Gender differences

Sickle Cell Disease Impact on Youth Health-Related Quality of Life in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya

Alloysius Luambo Omoto, Alfred Owino Odongo, Dominic Mogere & Nahashon Mwirigi · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic inherited hemoglobinopathy associated with recurrent pain, emotional distress, and functional impairment that collectively diminish health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In Kenya, limited evidence exists on HRQoL among youths l...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i121336

The Liver of Young and Old Female Rats Exhibits Heightened Susceptibility to Dichlorvos Exposure

Serah Funke Ige, Bolade S. Olateju, Salami Kauthar, Andrew Sharon Julius & Amusan Joshua Tolulope · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i81067

Gender-Related Differences and Mortality Predictors among Egyptian Hemodialysis Patients: A Multi-Center Prospective Observational Study

Abir Farouk Megahed, Mona Mohammed Tawfik Abdelhady, Ghada El Kannishy & Nagy Sayed- Ahmed · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2020

Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an important cause of global morbidity and mortality affecting both sexes. Both genders may present with different symptoms and signs, respond differently to therapy and may exhibit different degrees of tolerance towards their disease...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030259