Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.
Background: Antioxidants are substances that protect the cell damage caused by free radicals. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has radical-scavenging activity thus acting as antioxidant. In this study, we evaluated haematological changes in alloxan-induced diabetic rats treated or not w...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36038
Background: Diabetes is the most common non-communicable disease. Currently Diabetes Mellitus (DM) affects 240 million people worldwide. Pakistan belongs to high prevalence area having 6.9 million diabetics. Diabetes mellitus is 4th leading cause of death in most developed countr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35857
Background: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the three common causes of vulvovaginitis in women of child bearing age, usually resulting from alteration the normal vaginal microbiota and PH. Common clinical presentation includes abnormal vaginal discharge, pruritus, dysuria and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36736
Background: The use of alternative therapy to combat heavy metal intoxications has emerged recently, due to scientific evidences indicating superior efficacy in the use of botanicals that possess high antioxidative capabilities with or without dimercaprol or succimer in treating...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33893
U. P. Okonkwo, G. C. Okoye, A. O. Ezeukwu, M. J. Nwankwo, V. A. Egwuonwu, O. P. Ibikunle, C. O. Azubike & E. E. Okoye·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Studies estimate that up to 85 percent of people who suffer a stroke will have cognitive impairments, including deficits in executive function, attention and working memory. New evidence indicates that exercise exerts its effects on cognition by affecting molecular ev...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36206
Tek Bahadur Thapa, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Md. Akhter Hossain, Ariful Bari Chowdhury, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Sanjana Zaman & G. U. Ahsan·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, natural disaster, accident, or sexual assault. Though several recent studies have focused on PTSD, its sta...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36819
Background: Tobacco chewing and smoking is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in developed and developing countries. It decreases the sensitivity of taste receptors which in turn leads to altered taste receptors response and changes in salivary flow rate (SF...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36522
James Avoka Asamani, Abdul-Majeed Ahmed, Hamza Ismaila, Francis Abande Akugri, Fidelis Atibila & Margaret Chebere·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
This study examined the level of motivation of health workers in a rural hospital in Ghana and the factors affecting it. A cross sectional survey was employed to study one hundred (100) health professionals who consented to participate in the study. The results show that on a 10-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36723
Aims: To compare the effect of spontaneous voiding of urine to the different durations of the urethral catheter following elective caesarean section. Study Design: Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and department of microbiolo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34416
Introduction: Maternal mortality is a global public health challenge; developing regions account for approximately 99% (302,000) of the global maternal deaths in 2015, and sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for roughly 66% (201,000), followed by South Asia (66,000). Birth prepared...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36705