Exposure to industrial and agricultural environmental contaminants has been shown to produce deleterious effects on different organs of the human body. Dichlorvos [O, O-dimethyl O-(2,2-dichlorovinyl) phosphate, DDVP] is a major organophosphate pesticide used mostly in developing...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i81067
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Marian Orikpete, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Chinyere Ututu, Benjamin O. Okino & Augusta Mbagwu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: The idea of accelerated orthodontics is to modify the bone temporarily to enable teeth move faster in the jaws so as to shorten the orthodontic treatment time. With the increasing global interests in patients’ concerns about the duration of conventional orthodontic tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71052
Background/Aim: There is limited research on bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (bystander CPR) involving athletes globally and in the Nigerian context specifically. The impact of age and gender of individuals on the knowledge of bystander CPR and attitude towards it is vari...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11919
Aims: Ulcerative colitis is a disease of the bowel that occurs in all ages and affects both males and females. This research study was designed to investigate the effect of age and sex on the healing of colitis in rats. Methodology: Twenty - eight rats were randomly distributed i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930367
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 5th most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths in Nigeria. As with other cancers, CRC risk is multifactorial, including issues such as poor diet, obesity, alcohol abuse, physical inactivity, age above 50 years, history of adenomatous p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030260
Aim: The study aimed to determine the awareness of causes and health risks associated with high blood cholesterol (HBC) among men in Awka-Etiti, Nigeria. Study Design: A descriptive survey research design was used. Place and Duration: Awka-Etiti, Anambra State, Nigeria in 2019. M...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030261
Introduction: Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is the first line of treatment in assisted reproductive technology. Oocyte quality and endometrial thickness are the main predictors of IUI pregnancy outcomes. Materials and Methods: thirty-one infertile polycystic ovarian syndrome wo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42475
Aims: To assess the prevalence of urinary Schistosomiasis among primary school pupils in Dutsin-Ma town, Katsina State, Nigeria. Study Design: Five schools were selected using simple random sampling technique without replacement. Place and Duration of Study: Dutsin-ma Local Gover...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25076
Introduction: Adipocytic (lipomatous) tumours have been described as soft tissue neoplasms composed of adipocytes at different stages of maturity. The predominant benign varieties are usually managed by surgical excision and therefore have much better prognosis than the malignant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13431