Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleMedical Consequences of Drug Abuse and Co-occurring Infections: A Brief ReviewJag H. KhalsaToday substance abuse remains one of the major problems in the world with millions of people abusing legal and illegal drugs. In addition, almost one-third of the world population of 6.7 billion people may also be infected with one or more infections. Both drugs of abuse and infections are associated with enormous burden of social, economic and health consequences. This … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 6,732 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAge-Based Association of Glaucoma with the Prevalence of Diabetes and Hypertension at a National Hospital in SeoulSun Jung Lee, Tae Su Jang, Jae Kyung KimGlaucoma can have profound consequences on vision. Although diabetes and hypertension have been suggested as risk factors for glaucoma, their relevance in epidemiological studies remains controversial. Accordingly, we investigated whether diabetes and hypertension, as well as factors such as age and sex, affected the risk of glaucoma. From May 30, 2022, to June 24, 2022, 1152 patients were selected from … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 19, Issue 2 · 5 May 2023 · 5,263 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSocio-Economic Status and Health Issues of Older Adults in District Pabna, BangladeshSharmin Islam, Razibul Islam, Farhad Hossain, Provash Kumar KarmokarSince the healthcare facilities for older adults are limited we were intended to examine the health status and concerning issues with the consequences in the ground of the socio-economic condition of the Pabna district of Bangladesh. A total of 316 older adults were selected from the five villages from five Upazilas of Pabna Zilla from February 26, 2019, to May … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 1 · 14 Jun 2022 · 6,440 accessesView PDFCite
Research NotesOpen accessIn the abstractMethods for Universal Authentication of Medical DevicesMark A. Brown, Ilham Alshiraihi, Callie Blase et al.The need for effective means of authentication of medical devices has increased with the growing number of falsified in vitro diagnostics and devices being introduced across world markets. Such substandard products result in negative consequences ranging from harm to patients and/or failure to impart the desired clinical outcomes to a loss of public trust in healthcare providers and regulatory agencies. … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 17 Jun 2019 · 7,355 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractIs Rerum® the New Coley's Vaccine?Marco RuggieroColey's Vaccine and Cancer Immunotherapy Dr. William B. Coley is credited for having been the first to translate the observation of an association between bacterial infections, high fever and cancer remission into a successful cancer treatment. However, it is worth noting that such an association dates back to at least one century before Coley's times; as Wiemann and Starnes from … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 31 May 2017 · 12,281 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Hybrid Decision-Making Model for Maintenance Prioritization in Health Care SystemsHassana Mahfoud, Abdellah El Barkany, Ahmed El BiyaaliClinical engineering departments have to establish and continuously regulate a Medical Equipment Management Program (MEMP) to ensure a high reliability and safety of their critical medical devices. Asset criticality assessment is an essential element of reliability centered maintenance and risk-based maintenance, especially when enormous various devices exist and the worst failure consequences are not evident. This paper presents a new … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 28 Apr 2016 · 8,678 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBooming Medical Tourism and Economic IndicesRamalingam ShanmugamGlobalization in this 21st century unifies nations. The globalization impacts positively to promote trade and services among the nations but it could also harm economic growth and technological innovations in nations as their capital are drained to elsewhere. On its own merits, the globalization is a true manifestation of an open economy. The medical profession is not immune to this … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Mar 2013 · 7,773 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAntilithiatic Influence of Spirulina on Ethylene Glycol-Induced Nephrolithiasis in Male RatsAtef M. Al-AttarProblem statement: Nephrolithiasis or renal stone disease remains a significant health problem in the adult population. Nephrolithiasis is a recurrent disorder prominent in males. It is significant medical and surgical problem because of incidence, recurrence and severe consequences. The present day medical management of nephrolithiasis is either costly or not without side effects. Invasive procedures for the treatment of nephrolithiasis … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 70,595 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractProtecting crop species from biotic and abiotic constraints in the era of Global Change: are we ready for this challenge?Marco Landi, Giovanni BenelliReliable and affordable supply of food is of crucial importance to the progress and stability of human societies. During the last century, we have assisted to an extraordinary increase of crop yields, especially for the most widespread and consumed crop species, such as rice, wheat, corn and soybean. The Broadbalk experiment, one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 8,399 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCOMPLICATED CASE OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; UNEXPLORED FOR YEARSM. Arif Khan, Raj Kishore Pandey, Tarique Nadeem et al.Rheumatic heart disease is a one of the very common heart problem commonly prevalent among the children of developing countries, may occur in adults in their fourties also, if undiagnosed in early ages, similar in symptoms to ’rheumatism’ but quite difficult to diagnose or are often misdiagnosed. The main objective of this article is to make acquainted about the disease … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 23 Jan 2014 · 7,797 accessesView PDFCite