Background: Extracorporeal blood oxygenation and ozonation (EBOO) is an extracorporeal procedure involving oxygen-ozone exposure and blood filtration. Clinical evidence remains limited, and EBOO is investigational in many settings. Objective: To describe paired laboratory changes...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i9776
Background: Chronic kidney disease patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis depend on reliable vascular access; however, arteriovenous fistula (AVF) malfunction remains an important clinical problem. Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the association of the neutrophil-to-lymp...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i9775
Background: Hyperthyroidism is a prevalent thyroid condition characterised by excess thyroid hormone production. Low or suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), combined with elevated triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), is characteristic of overt hyperthyroidism. This...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i9774
Massage is among the oldest and most widely recognised components of naturopathic physical medicine, yet its position within the discipline has become unsettled. Naturopathic philosophy justifies manual therapy through claims about circulation, elimination, nervous regulation and...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i9773
Deliberate exposure of the skin to solar radiation for therapeutic purposes has been practised for more than a century and remains embedded in naturopathic care as an expression of the doctrine that healing is assisted by ordered contact with natural agents. The practice now sits...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i8772
Rasa Shastra, the branch of Ayurveda concerned with the medicinal use of metals, minerals and processed mercury, occupies a contested position between an ancient iatrochemical tradition and contemporary pharmaceutical science. Its principal dosage forms, the incinerated herbo-min...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i8770
Microdesmis puberula Hook. f. ex Planch. is used traditionally for the management of burns and wounds. This study evaluated the wound-healing potential of the methanol leaf extract and solvent fractions of M. puberula using an excision wound model in experimental animals. The dri...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i8771
Background: Breast milk immunoglobulins, particularly immunoglobulin A (IgA), immunoglobulin G (IgG), and immunoglobulin M (IgM), play essential roles in neonatal passive immunity. Although Moringa oleifera possesses recognised nutritional and immunomodulatory properties, its eff...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i8768
Background: Snakebite envenoming remains an important public health concern, particularly in rural settings where access to conventional antivenom may be limited. Medicinal plants such as Euclea divinorum are traditionally used for snakebite management, but their safety and venom...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i8769
Anxiety disorders represent one of the most prevalent categories of mental illness worldwide, and pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments, while effective, remain inaccessible or unacceptable to a substantial proportion of affected individuals. Yoga and pranayama, mind–b...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2026/v27i8767