Background: Adolescent obesity is a worldwide threatening health challenge. Current study was designed to assess the obesity and overweight occurrence in adolescent age groups of 12-18 years pertaining to high and low income groups of the city of Quetta Pakistan. Methods and Resu...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i530296
Aims: To determine the presentation, characteristics and associated co-morbidities in Nigerian men with prostate cancer. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried at the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teachin...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i530297
Background: Malaria remains a major public health threat claiming many lives particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Light microscopy and RDT are the mainstay tests in the clinical settings for malaria diagnosis. Many studies report varying levels of validity of these tests compared...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i430294
Background: Untreated maternal syphilis is strongly associated with adverse birth outcomes. The WHO recommends routine serological screening in pregnancy. Some workers have advised a reappraisal of this practice, having demonstrated low seroprevalence in their antenatal populatio...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i430293
The primary aim of this study is to make the indigenous cultural ways of identifying diseases known in order to promote and remove the mystery and superstition associated to them. Due to the nature of the study, the purposive sampling technique was largely employed. Interviews an...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i430291
Background: Oral Contraceptive Pills (OCPs) are the most widely prescribed form of hormonal contraception both in developed and developing countries. They are also the most popular non-surgical method of contraception. Objective: To determine the prevalence rate and socio-demogra...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i430292
Chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis (CRAC) is a chronic disease of the oral mucosa, characterized by periodic remissions and exacerbations with the eruption of aft. According to WHO, it affects up to 20% of the population. Currently, most scientists are inclined to the leading...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i330289
Objective: To investigate the factors influencing fast-food consumption amongst the International Medical Students of USM-KLE. Hypothesis: Fast food consumption is deleterious to the overall health of a person, and thus we expect low fast food consumption amongst medical students...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i330290
Introduction: A 24 hours long cyclic change in body temperature, ie. body temperature circadian rhythm is used as a marker of other body circadian rhythms. Objectives: To determine circadian rhythm in oral temperature of adult hyperthyroids at Nyala and Alfashir- western cities,...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i330286
The mechanical behavior of a proximal femur under a normal body weight loading was examined. The geometry of the proximal femur was created in a finite element model using 29 reference points measured on the CT scan images of a patient. Four additional sets of measurements were c...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i330287