Potential beneficiaries of health insurance schemes are convinced to enrol based on varied expectations and justifications. This is so for persons leaving with HIV/AIDS. Considering the myriad of challenges confronting these insurance schemes, the current study explored the views...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42452
Diabetes mellitus, a silent killer, is a disease which is characterized by altered metabolism of carbohydrate, protein and lipids, classically present as raised blood glucose levels. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in increasing rapidly in both high and low-income countries....
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42470
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignancy among both sexes worldwide. Incidence rates have been found to be increasing throughout the world from past few decades. Other than known etiologies like alcohol, smoking and tobacco, viral association has b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42311
Waheed Atilade Adegbiji, Stanley Baba Amutta, Olawale Olubi, Gabriel Toye Olajide & Shuaib Kayode Aremu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Background: Hearing impairment is a common sensory impairment affecting all age group worldwide. Aims: This study aimed at determining the prevalence, sociodemographic features, aetiology, audiometry findings, impact on quality of life and management of hearing impairment in a te...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42161
Aim: Smoking is an increasing problem in public health world-wide. Smoke from marijuana and cigarette have been shown to contain many toxins. This study investigated the effect of marijuana and cigarette smoking on hematology, blood chemistry and plasma dopamine level of smokers...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41637
Background: Oral Squamous cell carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer across the world. In Pakistan oral squamous cell carcinoma ranks second among all cancer in both men and women. Several risk factors of oral squamous cell carcinoma have been established which includes; smok...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42096
Physiologically, Insulin is a hormone that helps the body’s cells to absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. In diabetics, however, due to the pancreatic production of insufficient amounts of insulin or failure of body’s cells to respond to available insul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41928
Martha Omoo Ochoga, Geoffrey Ingyoroko Tolough, Aondoaseer Michael, Rose Okwunu Abah, Othniel Dabit, Iyornenge Ikuren & Onyilo Ogbu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Background: Congenital anomalies occur due to structural or functional anomalies of the body that present at birth. Aim and Objective: To determine the relationship between maternal age and congenital anomalies amongst newborns in a tertiary hospital in North Central Nigeria. Mat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41868
Aims: It has been revealed that in patients with chronic tonsillitis there is an increase in the expression of various types of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the tonsils. The TLRs in question, especially TLR2 and 4, require Cluster of Differentiation 14 (CD14) in recognising the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41289
Background: Oesophageal foreign bodies are common in the ear, nose and throat practice. Unlike children, the occurrence in adults is due to accidental or deliberate self-harm. Delay in oesophageal foreign body retrieval could lead to unpleasant complications. Aims: To highlight t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41442
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, under diagnosed, fatal and devastating hyper-inflammatory syndrome that has gained increasing recognition over the past decade. HLH can be familial (F-HLH) or acquired; infections, autoimmune diseases, malignancy or immune suppr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41435
The maxillofacial region is affected by a more significant number of cysts than any other parts of the body. Odontogenic cysts are rare entities that appear in tooth-bearing areas. In this study, three cases of odontogenic keratocyst were collected over a period of 3 months in t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39788
Background: Diclofenac sodium is a non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is widely used therapeutically for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) but no scientific study has been carried out at Nnewi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40535
Adult still’s disease (ASD) is a defined clinical entity and a known cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). It is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by a triad of symptoms: daily (quotidian) spiking fever (>39°C), arthritis and an evanescent salmon-colored ra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41263
Background: Pregnancy causes remarkable and dramatic changes in hematological variables which have an impact on pregnancy and its outcome. Objective: This descriptive longitudinal study examined maternal hematological parameters during pregnancy and its effect on pregnancy outcom...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/33380