Lipid profile changes in second trimester of pregnancy.

The present study was carried out in the department of physiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh during the period of July 2006 to June 2007. The aim of the study was to investigate the changes in serum total cholesterol, triacylglycerol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol during the 2nd trimester of normal pregnancy. The serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triacylglycerol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol were measured in 50 cases during the second trimester of pregnancy and in a control group of 100 cases of non pregnant women, which was matched on reproductive age. Data were analyzed by computer with SPSS program using unpaired 't' test. The result showed that the pregnant women had significantly higher concentrations of serum total cholesterol, triacylglycerol and LDL cholesterol (p<0.001). But in case of HDL-cholesterol the mean concentration was slightly higher than control group though not statistically significant (p<0.079). Higher concentration of lipids and lipoproteins in second trimester of pregnancy may be a purely physiological response to pregnancy or it may be indicative of pathology in some women. These results warrant a follow up study to investigate whether the hyperlipidaemic response to pregnancy is variable and if so, whether it can predict future hyperlipidaemia in later life.

Studies on Serum Total Cholesterol, in Second and Third Trimester of Pregnancy.

Study was carried out in the department of physiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh during the period of July 2006 to June 2007 to investigate the effect of pregnancy on serum total cholesterol. The serum concentrations of total cholesterol was measured in 100 cases of 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy and in a control group of 100 cases of non pregnant women which was matched on reproductive age. Data were analyzed by computer with SPSS program using unpaired student‘t’ test. The results showed that the pregnant women had significantly higher concentrations of serum total cholesterol. Higher concentration of total cholesterol was more common in pregnant than control and reaching maximum at 3rd trimester of pregnancy. This may be a purely physiological response to pregnancy or it may be indication of pathology in some women. These results deserve a follow up study to investigate whether the hypercholesterolemia persists after parturition.

Islamic medicine history and current practice

Considerable conifision exists in literature regarding the definition of 'Islamic Medicine'. This is mainly because each author that writes about 'Islamic Medicine 'is actually writing about an aspect of Islamic Medicine. Thus the definition can vary depending upon the perspective. The context can be historical, cultural, scientific, pharmacological, therapeutic, religious or even a geo-political. In this monograph we shall be examining this body of knowledge mainly from its historical, scientific, therapeutic and application viewpoints. The greatest challenge of Islamic Medicine is not in its practice, therapeutics or application but in adaptation to modem day needs. Thus it is my belief that the fundamental challenge is not the way in which Islamic Medicine is practiced but the way in which it is defined

Islamization of medicine

A concept of Islamization of Medicine is presented. Many Islamic sociologists have ascribed to the fact that in the modern day Islamic world, many disciplines of knowledge have veered from Islamic ideologies and developed secular or non- Islamic ideologies in imitation of the West. This has led to decadent and disastrous results in most of these disciplines. In many of these, progress has either halted or is non-existent. As applied to medicine this blind imitation of western ideologies is leading us also into the same problems that are faced by modern medicine in western nations today. It is time that we stopped and looked at this problem with a new and different perspective perhaps an Islamic one