Lana Lekić, Ervin Alibegović, Jasna Rahimić, Bojan Pavlović, Ana Pavlović, Aida Hamzić-Mehmedbašić, Aldijana Mahmutović Milićević, Nehra Mosorović, Emil Mujkić, Asja Šarić & Dino Alibegović·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
This study examines the correlation between vitamin D levels and the severity of symptoms and quality of life in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A total of 125 participants were categorized based on their prostate symptoms (mild, moderate, and severe) and vitami...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i81064
Fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) are frequently conflated in everyday life, but they are separate concepts with distinct symptoms. Despite their potential to coexist or occur independently, their interplay with depression remains largely unexplored. This study inves...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71061
Inflammation is a common condition in the human body that significantly impairs immune function. Network pharmacology, with its strengths in bioinformatics and biomedical fields, offers a powerful tool for exploring the complex interactions involved in inflammation. By using trad...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71062
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Chinyere Ututu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Marian Orikpete, Adetayo E. Fasakin, Benjamin O. Okino & Chikamaram O. Okino·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: Accelerated orthodontics has been receiving increased interest in the global orthodontic community recently, but the knowledge and practice of it is still very limited among orthodontists and the orthodontic patients. Aim: To assess the satisfaction of some Nigerian o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71063
Tarak Nath Das, Sumi Dey, Israt Jahan Chowdhury, Jakir Mohammed Hossen, Rahatul Jannat Nishat, Rifat Chowdhury, Asfaq Rafed Rahman & Nisat Zabin·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: Smoking represents a substantial global health challenge, correlating with heightened rates of mortality and morbidity, notably including the onset of cancer. Within tobacco smoke are carcinogenic substances capable of perturbing cellular mechanisms and immune respons...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71059
Abdullahi Abdulkadir Abdiaziz, Md. Biplob Hossain, Afsana Mahbub, Sadia Islam, Shohanur Rahaman & Md. Ashiqur Rahman·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: A lipid profile includes total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, and calculated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Obesity is defined as excess body weight, and dyslipidemia is abnormal blood concentrations of total choles...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71060
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent endocrine disorder affecting up to 13% of reproductive-age women. It is characterized by a constellation of symptoms including menstrual irregularities, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries, often intertwined with metabolic dist...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71058
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world and left significant effects on lives, health, economy and society. Existing records point to how previous pandemics significantly impacted adolescent sexual and reproductive health. This study examined the effects of COVID-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71057
Henry Ifeanyi Obani, Callistus Obinna Elegbua, Augustine Duke Onyeabochukwu, Kingsley Chukwu Episteme Obioha, Vincent Chinedu Ani., Emmanuel Adeola Adekanye, Angela Adaku Elegbua & Matthew Ikechukwu Eze·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: Induction of labour is saddled with a lot of uncertainties; its failure is a challenge to the parturient and her Obstetrician and as well results in abdominal delivery. Misoprostol, a prostaglandin E1 analogue has increasingly been used for cervical ripening and induc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71056
Antibiotic resistance presents an urgent and pervasive global health crisis that jeopardises human well-being. This dilemma primarily arises from the inappropriate and excessive use of antibiotics across diverse sectors, leading to the emergence of bacteria that have developed re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71054
Callistus Obinna Elegbua, Surajdeen Tunde Afolayan, Harold Yiralee Doneh, Bernard B. Akpu, Promise Onyeka Ubanatu, Angela Adaku Elegbua, Wofai Ubi & Oiseremen Samuel Ovbiagele·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
HELLP Syndrome is a fatal rare pregnancy-related syndrome characterised by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count; occurring in 0.5-0.9% of all pregnancies and in 10-20% of pregnancies with severe pre-eclampsia. HELLP Syndrome is a complication of severe pre-ecl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71055
Objectives: Describe a rare case of intramedullary tuberculoma (IMT) complicated by chronic adhesive arachnoiditis (CAA). Presentation of Case: A 19-year-old woman presented with complaints of weight loss, progressive weakness of both lower limbs, and urinary retention. Neurologi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71051
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Marian Orikpete, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Chinyere Ututu, Benjamin O. Okino & Augusta Mbagwu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: The idea of accelerated orthodontics is to modify the bone temporarily to enable teeth move faster in the jaws so as to shorten the orthodontic treatment time. With the increasing global interests in patients’ concerns about the duration of conventional orthodontic tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71052
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Babatope Bamidele Osagbemiro, Chinyere Ututu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Marian Orikpete, Benjamin O. Okino & Chikamaram O. Okino·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: There is growing attention globally on the satisfaction of orthodontic patients about the duration of orthodontic treatment, and the importance of accelerated orthodontics but more information is needed concerning factors that could influence the patients. Aim: To inv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71053
Background: Sports injuries have been reported to affect athletes psychologically. Sports injury and the psychological health of athlete are parallel in nature thus affects the rehabilitation phase of an injury. Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the psychological impact o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71049