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RIYADH – A senior academic has spoken of the increasing dangers posed by asthma following a three-day public awareness campaign conducted in the capital Riyadh.
Saleh Bin Zaid Al-Mohsin supervisor of the Asthma Research Chair at King Saud University KSU has said that asthma is spreading rapidly notably in advanced countries & nations witnessing economic growth like the Kingdom.
According to Al-Mohsin there are around 300 million asthma cases around the world which are expected to rise to 400 million by 2025.
Between 20 & 25 percent of the population of the Kingdom suffers from asthma Al-Mohsin added.
The recent three-day awareness campaign to highlight the causes effects & treatment of asthma took place around the KSU campus the university hospital & a number of Riyadh shopping malls.
Over 50,000 information leaflets were distributed to the public. – Okaz/SG
JEDDAH – King Abdul Aziz Medical City on Thursday organized a program in connection with the third Multiple Sclerosis Day at the Movenpick Hotel.
As many as 300 local neurologists & a large number of patients attended the event which focused on recent studies & treatment of multiple sclerosis MS .
Dr. Hussein Al-Gahtani a consultant neurologist & professor at King Khalid National Guard Hospital in Jeddah said that around 100 people were reportedly affected by multiple sclerosis in Jeddah alone.
He explained that the disease was a chronic inflammation that affected the central nervous system.
Al-Gahtani admitted difficulties in finding an appropriate cure for the disease.
However he said that after six months new & more effective drugs would be made available here.
Amal Abdul-Rahman director of the children’s program project who formerly suffered from multiple sclerosis also spoke. She has designed a website which encourages coordination between MS patients.
Statistics show that multiple sclerosis has spread in the Arab countries including the Kingdom. – SG
Sun exposure helps the skin make vitamin D a vitamin older people are generally deficient in due to their lifestyles & natural aging processes.
A team at Warwick University has shown a deficiency increases the risk of metabolic syndrome which is linked to diabetes & cardiovascular disease.
Their study of more than 3,000 people is published in Diabetes Care.
The researchers say older people would benefit from more sunshine although it still important to be sensible in the sun as UV damage is linked with skin cancer.
Among the 50 to 70-year-olds living in China that the scientists studied 94% had a vitamin D 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency or insufficiency & 42% also had metabolic syndrome.
Lead researcher Dr Oscar Franco says the same can be seen in British & American populations too.
“Vitamin D deficiency is becoming a condition that is causing a large burden of disease across the globe with particular deleterious impact among the elderly.
“We found that low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk of having metabolic syndrome & was also significantly associated with increased insulin resistance.”
Metabolic syndrome’s cluster of obesity high blood sugar high blood pressure & high cholesterol can lead to heart disease stroke & diabetes.
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Vitamin D is mainly obtained from exposure to the sun as well as from certain foods such as oily fish & eggs.
There are concerns that many people including the elderly pregnant women & those who wear all-concealing clothing do not get enough of the vitamin.
Dr Franco said there were many factors which could explain why older people had less vitamin D in their blood including changes in lifestyle factors such as clothing & outdoor activity.
“As we get older our skin is less efficient at forming vitamin D & our diet may also become less varied with a lower natural vitamin D content.
“When we are older we may need to spend more time outdoors to stimulate the same levels of vitamin D we had when we were younger.”
Lorna Layward from Age Concern & Help The Aged said “We have always advocated that older people get out into the sunshine for a bit each day if they can. A bit of sun is good for you.
“We hear a lot about sun exposure & the risk of cancer but older people tend to be at the other end of the spectrum. They do not get enough sun & tend to cover up & wear more clothing.”
Ed Yong of Cancer Research UK said “The amount of sunlight it takes to make enough vitamin D is always less than the amounts that cause reddening or burning so it should be possible to get the benefits of this vitamin without increasing the risk of skin cancer.
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“Elderly people can also boost their vitamin D levels by eating foods like oily fish or by using vitamin D supplements on the advice of their GP.”
BBC NEWS
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