Written by Kumutha Theivasigamani
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze the utilization of antidiabetic agents among patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in primary care clinics of a South Indian rural province of Erode district, Tamilnadu, India. The study was conducted for a period of one year using a structured validated questionnaire. There was a total of 487 diabetic patients residing in the rural area of a south Indian state were included in this drug utilization evaluation. Majority of the diabetic patients i
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Written by Dalia Mostafa Mohammed Domiaty
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Recently, pomegranate fruit and its leaves have found wide usage as a natural treatment for several ailments. In this study, we investigated the restorative potentials of pomegranate (Punica granatum) peel extract against hepatic damage brought on by calcium tetrachloride (CCl4) in rats and its effects on the human mutS homolog 2 (hMSH2) gene expression. Four groups of twenty male Wistar rats (n =5) were created at random. Group I was the untreated control group. Group II was given a dose of 0.4
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Written by Hasan Ahmed H Baz
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Regorafenib is widely known as an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor and antineoplastic agent. It acts on various tyrosine kinase receptors, including oncogenic, stromal, and angiogenic receptors. This study was conducted to determine the safety profile of regorafenib in King Abdullah Medical City. All patients who had received regorafenib in King Abdullah Medical City between December 2021 and May 2020 were included in the study. The data collected included patient demographics, diagnosis, regorafe
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Written by Emine Erdag
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
The number of hospitalizations and fatalities brought on by COVID-19 has considerably grown since the World Health Organization proclaimed the disease as a global pandemic. New combination therapy is required to lessen the risk of COVID-19 progression during this time when the danger of transmission rises as new Omicron sub-variants arise. In this situation, it is critical to boost the immune system to combat highly inflammatory conditions like the cytokine storm brought on by COVID-19. Furtherm
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Written by Ammar Abdullah Attar
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Saudi Arabia is annually receiving the largest mass gathering in the world, who come to perform Hajj or Umrah within a confined time and place. To assess preparedness for disasters at three health institutes in Holy mosques from the perspectives of the health workers. A cross-sectional study design, 314 health workers were selected randomly from Makkah health center (n=151), Madinah health center (n=68), and Al Ansar hospital (n=95) who responded to questionnaire adopted to assess preparedness f
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Written by Khalid Aboalshamat
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness is defined as adequate knowledge, attitudes, and skills such that health professionals are prepared for AI use in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to assess readiness levels for AI among medical and dental professionals in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study of 334 medical and dental students and practitioners in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected with a self-administered online questionnaire using t
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Written by Abdulkader Shaikh Omar
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Nanoparticles (NPs) are a group of substances with characteristics that differ from their bulk and molecular counterparts. Different NPs have various size averages from 1 to 100 nanometers in two or three dimensions. NPs have been used for numerous industrial and domestic purposes, progressively increasing their production. Because of using NPs in different and multiple products, their presence in the environment around us has increased, raising the risk of potentially adverse effects of NPs in
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Written by Rajab Bresaly
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder known for distortions in perception and thinking consist of positive and negative symptoms for over six months. Expressed emotion (EE) is an attitude towards a patient with a mental disorder from the individuals surrounding him. EE was predicted as a key element in the relapsing of schizophrenia through criticism, emotional over-involvement, and/or intrusiveness. High-EE environment has always been a known risk factor for relapsing into schizophrenia co
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Written by Devang Tandel
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
The major objective of this study is to create rifampicin and quercetin-containing liquisolid compacts with improved gastrointestinal absorption and dissolving properties. Propylene glycol, PEG 200, and Tween 20 were chosen as ideal non-volatile liquid carriers to create the required formulations because of their increased drug solubility. In an attempt to create a free-flowing, compressible powder, the liquisolid formulations were then combined with a carrier and coating material. In order to c
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Written by Ibrahim Baje Syed
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
A new, simple, responsive, and stable RP-HPLC technique for measuring Olanzapine and Samidorphan's active pharmaceutical components was developed and validated in this study. RP-HPLC technique for the quantitative measurement of Olanzapine and Samidorphan that has been verified and has a well defined stability. Using an Inertsil ODS column with dimensions of 250x4.6 mm and a 5 micron isocratic elution with an acetonitrile/0.1 percent ortho phosphoric acid mobile phase, we developed a chromat
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Written by Anupam Kumar Tiwari
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Ethnomedicinal practices have a great past and are associated with Ayurveda. It is still the best and cheapest medicinal practice among the tribal people. Due to its holistic, the traditional medicine system provides a new research idea. In this study, we connect the uses of traditional medicinal knowledge to local traditional medicine practitioners by using scientific methodology. The ethnomedicinal survey was carried out in three tribal districts of Chhattisgarh, India i.e., Kanker, Bilaspur,
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Written by Jayanta Gogoi
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Wancho tribe is one of the major tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and uses various plants to cure different diseases traditionally. The main aim of the study was to document the wild edible plants used for medicinal purposes. The field survey for data collection was carried out from July 2019 to July 2021 in 23 Wancho tribe-dominated villages of the Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh through questionnaires and interviews. A total of 51 plant species belonging to 40 genera and 36 families were rec
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Written by Qurain Turki Alshammari
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
An evaluation of myocardial function is necessary to assess the condition of a patient's heart. Although ejection fraction is used as a measure of myocardial function, many common cardiac illnesses affect the myocardium locally rather than globally. It may therefore be possible to determine the motion of the regional wall of the heart by evaluating myocardial strain. Studying the efficacy of CMR feature tracking in diabetics Type 2 To determine whether the use of MRI feature tracking is effe
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Written by Ozgur Karcıoglu
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
The elderly or geriatric patients represent a significant portion of emergency department (ED) admissions. Factors affecting poor outcome in these patients suspected or diagnosed with sepsis include shock, hyperlactatemia, and organ failure. Atypical presentations should be emphasized in the training of triage and ED personnel due to difficulties and pitfalls in diagnostic processes for sepsis. The vital organ functions of the elderly, who are among the highest risk groups in the management of s
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Written by Georgiy Georgievich Polevoy
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
For the development of coordination abilities, a gymnastic stick can be used at school. The introduction of a gymnastic stick in the process of physical education at school and the effectiveness of its use. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in Russia at the Kirov school number sixty. Boys and girls in the number of 104 children took part in the pedagogical experiment. The children were differentiated into a control group (they were engaged in a standard program. The experimental group stu
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Written by Himashree Bora
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
In the present study, Coptis teeta Walls plant extract is subjected to evaluate the presence of phytochemicals, phenol, flavonoid, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities against human pathogenic bacteria. The qualitative analysis of plant extracts showed the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, saponin, phenols, flavonoids, tannin, terpenoids, cardiac glycoside, coumarin, starch, quinone, phlobatannins, and steroids. Total phenolics content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) were found
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Written by Hadwah Abdelmatloub Moawad
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
The growing popularity of Invisalign is attributed to the fact that patients find it more aesthetically pleasing than the traditional fixed appliance to have their teeth straightened using the Invisalign system. Invisalign was initially intended for use in less severe conditions of orthodontic malalignment. Invisalign has been an effective and aesthetically acceptable alternative to conventional labial fixed appliances since its launch in 1997. CAD/CAM (Computer-aided design/computer-sided machi
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Written by Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Abukanna
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Medical students have been the subject of several studies since they are a high-risk category for stress and primary headache. Previous study on primary headache problems in medical students discovered a connection between low academic performance and the need for intervention. The purpose of this study is to find out how common primary headache problems are among medical students at Northern Border University in Arar, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was carried out by using an online admi
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Written by Qurain Turki AlShammari
Published On Issue 4 Vol 11, 2022
Uterine fibroids (also known as leiomyomas or myomas) are the most common benign uterine tumors. Aim of the study: We aimed to evaluate the role and potential of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to add information to the ultrasound report by comparing the total number, size, and location of fibroids present. This is a comparative cross-sectional study including 50 patients, aged from 20 to 50 years; they were diagnosed as uterine fibroids patients by ultrasound. The data were obtained from the P
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