One of the most important methods to replace lost teeth is dental implants. In order to increase the strength of connection of the implant with the jaw bone to provide early loading after placement...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects many people around the world. It is difficult to diagnose and it is unpredictable not only in its initial stages but also in the way it develops. ...
Empathy is an essential component in the effective healthcare provider-patient relationship. This book concerns about assessing the level of empathy towards patient among medical students at Bahri ...
Global monitoring indicates that only 39% of all infants worldwide are exclusively breastfed. Therefore, the study seeks to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF...
Dysmenorrhea is the occurrence of painful cramps during menstruation in the lower abdomen often accompanied by other biologic symptoms occurring just before or during the menses. It is a very commo...
In Rwanda, Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) control program was established in 2007 and initial mapping was completed in 2008 before starting mass drug administration (MDA) against schistosomiasis ...
Prolactin is a hormone that is secreted by both men and women. It is released by your pituitary gland, an organ responsible for regulating many of your body's functions, including reproduction. The...
Descriptive and retrospective study of the methods of management of phimosis in children by general practitioners in Midi-Pyrenees. 300 questionnaires were distributed by post. The standardised que...
The World Health Organization has characterized "work-related" diseases as multifactorial to indicate that a number of risk factors (e.g., physical, work organizational, psychosocial, and socio-cul...
Iron is the necessary molecule for cellular metabolism and is an imperative nonorganic substance, that plays a major role inoxygentransport, short-term oxygen storage., electron transfer, DNA synth...
Gestational Diabetes mellitus( GDM), itself is a subclinical inflammatory state which leads to release of inflammatory mediators and acute phase proteins like CRP into maternal circulation. This ca...
Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a soluble glycoprotein, mainly involved in bone metabolism, but it is also found in various other tissues like vascular smooth muscle cells. OPG has been implicated in vari...
Engaging in physical activity (PA) and/or cognitive activity (CA) retains function in older adults, but whetherthe combination of these activities is associated with disability onset is still unkno...
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and multiple other biological effects. The major natural sour...
Innovative instruments to stem the tide of cardiometabolic diseases are needed, especially in primary care (PC). A measurement of the ratio: triglycerides (TG) to HDL-Cholesterol (HDL-C), known as ...
The suboccipital location of Pott's disease is exceptional, and may be complicated by compression of the bulbous-medullary junction due to instability of the cervico-occipital hinge, requiring arth...
This atlas of tongue base, hypopharyngeal and laryngeal pathology represents the teamwork effort of ENT Department Timisoara's ("Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, RO) su...
From 2006 to 2016, we treated 300 newborns with AS in the Republican Training and Methodological Center for Neonatal Surgery at the Republican Clinical Center of Neonatal Surgery. Out of 300 patien...
Atypical antipsychotics are commonly prescribed for the treatment of several psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and psychosis. However prolong use leads to severe metabolic side effects ...
Autistic disorders have become increasingly known as pervasive developmental disorders since the 1980s. They have been recently called autism spectrum disorder mostly by the American Psychiatric As...