SF Journal of Family Medicine
Published articles in this issue
Abstract: Vitamin D is a hormone as well as a vitamin with numerous functions in the human body [1-5]. Its deficiency was once thought to be non-existent in countries like India, which get enough and more sunlight. Incidentally the first study, which documented the presence of vitamin D deficiency,
Abstract: Air pollution is one of the major environmental determinants for human health. Globally, about 300 million children are exposed to highly toxic air, defined as levels six or more times exceeding international guidelines.
Abstract: Only a small percentage of patients with chicken pox experience complications. Secondary bacterial infections, the commonest complications, infected mainly by either Staphylococcus or Streptococcus bacteria are well documented in the literature
Abstract: The objective is to evaluate an intervention that utilized a real-time predictive model to identify patients at high risk of readmission among heart failure
Abstract: Vestibular neuritis secondary to an active varicella zoster virus infection in children is uncommon and need to be considered. We report a case of an 8-year-old Malay boy with an acute onset of dizziness
Abstract: A26-year-old woman presents with fever, headache and painful rash on her nose for four days. The rash was burning in nature.She did not have any blurring of vision. She has no other medical illness.