Aims: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in Guyana, accounting for one in every four cancer diagnosis. Chemotherapy has been medically and scientifically proven to be most effective treatment for many types of cancers. However, there were also severe effe...
Aims: Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia is a common side effect in cancer patients. Other hematopoietic lineages are also decreased in cancer patient. Altered laboratory parameters would prevent patients from chemotherapy. Thus this study identified the significance of blood param...
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the potentially serious human diseases and is still one of the major causes of mortality. It ranks as the second most leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Objective: The aim of the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18133
Aim: Water refill stations continue to be a means of providing safe and affordable drinking water. However, due to the growing number of water refill stations, there have been concerns regarding the water quality and voluntary compliance with the local standard. Therefore, this s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i44092
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the level of knowledge regarding self-care and awareness as well as long-term complications among type 2 diabetic patients in Guyana. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2021/v13i430231
Aims: The purpose of this research was to assess Perceived Risk of Diabetes (PRD) and Self-reported Diabetes Risk Factors (SRDRF) among University of Guyana Students. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive research. Place and Duration of Study: University of Guyana, February-A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2019/v2i119
Aims: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is very important for sawmills just like any other occupation. Therefore, this study aims to assess the measures taken by sawmills to ensure safety is maintained at the workplace and to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v9i130211
Objective: To evaluate antimicrobial and phytochemical activity of hexane and ethanolic extract of Ocimum sanctum and Calotropis gigantea leaves on clinical pathogens. Materials and Methods: The agar diffusion test was used to check the antimicrobial activity of the hexane and et...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17062
Aim: The present study evaluates the antimicrobial activity of different samples of honey produced in Guyana and a comparison of their effectiveness with conventional antibiotics. Methods: A disk diffusion method was used to assess the activity of honey against microbial pathogen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17063
Aims: Senna alata (Carrion crow bush), Senna bicapsularis (Money bush) and Pityrogramma calomelanos (Wild maran) are known for their value in traditional medicine. The study was an effort to identify, environment friendly antifungal compounds from these locally available plants a...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v10i330164
Aims: Medicinal plants have been a fundamental part of the human health since existence. Guyana is surrounded high in the green shoulder of northern South America and shares Amazon River and Amazon Forest. South American population use plant extracts obtained from traditional med...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2020/v5i130122
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of pre-diabetes and associated central obesity among sampled University of Guyana students. Methods: The study was a cross sectional study where a questionnaire was distributed to each participant to assess predisp...
Aim: This study was designed to determine the knowledge and utilization of traditional medicine for Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) among residents of Pakuri (St. Cuthbert’s Mission) in Guyana. Since treatment for T2DM is expensive with multiple side effects, it has become necessary to ex...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2019/v7i330100
Aims: To examine the attitudes and practices of physicians and pharmacists towards bush medicine, and explore the factors influencing their attitudes. Also, to determine whether a video educational intervention impacted attitudes. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional study of...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v11i430190
Aims: To evaluate the effect of a video educational intervention, on the knowledge of physicians and pharmacists with respect to their awareness of the difference between local bush medicines (bush) and imported herbal medicines (herb); and, their uses, side effects, contraindica...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v10i430173
Aims: To investigate the attitudes and beliefs of physicians and pharmacists towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) using two instruments: the Complementary and Alternative Belief Inventory (CAMBI) and the Attitudes to Alternative Medicine. Study Design: This was a...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v10i230162
Aim: The main objective of the study was to compare, using laboratory data, the efficacy of herbal medicines against conventional drugs in treating and managing diabetes mellitus (DM) among type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients. Methodology: The study recruited 80 patients from a priva...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2019/v7i230097