Hypertension, a chronic medical condition is commonly seen in young people in my environment. Certain risk factors are associated with the development of this condition. They include a positive family history of hypertension, being overweight /obese, excessive alcohol intake, cig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20070
Giovanni Messina, Vincenzo De Luca, Andrea Viggiano, Domenico Tafuri, Antonietta Messina, Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Antonio Ivano Triggiani, Giuseppe Cibelli, Anna Valenzano, Sergio Chieffi & Marcellino Monda·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: Menopause is a period of significant physiological change that may be associated with increased body weight and obesity-related diseases. Many studies have been carried out to determine influences of estrogen depletion, resting energy expenditure (REE) decline and aging dur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18877
Rasaq O. Shittu, Louis O. Odeigah, Alabi K. Moradeyo, Musa A. Sanni, A. Aderibigbe, Abdullateef G. Sule, B. S. Okesina, Salamat Isiaka Lawal & Jimoh O. Kamaldeen·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Introduction: Short sleep duration is a salient issue because it is a major public health concern and has more wide-reaching problems among HIV/AIDS patients. Short sleep duration was said to be associated with lower CD4 count, higher viral load values, depression, high blood pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19630
Oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been working in the pathophysiology of various chronic diseases. Under normal circumstances, the human cochlea has some antioxidant molecules which can scavenge the oxidant substances and ROS to avoid the possible damage int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20125
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) dysfunction with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations. MG is as a result of autoantibodies directed against NMJ at the postsynaptic level involving nicotinic or other postsynaptic antigens. The newly ident...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20381
Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of 810-nm diode LASER in the management of patients with oral leukoplakia. Materials and Methods: A total of 10 cases diagnosed clinically and histopathologically as leukoplakia were included in the present study. All the cases were treated usin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19178
With the expansion of the indications for implantation of cardiac electronic devices, there was an increase in these procedures and, consequently, there was an increase of the infection rate. The risk of infection depends on many factors, including device type and the number of i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20118
Background Caroli's disease is a rare congenital disorder characterized by segmental, non obstructive, cystic dilatation of intra hepatic bile ducts. It belongs to the spectrum of fibropolycystic liver disease which results from in utero malformation of ductal plate. Two forms of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19776
Objectives: To assess the current knowledge, beliefs, awareness and practices of the Saudi population attending Maternity and Children Hospital (MCH) in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia using non-prescribed antibiotics for their children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20210
Objective: The study was conducted to determine the incidence of hypoglycaemia and some associated factors in children presenting as emergency in Aba, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: This was a hospital based prospective descriptive study conducted in the children’s emergency war...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13339