Aims: To report antihistamine abuse at a tertiary headache center including 6 patients who meet the criteria for substance abuse for intramuscular diphenhydramine (DPH). Presentation of the Cases: Six patients were identified who were prescribed intramuscular DPH and developed es...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12216
The Millennium Development Goals identify the health and wellbeing of children as important indices of meaningful development. An important aspect of child survival is the control of vaccine-preventable diseases. Measles remains an important cause of death among young children gl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/4333
Introduction: The geriatric population assumes great significance in terms of both preventive and curative health care services utilized. The patho-physio-psychological changes associated with ageing make their problems unique. In the geriatric population, hypertension accounts f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12876
Objectives: The objectives of the study were to investigate associations between socioeconomic status and all-cause mortality in the United States, and racial/ethnic differences in this association. We stratify analysis by race/ethnicity to test whether the consequences of SES va...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12433
Background: Evidence has demonstrated the metabolic relationship between dyslipidaemia and hypertension which are independent cardio-metabolic risk factors. As socio-economic and environmental dynamics in rural Nigeria changes, geriatric Nigerians tend to adopt lifestyles that pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11614
Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are two common diseases of lower gastrointestinal symptoms and discomfort. Although research has demonstrated the influence of psychological processes on gastrointestinal functions, few studies com...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11734
Marisa Baré, Concepción Montón, Xavier Pomares, Juli Font, Núria Torà, Cristina Estirado, José Maria Quintana, Ana Santiago, Silvia Vidal & The IRYSS-COPD Appropriateness Study Group·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: We aimed to determine the mortality two months after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD) and to identify factors associated with mortality, comparing patients admitted to wards and those discharged to home from the emergency department. Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11853
Aims: The purpose of this paper is to design a solar cooling system to decrease operating temperature of PV module in order to improve the efficiency of PV output power. The usage of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is a very attractive method for renewable energy. This study e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11615
Poverty is multidimensional, involving not only income deprivation, but also ill-health, illiteracy, lack of access to basic social services, and little opportunity to participate in the processes that influence people's lives. Malaysia, a multiracial country, managed to drastica...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10734
Aims: To evaluate the health status and to assess the risk of adverse health effects manifestation among occupationally exposed to methacrylic monomers dental professionals (dentists, nurses and attendants) and students of dental medicine and from the dental technician school, as...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12982
Aims: To document the evidence for a gut uptake to brain axis. The many hormones, many of them peptides and shared by the intestines and the brain, will not be included in this survey. Methods: Systematic looking through journal publications by means of Pub med and collected info...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10162
Claudine Tekounegning Tiogué, Paul Zango, Thomas Ewouken Efolé, Madeleine Kenfack, Joseph Tekwombuo, Guegang Tekou, Mathieu Domwa, Minette Tabi Eyango Tomedi & Joseph Tchoumboué·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2014
Aims: To evaluate the aquaculture potential of the native fishes from the Mbô Floodplain (MF) Rivers for their domestication and preservation the genetic diversity. Study Design: Descriptive research. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Applied Ichthyology and Hydrobiology...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12106
Trace elements influence hormones at different levels of action, including hormone secretion, activity and binding to target tissue. Thyroid hormones also influence the metabolism of some essential trace elements. There is paucity of knowledge on the interaction of some trace ele...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11985
Aims: The ethanolic extract of Excoecaria agallocha stem bark was evaluated for antioxidant properties and quantification of bioactive polyphenols by HPLC-DAD. Methodology: ABTS assay, total antioxidant capacity, reducing power, total phenolic and flavonoid contents were used for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/12425
Aims: To identify Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy (CAN) from a range of measures extracted from Heart Rate Variability (HRV), including higher moments of RR intervals and a spectrum of entropy measures of RR intervals. Study Design: Analysis of HRV measured from participants at a di...