A Community based
multiple risk factors intervention strategy
to prevent Cardiovascular and Chronic Kidney
diseases.
The Clinical Research Centre (CRC) of the
MOH will be launching this disease
management program to help control
Hypertension, Diabetes and Hyperlipidaemis
among patients attending General Practice
for their care.
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1ST
CORFIS CENTRE IS NOW IN PUCHONG
/ BANDAR KINRARA
Address :
S13,
2nd Floor, Giant
Hypermarket Bandar Kinrara,
Lot 449, Jalan BK5A/1, Bandar
Kinrara, 47100 Puchong, Selangor
Darul Ehsan
Looking Ahead To An Exciting
Year For CORFIS
2007 has been quite an event
filled year for the
Community-based Multiple
Risk Factors Intervention
Strategy to prevent
Cardiovascular and Chronic
Kidney diseases (CORFIS)
with kick off of Phase 1 of
the landmark study in
August.
Nurse Advisory Protocol in
CORFIS
The main objective of the
nurse intervention arm of
CORFIS is to coordinate the
care of chronic diseases and
provide counselling to
improve self-management
skills.
Diabetes Management
Self-Efficacy Scale (DMSES)
In the CORFIS study[1],
various evidence-based
interventional strategies
and system changes are
introduced with the aim of
bringing about improved
outcomes for patients with
cardiovascular risk factors.
World Kidney Day (WKD) is a
global health awareness
campaign focusing on the
importance of our kidneys
and reducing the frequency
and impact of kidney disease
and its associated health
problems worldwide.
Kidney disease linked to
lower medication use after
heart attack
Patients with kidney disease
especially end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) requiring
dialysis are less likely to
receive recommended
medications after a heart
attack, reports a study in
the September 2008 Clinical
Journal of the American
Society of Nephrology (CJASN).
Research on the effects of
statins in patients with
chronic kidney disease:
meta-analysis and
meta-regression of
randomised controlled trials
The objective is to analyse
the benefits and harms of
statins in patients with
chronic kidney disease
(pr-dialysis, dialysis, and
transplant populations).
New once-a-week treatment
for type 2 diabetes
developed by Mount Sinai
researcher
In a study published by the
Lancet journal today,
Toronto researcher Dr.
Daniel Drucker reported that
a new once-weekly treatment
for type 2 diabetes could
replace the more common
twice-daily injection.
