Background: At the age of 65 years and above, besides physiological changes, different health challenges can be observed. Some of these health challenges in these patients come as emergencies. An extraordinary clinical approach is required to medically assist in their management....
Introduction: The use of Computed Tomography (CT) in medical diagnosis showing more complex fractures and other pathological findings in 3D, delivers relatively higher radiation doses to patients when compared to conventional X-rays. In order to maintain good diagnosis while redu...
Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of and factors associated with excess adiposity (excess body fat) in post-menopausal women in rural Bangladesh. Results showed that older post-menopausal women had higher rates of excess adiposity and that socioeconomic and de...
Cigarette smoking is one of the most important modifiable risk factor for diabetes. Cigarette smoking is linked to vascular damage, endothelial dysfunction, and activation of the blood-clotting cascade. It is not unusual that the combined harmful effect of elevated blood glucose...
Background: Asthma is a common respiratory illness in children that causes episodes of bronchial spasm and makes it difficult to breathe. Common triggers include allergens, respiratory infections, irritants, physical activity, and family history. Children with asthma often exhibi...
Background: Stress in medical school has become a common phenomenon and studies have shown that students tend to adopt dubious strategies to cope and survive the higher general demands during medical training. This study aimed to determine the level of perceived stress and coping...
Background: The establishment of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria was the national strategy of combating the appalling health indices and rising cost of healthcare in the country. However, this vision remains a shadow of itself after over a decade of implementat...
Background: Manual storage of patients’ records comes with several challenges. In developing countries like Nigeria, it is a pressing time to establish a solid and context-based health information management system through innovative approaches. Electronic health management...
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition that affects a large number of people. The fundamental cause of this condition is a lack of insulin synthesis or reduced insulin action. A large variety of in vivo and in vitro models have been developed to investigate the antidiabetic eff...
Background: Unrelenting nasal obstruction sometimes associated with rhinorrhoa may suggest the presence of sinonasal growth. Two major groups commonly exist, neoplastic or inflammatory. Aim: The aim of this study is to present the clinical pattern of unilateral nasal masses in Un...
A common, complex endocrine condition called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) causes polycystic ovaries, persistent an ovulation, and hyper androgenism, which manifest as irregular menstrual periods, hirsutism, acne, and infertility. Evidence-based medical management for PCOS e...
Psychiatric nurse has a very vast role to play in psychiatric hospitals for the treatment as well as rehabilitative aspect of the client. Clients admitted in psychiatric hospital are on different kinds of medicines like talking about anticonvulsants, like other drugs the anticonv...
Aims: To determine pattern of abdominal adiposity and its association with prediabetes and hypertension. Study Design: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso and the d...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Prevention and Control (NCDC) is a disease contracted from animals (zoonotic disease). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS COV-2) is the virus responsible for COVID-19. COVID-19 sympto...
Lassa fever (LF) is one of the chronic, zoonotic, viral haemorrhagic diseases that is caused Lassa virus, belonging to the family of arenaviruses, a member of the family Arenaviridaer. The Lassa virus was described in the year 1950s, but was not named until 1969. The first case o...