Aims: The beneficial effect of physical activity on reducing hip fracture risk has been supported in many previous studies. The present cohort study explores the relationship between total daily physical activity expressed as MET-hour/day and hip fracture risk among men over 50 y...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17685
Summary: The investigation had the aim to evaluate the effect of professional sports on the functional condition of the skin in order to develop a diagnostic algorithm for the risk of skin diseases occurrence in athletes. We examined 182 people: 126 athletes and 56 non athletes w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16636
Aims: For the orthodontic treatment of the complex cases, the interdisciplinary team work is of utmost importance, which leads to the predictable outcome with excellent treatment. The prime aim of this rare case report is to demonstrate the combined orthodontic-surgical-endodonti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16639
Aims: To find out the scientific base of the traditional plant Myrmecodia pendans as a new natural source for herbal remedies in aspect of its therapeutic compounds and cytotoxic effect on normal cells. Study Design: Experimental laboratory, in vitro study. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17465
Myxomas represent the most frequent benign tumor in adult population. It accounts for 25% of all cardiac tumors. Multiple myxomas within the cardia at unusual sites is very rare. We report a 60 year old lady who presented with myxomas in left atrium, right atrium, and pulmonary a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17630
Hereditary epidermolysis bullosa (EB) constitutes a genodermatosis group with variable clinical severity. Three main types were identified according to electron microscopy study as follows: simple, junctional, and dystrophic type. Recent discoveries of the molecular basis of epid...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16869
Aim: Long term consumption of dietary oils has been implicated in the etiology of hypertension. This study seeks to compare the effects of long term consumption of fresh palm oil (FPO) and thermoxidized palm oil (TPO) on baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (BRS), which is responsible...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17257
Background: It is well known fact that smoking and chewing of tobacco products have number of well documented detrimental effects on the oral cavity. There is an evident that oral cancer risk is related to both intensity and duration of tobacco smoking. Aim: This study was design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15517
Background: Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited disorder in which the red blood cells become rigid and sticky, and change from being disc-shaped to being crescent-shaped. The change in shape is as a result of an abnormal form of haemoglobin which leads to damage of some organs. A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17480
Objective: Hippotherapy or Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) is an alternative therapeutic treatment which is based on the special benefits of horse riding. The purpose of the herein review is to investigate the efficacy of this method for the treatment of several dysfunctions affect...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17023
Background: Edentulism, though declining in younger adults, remains prevalent in the U.S. older adult population. Poorer health outcomes, including cardiovascular outcomes have been associated with edentulism. Sleep disorders are also common in older adults and have been associat...
The present analysis is to study the boundary layer flow of an incompressible, steady combined free-forced convection and mass transfer flow over a vertical porous plate embedded in a porous medium with the effects of heat source/sink, suction/injection and thermal diffusion unde...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16257
Introduction: Despite recent progress and technological advances, heart valve surgery remains associated with a high rate of thromboembolic complications requiring anticoagulation, which must be both safe and effective to prevent any thromboembolic or bleeding events. Objectives:...
Coronary arteries with anomalous origin from the aorta may represent a trouble for interventional cardiologist, in particular in setting of acute coronary syndromes. Research of coronary ostium may cause crucial delay in reperfusion with important consequences for myocardial salv...
Anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction can present with a specific electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern without ST segment elevations, known as De Winter sign. Recognizing this ECG pattern is important since it is considered an equivalent to ST elevation myocardial infarction...