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.
Faecal occult blood is a laboratory test which looks for the presence of microscopic blood in faeces possibly as a result of gastrointestinal bleeding which may be an indication of a disease. Several large prospective randomized controlled studies have shown that faecal occult bl...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33127
Protective effects of three triterpenoid acids, asiatic acid (AA), glycyrrhizic acid (GA) or oleanolic acid (OA), for BEAS-2B cells, human bronchial epithelial cells, against hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) induced injury were examined. Cells were pre-treated with AA, GA or OA at 4 or 8...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35271
Background: Hospital acquired infections are serious health issues in the health-care system. These infectious agents are usually drug resistant and complicate patient treatments after diagnosis by physicians. Aim: The aim of this research was to isolate and identify important ba...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34991
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the environmental sanitation practices on malaria prevention and control in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design Place and Duration of Study: Abi Local Government...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34870
This study was aimed to determine the antiplasmodial, biochemical and histopathological activities of hydroethanolic leaf extract of Tithonia diversifolia in Swiss albino mice infected with P. berghei NK65. Thirty (30) mice were randomly distributed into six groups of five mice e...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34048
Background: Stress is a problem of high teacher turn-out, brain drain, massive alcohol consumption, and high morbidity and mortality rates in the recent years. The main objective of this research is to find out the organizational reasons of being stress among health science facul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35104
Background: The future specialty of choice of interns determine the composition of medical practitioners workforce and the factors that underline this choice needs to be explored to help in healthcare planning and policy formulation for an economically poor country like Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/32497
Background: Maternal mortality remains a public health challenge and the Nigerian scenario of very high maternal deaths has remained one of the worst in the world. Delay in seeking care is recognized as an important determinant of the high maternal mortality rates. The clinical f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35022
The ethanol extract of the stem bark of Nauclea latifolia was investigated for its effect on certain haematological and biochemical indices of the swiss albino mice. Phytochemical screening of the extract for bioactive compounds indicated the presence of saponins, tannins, terpen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33284
Survey of prevalence of clinical manifestation of lymphatic filariasis was carried out in Jalingo LGA. Informed oral consent of individuals were sought and obtained before they were examined in secrecy for clinical signs and symptoms of filariasis. Night blood samples of consenti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33898