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.
Verner N. Orish, Jones Ofori-Amoah, Kokou Hefoume Amegan-Aho, Lennox Mac-Ankrah, Ibrahim Jamfaru, Innocent Afeke & Festus K. Adzaku·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Soil transmitted helminths (STH), as well as Schistosoma haematobium and mansoni, are very common helminth infections among children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of helminth infection among children in the Volta Region of Ghana. This...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34393
In Nigeria smoking is a common habit in both rural and urban areas. Cigarette smoking is associated with alterations in inflammatory markers among smokers and it affects various organs and tissues in the body including blood. Cigarette smoking is associated with development and p...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33813
Ayşe Kevser Demir, Selim Demir, Arif Arısoy, Sait Alim, Alper Güneş, Rabia Pişkin Sağır, Fatih Altunkaş, Kayihan Karaman & Şafak Şahin·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX), an extracellular matrix disorder, is associated with an increased risk of heart diseases, including coronary arterial disease, myocardial ischemia, and arrhythmia. Ventricular repolarization abnormalities can be an indicator of these diseases. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34397
Background: Food drug interactions contribute a major reason for drug interactions but they are neglected due to less knowledge and awareness on it. Objective: To assess the awareness about food drug interactions among various individuals from diverse backgrounds. Methodology: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33682
Leptin as well as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are involved in the regulation of feeding behavior and energy balance. The present study determined the effect of leptin on the core body temperature in rats with experimental model of obesity, as well as the changes of body temper...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34428
Richard K. D. Ephraim, Ruth C. Brenyah, Festus B. Osei, Enoch O. Anto, Anthony L. Basing & Kwame O. Darkwah·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Nephrotic syndrome is a common childhood renal disease globally with a penchant for the early years of life and has generated a lot of interest among paediatricians and nephrologists. Aim: This study aimed to determine the clinical, therapeutic and socio-demographic f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33270
Cannabis is the most widely abused illegal substance in many countries of the world presently. It acts on the higher nerve centers and produces a feeling of intoxication with hallucination. Its main component, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol, produces the ‘high’ feeling that most user...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34164
This study aims to determine the phytochemical characteristics, structural determination of bioactive component from the leaf extract using GCMs and experimentally investigation of the antibacterial activity of essential oil from Persea americana and Citrus sinensis leaf against...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33766
Background: Intravenous administrations have a high incidence of errors but there is limited evidence of associated factors or error severity. Objective: To evaluate and categorise the attentiveness and negligence of nursing staff during the administration of intravenous drugs to...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33644
Introduction: Numerous contemporary authors have described modern sanitary organisations as complex adaptive systems. Therefore, the behaviours and response patterns of their services and units are hardly intelligible if analysed by rationalist or Cartesian points of view. Method...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34421