on glycemic and lipidemic status in type 2 diabetic subjects 

  Bandara, Thushari; Rokeya, Begum; Khan, Sakina; Ali, Liaquat; Ekanayake, Sagarika; Jansz, Errol R; Balasubramanium, Kandiah (Bangladesh Pharmacological Society, 2008-10-04)

  Gymnema lactiferum var. lactiferum is a climber distributed in many South Asian countries. It is reported that the diabetic patients in Sri Lanka use G. lactiferum leaves as a treatment for diabetes. However, scientific ...
• Proper hydration is central for the health and wellness of children 

  Bandara,Thushari; Fenando, G.H.S (The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022-11-15)
• Consumers' Knowledge and Perception of Food Additives: A Study of Galle Municipal Area in Sri Lanka 

  Nayanajith, M.; Bandara, W. (International Journal of Health System, 2022)

  Food additives are substances added to food in order to maintain or improve the taste, texture, safety, freshness or appearance. Food additives have been found to cause various health problems such as allergies, hormone ...
• A Cross-sectional Study on the Vitamin D Status in a Group of Indoor and Outdoor Workers in Galle, Sri Lanka 

  Madusanka, M. A. I. S.; Dissanayake, M.; Akalanka, H. M. K.; Bandara, T. (The Kandy Society of Medicine, 2022-12-31)

  Vitamin D deficiency influences various disease conditions; thus, it is important to evaluate the social groups for vitamin D deficiency to reduce the risk. Occupation-related factors are believed to be contributing to ...
• Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and erythrocytosis: a review 

  Shah, Najeeb; Bandara, Thushari; Deshmukh, Harshal; Batten, Lucy; Walton, Chris; Sathyapalan, Thozhukat (British Journal of Diabetes, 2022-12-02)

  Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a class of anti-hyperglycaemic agents widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). They function by reducing renal glucose reabsorption and ...
• An assessment of the sleeping pattern in healthy infants 

  Madhushika, N. G. H. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2021-09-05)

  Background: Sleep plays a significant role in good physiological state and well-being throughout life. Sleep is necessary for children because it directly impacts mental and physical development. Objective: To ...
• Metabolic and Endocrine Complications of Long-COVID-19: A Review 

  Bandara, T.; Deshmukh, H.A.; Abdalla, M.; Sathyapalan, T. (Thieme, 2023-05-17)

  Over the past two years, the outbreak of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syn drome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has centralized the interest of the health care systems and the ...
• Are Incident Reporting Systems in Healthcare Systems a Requirement for Improving Patient Safety? A Review 

  Fernando, G.H.S.; Bandara, Thushari; Purva, Makani (International Journal of Health System Resilience, 2023-02-05)

  Adverse events such as medical errors, injuries, or equipment failures which could harm patients, caregivers, or other individuals or has the potential to harm them are known as medical incidents. Avoidance of unintended ...
• In vitro anti dengue viral activity of Aegle marmelos (Beal) dried flower aqueous extract 

  Jayasekara, K.G.; Soysa, S.S.S.B.D.P.; Suresh, T.S.; Goonasekara, C.L.; Gunasekera, K.M. (National dengue control unit, 2022)

  Introduction and Objectives Dengue is an arboviral disease of global concern. No specific anti-dengue viral agent exists. We investigated the in-vitro anti-dengue viral activity of Aegle marmelos (AM; Common name: ...
• Preliminary results of anti-dengue viral activity of five plants used in Sri Lankan traditional medicine 

  Jayasekara, K.G.; Soysa, P.; Suresh, T.S.; Goonasekara, C.L.; Gunasekera, K.M. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), 2019)

  Dengue viral infection is one of the most important mosquito borne viral infections in the world. Nonetheless, there are no effective antiviral agents for treatment at present. For centuries plants and plant extracts ...
• A Preliminary Study on the Anti-dengue Viral Activity of Munronia pinnata 

  Jayasekara, K.G.; Soysa, S.S.S.B.D.P.; Suresh, T.S.; Goonasekara, C.L.; Gunasekera, K.M. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2022-08-18)

  Dengue infection is a major health care problem in tropical and subtropical countries. The recently approved dengue vaccine has limitations, and there is no antiviral drug for treatment at present. For centuries plants ...
• In Vitro Dengue Virus Inhibition by Aqueous Extracts of Aegle marmelos, Munronia pinnata and Psidium guajava 

  Jayasekara, Kalani Gayathri; Soysa, Preethi; Suresh, Thusharie Sugandhika; Goonasekara, Charitha Lakshini; Gunasekera, Kamani Mangalika (SAGE, 2023-02-15)

  Dengue is an arboviral (insect-transmitted) infection of global concern. Currently, there are still no specific dengue antiviral agents to treat the disease. Plant extracts have been used in traditional medicine for ...
• Prevalence of anaemia in CKD-u patients in Girandurukotte and Wilgamuwa 

  Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Rathnayake, R.M.P.M.; Abeysundara, H.T.K.; Badurdeen, Z.; Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Sudeshika, S.H.T.; Ranasinghe, J.G.S.; Nanayakkara, N. (2017)

  Anaemia is a major complication of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) once the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) drops below 60 mL/min. Chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKD-u) has become a serious public health ...
• Evaluate the preciseness of three population screening approaches to true prevalence of CKD-u Sri Lanka 

  Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Abeysundara, H.T.K.; Herath, A.T.; Hemage, K.R.D.; Kumudumali, D.P.G.S.; Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Sudeshika, S.H.T.; Elladeniya, N.C.; Madushan, K.P.S.; Badurdeen, M.Z.; Abeysekara, D.T.J.; Nanayakkara, N. (2017)

  Introduction & Objective: Wilgamuwa is one of the endemic areas for Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu). Prevalence data could be underestimated or overestimated the true picture as there is a participant ...
• Retinol Binding Protein (RBP4) as a urinary marker of severity in CKDu of Sri Lanka 

  Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Hettiarachchi, T.; Rathnayake, C.; Kumarasena, N.; Hemage, R.; Badurdeen, Z.; Nanayakkara, N. (2017)

  Introduction Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown etiology (CKD-u), a tubular interstitial nephropathy, is an emerging epidemic ...
• Prevalence of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) and associations in Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology (CKD-u), Srilanka 

  Nanayakkara, N.; Sudeshika, S.H.T.; Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Badurdeen, M.Z.; Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Abeysundara, H.T.K.; Kumudumali, D.P.G.S.; Hemage, K.R.D.; Herath, A.T.; Wijetunga, S.; Abeysekara, D.T.D.J. (2018)

  [Introduction] CKD-u is an emerging tubular interstitial disease of young hard-working farmers from tropical and subtropical regions. By definition those patients should not have diabetes, hypertension or vascular ...
• Do traditional renal diagnostic markers within normal range accurately demarcate CKDu cases from healthy in endemic regions? 

  Badurdeen, M.Z.; Nanayakkara, N.; Ranatunga, N.V.I.; Abeysekara, D.T.J.; Wazil, A.W.M.; Abeysundara, H.T.K.; Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Hemage, K.R.D.; Sudeshika, S.H.T.; Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Kumudumali, D.P.G.S.; Herath, A.T. (2017)

  Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) is an interstitial Nephritis leading to chronic kidney disease. 30% of CKDu patients who present with symptoms and abnormal renal functionswith acute ...
• The prevalence of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology in the subtropical highland of sri lanka; a community prevalance study 

  Nanayakkara, N.; Badurdeen, M.Z.; Abeysekara, D.T.J.; Bandara, K.M.G.K.; Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Hanarasinghe, R.; Hemage, K.R.D.; Somarathna, Y.R.; Sudeshika, S.H.T.; Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Ratnayeke, R.M.C.S.B.; Weerasekera, W.A.L.P. (2016)

  Introduction and objective Few cases with CKD of unknown etiology has been reported from “Bagawanthalawa” plantation sectors in the recent past. The objective was to studyCKDuprevalence in a subtropical highlandcomm ...
• Analysis of mortality pattern of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKD-u) at a single center, girandurukotte: Sri Lanka 

  Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Nanayakkara, N.; Wijetunge, S.; Gunaratne, L.; Abeysekara, D.T.J.; Badurdeen, Z.; Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Hanarasinghe, R.; Hemage, K.R.D.; Somarathna, Y.R.; Sudeshika, S.H.T.; Dharmaratne, S.D. (2016)

  Introduction and objectives: CKD-u was first reported in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka in the early 1990s; over the last 15 years its prevalence has gradually increased and presently, it isamajor health problem ...
• Serum TGF beta 1 as an early marker of Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology 

  Fernando, W.B.N.T.; Hemage, K.R.D.; Badurdeen, M.Z.; Hettiarachchi, T.W.; Abeysundara, H.T.K.; Nanayakkara, N. (2020)

  Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) is a recently described tubular interstitial nephropathy in some tropical countries including SriLanka. The major limitation of the traditional markers is missing the ...

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