Aims: To evaluate the current status of practices being followed to comply with regulatory guidelines by corporate hospitals for containing man-made ionizing radiation while using medical diagnostic imaging equipments. To statistically test and conclude whether Corporate Hospital...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37873
Adamu Ahmad Rufa’i, Siew Hwa Yen, Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda, Venkata Murali Krishna Bhavaraju & Aishah Knight Abd Shatar·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the association between reproductive factors and the risk of breast cancer among Malaysian women. Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Oncology clinics of 6 selected hospitals from 3 states of Kedah, Kelantan and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37027
Aims: To evaluate the effects of clove buds and fermented ginger rhizome supplements on Lipid profile and thyroid functions in high fat diet induced insulin resistance in rabbits. Study Design: High fat diet was fed to rabbits for eleven weeks to ascertain diabetic animal model (...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33166
Background/Aim of Study: Training of practising professional and student teachers in CPR is very central, if the idea of introducing CPR training in Nigerian school system and by extension possibly the number of bystander CPR providers for OHCA in line with the international sta...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36913
Background: Stroke is emerging as a leading cause of preventable death and disability in adults in many developing countries. One important aspect of self-care is the oral health care. Individuals who have suffered stroke may have difficulty to independently complete the needed O...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37029
Ike, Edith Chinonyelum, Nwonu, Eunice Ifeyinwa, Balogun Mobolanle Rasheedat, Obidike, Obinna Reginald & Molobe, Ikenna Daniel·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: An emergency department (ED) is where acute cases report and require urgent and intensive care. The ED of National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos is constantly overcrowded and may be impacting the nursing care that is provided in the unit. Objective: To identify...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37303
Aim: This study was conducted to assess the determinants of low infant birth weight in the Tamale metropolis of Ghana. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Postnatal and child welfare clinics of the Tamale Central, West and Seventh Day Adv...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36250
Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the major health and development challenges of the 21st century. They cause human suffering and inflict harm on the socioeconomic fabric of countries, particularly low- and middle-income countries. Aim: The study aims to scre...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36090
Aims: To examine the factors predicting the utilization of breast cancer screening services among women working in a private university in Ogun State. Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: A private University in Ogun State, Nigeria. Dat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37013
Background: People with type 2 Diabetes (type II DM) have an elevated risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) for which Dyslipidemia is the major contributor. Diabetic patients have characteristic pattern of dyslipidemia with Decreased level of high density lipoprotein c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36088
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