Dr. Sheikh Shafeeq Palesmir

24/11/2025

Can a 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 patient eat 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗳?

24/11/2025

Can a 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 patient eat 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗳?

27/07/2025

23/12/2024

View setbacks as learning opportunities rather than failures. So, embrace challenges.

28/10/2024

17/10/2024

New research highlights a potential connection between long-term antibiotic use and a higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA):

Antibiotic use for 91+ days is associated with a 79% increased risk of RA.

Using 4 or more types of antibiotics raised RA risk by 61%.

The risk escalates with longer antibiotic exposure and more drug classes.

10/10/2024

The body roundness index (BRI) is an abdominal obesity‐related anthropometric index that combines waist circumference (WC) and height to describe a person's body shape and better reflects the proportion of body fat and visceral fat.

A higher BRI trajectory is associated with an increased risk of CVD.

22/09/2024

Diabetes and even prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain aging.

22/09/2024

Diabetes and even prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain aging, especially among men and people with poor cardiometabolic health. However, a healthy lifestyle may counteract this.

17/09/2024

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi.

AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. As a result, the medicines become ineffective and infections persist in the body, increasing the risk of spread to others.

09/09/2024

Preventing or delaying DIABETES is an important approach for reducing DEMENTIA risk throughout the life course