Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.
Background: With increased demand for prepackaged food, the nutrient content of those products has increased especially fat, sugar, and sodium. We aimed to assess the compliance of nutritional labeling and to analyze the stated nutritional components as presented on prepackaged f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i530200
This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between Quality of Life (QoL) and psychosocial health status of caregivers of children living with diagnosed psychological disorder. A total of 309 caregivers of children with psychological disorders using a Federal Neuro...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i430199
Peste des petits ruminants is among the most common viral disease conditions of small ruminants, whose status has not yet been reported in Yobe State, Nigeria. Thus, this study was aimed at determining the seroprevalence of this disease among Sahel goats in Yobe State, Nigeria, u...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i430197
Aim: Through advances in technology and medicine, life expectancy is longer than before. The area covered by elderly people in the population pyramid has been changing over the years. Emergency departments are often used by elderly patients. It increases the density and fullness...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i430198
Background: Diarrhea claims the lives of more children than malaria, HIV and measles combined. Prompt identification of symptoms of diarrhea by Caregivers and timely commencement of oral rehydration therapy using oral rehydration solution (ORS) or appropriate home available fluid...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i430195
Aims: Acute pancreatitis is a severe inflammation of the pancreas presenting sudden onset with high morbidity and mortality. Simple, accessible, cost-efficient and feasible laboratory tests are still needed to demonstrate the prognosis of the patients. The aim of the present stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i430196
Khalid Abbas Owish Sukar, Rihab Ibrahim Abdalla, Humeda Suekit Humeda, Ahmed Omer Alameen & Eltayeb Ibrahim Mubarak·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2020
Aims: This study was designed to investigate the effect of Pear millet on glycaemic control and lipid profile in streptozocin diabetic rat model. Methodology: Forty healthy mature male rats were used in this study. The rats divided into 4 groups, ten rats in each and group (A) an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i330193
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large group from the Coronaviridae family that cause a variety of diseases, from the common cold to more serious clinical conditions such as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. This pathogen, which has a single chain, positive polarity and enveloped RNA viruses and c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i430194
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus strain. The virus is believed to spread mainly by respiratory droplets where the infected people breathe, cough or sneeze and expel little droplets of moisture that contain the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i330192
Background: Elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) requires adequate and continuous use of family planning commodities among women of reproductive age. This can be made possible by reducing the proportion of HIV positive women wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i330191