Effectiveness of self-management programmes in diabetes management: A systematic review.

Background: Diabetes is a major noncommunicable disease, which is increasing, and approximately 415 million people are affected around the globe. Since diabetes is a lifelong disease, patients require better understanding and knowledge of the condition to become self-reliant in making diabetes-related decisions.

Aims: This systematic review was performed to assess the effectiveness of diabetes self-management programs in people with type 2 diabetes.

Fatal measles presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome in an immunocompetent adult.

Fatal measles is known to occur among immunocompromised adults. We report a rare case of an immunocompetent non-pregnant young lady who suffered from fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome due to measles. Physicians must be vigilant to this deadly presentation of measles even in immunocompetent individuals.

Acute hepatitis E complicated by acute pancreatitis and multiorgan dysfunction.

We report this rare case of a 27-year-old man who presented with acute hepatitis E and went on to develop acute epigastric pain. He was diagnosed to have acute severe pancreatitis with shock and acute renal failure due to hepatitis E. Such a phenomenon has rarely been reported in the literature, with patients following a benign course and complete recovery after conservative management and analgesia.