Is input on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) necessary in our medical curriculum? A perspective from a survey on medical practitioners.

A cross-sectional study was carried out through a postal survey of a random sample of registered medical practitioners in Malaysia to explore the pursuit and practice of CAM among them. A response rate of 42% was acquired. 27.

Technetium 99mTc-DTPA clearance in the evaluation of pulmonary involvement in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Systemic thickening of capillary endothelial basement membrane underlies the chronic complications of human diabetic microangiopathy. Since 99mTc-DTPA aerosol scintigraphy is a sensitive, non-invasive test of membrane permeability, we decided to study the effect of diabetes on the permeability of lung epithelium in diabetic patients using this test. Fifty (NIDDM) patients, aged 40-70 years, with or without complications, and who were non-smokers, were subjected to evaluation using 99mTc-DTPA aerosol.