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Pig farmers in the informal settlements of Nairobi Kenya were interviewed to evaluate the use and possible effects of polluted river water on the reproduction of their boars. 80 fa…

Introduction: Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (c-VEMP) is one of the clinical tools to evaluate vestibular function. The c-VEMP can be recorded from sternocleido mast…

Nutrition is a fundamental driver for human capital development. No individual can develop well without adequate supply of nutrients and other substances in food. Adequate nutri…

Oxidative stress (OR) reflects an imbalance between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species and a biological systems ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermed…

Introduction: Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) also known as Secretory Otitis Media or glue ear is one of the commonest causes of preventable deafness among Paediatric population. …

Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) associated with risk factors like recurrent upper respiratory tract infections is considered as the most common cause of silent hearing impairme…

The increase in childhood obesity prevalence over the past 30 years has become a public health concern for children and adolescents. Obese children have an increased risk for devel…

Hyperglycemia accounts for one of the most common medical conditions women encounter during pregnancy. Stringent glycemic control is essential during pregnancy as present and futur…

It’s been decades since we know that a link exists between diabetes and oral health. Diabetes is a serious public health problem of global Importance and poses great economic bu…

Patients suffering from cancer or non cancer pain syndromes are frequently receiving opioids for pain management in the preoperative period. Anesthesiologist commonly encounters…

Carcinoid tumors are slow growing neoplasms of neuro-endocrine tissues arising from enterochromaffin cells and although rare can create serious problems during the surgery due to m…

Alpha (α) - asarone is known to be one of the active compounds which have been discovered to be responsible for the therapeutic benefits of Acorus species. Previous studies have re…

Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, with the presentation restricted to the mucosa being infrequent. Although the nasal mucosa is the main site affected in…

Introduction: Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a very rare, highly vascular, unencapsulated and locally invasive tumor. Recently a changing trend has been seen in its epidem…

Background: To evaluate the impact of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and urinary incontinence (UI) on women sexual life in patients from Hospital of Lithuanian University of He…

Duplex kidney is one of common major congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract with an incidence about 1% of all live births and higher frequency in females than in males. Maj…

With raising global temperature, significance on heat stress is also increasingly important. As long as the animals are within the thermo neutral zone, they are comfortable without…

In regards with fast growing meat consumption in modernizing countries in the 20th Century, recommendations for a public healthier eating were formulated. It is assumed that an inc…

Three total mixed rations (TMR) were prepared namely T1-control where soybean meal was incorporated at 9.6 % of TMR, T2-detoxified neem cake (dNC) was incorporated at 3.85 % of TMR…

It is imperative to have safety and efficacy evaluation completed for a test compound before proceeding to translate for clinical trials. Preclinical pharmacology and toxicological…

In clinical practice, pain is asked by the physician to be narrated with some specificity but is found that quite often the patient’s narration of pain is very vague. There is no p…

Surgical practice patterns for managing glaucoma have changed the last decade since popularity of tube shunt implantation has progressively increased and that of trabeculectomy …

The most ferocious chronic effect a pesticide could have is disrupting the functions mediated by the endocrine system. When this happens during early development of the life cycle,…

Study your superior’s hands, how they deftly manipulate minute tools through the opening of a 2.2mm incision. It seems like their fingers work alone. Quick, decisive they know w…

There are some biological sciences which are essential for human being’s life. Among an abundance of sciences, applied microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering play a …

Introduction: Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is increasingly utilized in the management of bladder cancer (BCa) and prior studies have demonstrated steep Trendelenburg …

Objective: To study medical student's attitudes towards intimate physical examination during clinical rotations. Design: The study was performed at a University hospital setting d…

Introduction: Perfusion index (PI) is a non-invasive numeric value of peripheral perfusion; gained from pulse Oximeters. No study researched the predictive value of perfusion inde…

<p>Purpose: To determine the basis of the autosomal dominant congenital cataracts in a three generation south Indian pedigree. Methods: The proband and several family…

Background: To evaluate the recurrence rate of ovarian endometrioma during a period of five years and risk factors associated with this disorder. Methods: A retrospective cross-s…