Every year a large number of people die due to the complications of cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, peripheral artery disease and sudden cardiac arrest. Healthy eating, ...

Pariḅāṣā or terminologies are the structured set of concepts and their designations in specific subject fields. The words, cryptic and ambiguous, can be better understood with the support of Pariḅāṣā. Rasavāgḅata in 13th ...

Dengue that has caused 29,777 suspected infections in 2015 has emerged the most challenging health issue faced in Sri Lanka. Approximately 51% of dengue infections are reported from the Western Province. The susceptibility ...

Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are the vectors responsible for the transmission of dengue viruses in Sri Lanka. Gampaha District has been ranked as the second most Dengue affected area. Recently, health authorities ...

Dengue infection is one of the rapidly emerging arboviral infections in the world. It is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality especially in developing countries. Although most dengue infections are asymptomatic, ...

Drug related problems (DRPs) result in reduced quality of care and even morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the frequency and nature of DRPs and their causes among patients with diabetes attending ...

Diarrhoea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among Children under the age of five in all over the world, special in developing countries. The main aim of this study was to assess the mothers’ knowledge ...