Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.
Background and Aims: Thyroid disorders are one of the endocrine disorders commonly encountered in childhood and adolescence and they manifest with alternations in thyroid hormone secretions, goitre or both. Normal thyroid gland function is critical for early neurocognitive develo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/43515
Background: Otologic diseases is a common cause of social dysfunction worldwide in otorhinolaryngology practice. This study aimed at determining the prevalence, pattern, sociodemographic features in primary school children in Ibadan. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42941
Pre-diabetes can be recognized as either impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). One hundred forty subjects participating in the different medical hospital out patient’s department (OPDs) were selected. The study comprised sixty control and sixty predi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42567
Background of Study: Toxic exposure to lead (Pb) in humans occurs through environmental and occupational sources like leaded gasoline. Despite the ban on the use of leaded gasoline by many regulatory authorities due to its adverse health effects, Nigeria remains among nations usi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41595
Aims: Objectives are to find out the prevalence of academic related stress in first-year medical students of Government Medical College, Kollam and to find out the relation if any, between stress and academic performance. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42673
Potential beneficiaries of health insurance schemes are convinced to enrol based on varied expectations and justifications. This is so for persons leaving with HIV/AIDS. Considering the myriad of challenges confronting these insurance schemes, the current study explored the views...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42452
Diabetes mellitus, a silent killer, is a disease which is characterized by altered metabolism of carbohydrate, protein and lipids, classically present as raised blood glucose levels. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in increasing rapidly in both high and low-income countries....
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42470
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignancy among both sexes worldwide. Incidence rates have been found to be increasing throughout the world from past few decades. Other than known etiologies like alcohol, smoking and tobacco, viral association has b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42311
Waheed Atilade Adegbiji, Stanley Baba Amutta, Olawale Olubi, Gabriel Toye Olajide & Shuaib Kayode Aremu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Background: Hearing impairment is a common sensory impairment affecting all age group worldwide. Aims: This study aimed at determining the prevalence, sociodemographic features, aetiology, audiometry findings, impact on quality of life and management of hearing impairment in a te...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/42161
Aim: Smoking is an increasing problem in public health world-wide. Smoke from marijuana and cigarette have been shown to contain many toxins. This study investigated the effect of marijuana and cigarette smoking on hematology, blood chemistry and plasma dopamine level of smokers...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41637