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Vol.4 No.4 – 9 : The Prevalence of Pediculosis and Treatment Needs among the School Children of Age 8-12 Years in Selected Rural Schools of Indore with a View to Develop Health Education Module

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By : Dr.Jinu K Rajan Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abstract Background: Head and body lice (pediculus humans) are similar in appearance, but head louse is often smaller in size. While, pubic lice (pthirus pubis), are quite distinctive. They have shorter bodies and a pincher-like claw, […]

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Vol.4 No.4 – 8 : Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker for neonatal sepsis

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By : Omar A. K. Al-azaowi1, Samir A. Abd El-kaream2, Gihan Hosny1* 1Environmental Health Division, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies & Research, Alexandria University, Egypt. 2Dept. of Applied Medical Chemistry, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt. Abstract Background : Sepsis is the most common cause of neonatal mortality. Isolation of bacteria from blood […]

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Vol.4 No.4 – 7 : Factors attributing to obesity among working adults in Egypt

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By ; Mai Sabry Saleh, Eman Essam Shaban, and Nagat Amer Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Egypt   Abstract Obesity is a growing epidemic problem. Many environmental factors at the work place like occupational stress and job satisfaction attribute to obesity either as  cause or consequence. Other seriously contributing factors are […]

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Vol.4 No.4 – 6 : Biochemical and immunocytochemical studies of the testicular alteration caused by Amitriptyline in adult male rat

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By : Ehab Tousson, Somia Zaki, Ezar Hafez, Amani Gad Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt Abstract Amitriptyline is one of the first reference tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) with sedative and analgesic properties. This study aimed to investigate the testicular indices that influenced by amitriptyline treatment and examined it by biochemical, histological […]

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Vol.4 No.4 – 5 : Qualitative and quantitative characterization of biologically active compounds of red grape (Vitis vinifera) seeds Extract

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 By : Maha Abdulrahman Aldubayan Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Qassim University, KSA Abstract Grape seeds are waste products of the winery and grape juice and are good sources of phytochemicals. The present study aimed to investigate the qualitative and quantitative characterization of Egyptian grape seeds by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), was determined by high performance liquid chromatography […]

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