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
Aims: Influenza vaccination is effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although the humoral immune response to influenza vaccine is weak with some kinds of strain in RA patients having biologics. This study’s purpose is to investigate the immune response in RA patie...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33586
Maher Abo Bakr Al Amir, Heba Mahmoud Zein El Abdeen, Ghada Mohamed Ezzat, Asmaa Abdel Maksoud Ghanem & Ahmed Abdalla Hassan·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Beta thalassemia comprises a group of inherited (autosomal recessive) hematologic disorders characterized by decreased or absent synthesis of β-globin chains. Beta thalassemia patients exhibit an unbalance in bone mineral turnover with increased resorptive rates and s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33874
Anatomy as a subject is an ancient medical science. The early practitioners of Anatomy were morphological explorers and observers. Anatomy was one of the earliest sciences that marked the transition of logical reasoning from philosophy to science. This is why it is appropriate to...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33742
Background: Children living with HIV/AIDS should be treated with antiretroviral throughout life so accessibility to hospitals is one of the factors that affect treatment access. The purpose of this study was to identify the distance, travel time and the length of time required in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34205
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the level of medication adherence among patients with different non-communicable chronic diseases in Quetta, Pakistan. Moreover this study has also evaluated the factors affecting medication adherence. Methodology: A cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34300