Blood is a specialized connective tissue in fluid form that flows through the entire body of a person or animal. Blood flow is the continuous circulation of blood through the cardiovascular system to body tissues and organs. An adequate amount of blood supply is necessary for the proper functioning of all body organs. This is vital as the blood carries and supplies body tissues and organs with its daily metabolic requirements while it also gets rid of any waste arising from tissue metaboli...
Childbirth Preparation classes is an educational approach to labour and delivery in which the parents are specially prepared for the event. This covers all kinds of issues surrounding childbirth including breathing techniques, pain management, vaginal birth, and cesarean birth. They can help prepare you for many aspects of becoming a parent: the changes that pregnancy brings, labor and delivery, and caring for your newborn (Saunders,2013). Childbirth education began more than four decades ago...
ABSTRACT Homelessness among youth in the UK is increasingly disturbing, with an estimated annual increase of 10% of the homeless people. It was revealed that homeless people are more likely to die young, with an average age of death of 47 years. The young adult suffering from it remains the worse hit. Homelessness increases the risk of having mental health problems and encountering barriers to social well-being due to stigmitisation. Factors contributing to the development of homelessness wer...
ABSTRACT Obesity, defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat, has become a worldwide health concern. Globally, about 170 million children (aged < 18 years) were estimated to be overweight and, in some countries, the number of overweight children has tripled since 1980. Excess weight in childhood raises the risk of excess weight into adulthood and, with it, the risk of earlier onset of obesity-related chronic diseases. Overweight and obesity, as well as their related complications, are...
Mothers are special caregivers of families in Rwandan society, but not only Rwanda but also the whole world, mothers bear babies nine months during pregnancy, they take care of babies during breast feeding and some lose life in during parturition. Babies born and grow up through cares from mothers, babies are producers of the future, thus mothers are pearl of good future through important activities and contribution they do through caring future generation as talked above. In this short artic...
As the computer becomes more and more powerful, its uses and abilities grow. Scientists have been able to harness this power in to assist them in their goals of researching and developing drugs for human use. Computers can be found in nearly every drug research laboratory and development center in the world.
Computer are now a days used in pharmaceutical in industries, hospitals and in various departments for drug information, education, evaluation, analysis, medication history and for maintenance of financial records. They have become indispensable in the development of clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and pharmaceutical research. Computers are also useful for patient profile monitoring, medication, database management and material management. It is useful in providing on drug interactions, ...
ABSTRACT The methanol extract of Ocimum basilicum (Scent leaf) was greenish in colour and increases in concentration through evaporation process which turns the extract to thick and dark green colouration. The percentage parasitaemia growth increases consecutively for seven (7) days with 7th day result having the highest parasite growth of 18.73%. The antimalarial activity of methanol extract of Ocimum basilicum conducted at six (6) different concentration (µg/ml) value shows that the highe...
ABSTRACT ABO and Rh blood group systems are of major clinical significance amongst the thirty (30) human blood group system. The Distribution of ABO, Rh blood grouping and hepatitis B virus among blood donors with National Blood Transfusion Service, Kaduna was carried out. Two hundred voluntary blood donors (200) were used. Questionnaire was used to obtain the respondents’ bio-demographic data. Microplate technique was used for ABO and Rh blood grouping tests and ELISA kit (Monolisa HBsAg U...
INTRODUCTION Occupational safety and health (OSH) also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) or workplace health and safety (WHS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a safe and healthy work environment. OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment...
ABSTRACT Children are at the centre of the HIV epidemic, and the need to prioritize actions to reduce HIV infection among young people has now been globally recognized. Because HIV-infected women co-infected with opportunistic pathogens might be more likely to transmit these infections to their infants than women without HIV infection, this study is being conducted to determine if guidelines for treating opportunistic pathogens among children should consider treatment of congenitall...
ABSTRACT Premarital sex leading to abortion is a common phenomenon among youths especially the undergraduate which has led to several physiological and sociological health issues such as sepsis, uterine damage, and sometimes infertility with social stigma and broken homes. The study was conducted among undergraduate students of Olabisi Onabanjo University to elicit information about the knowledge of ill health consequences of premarital sex and abortion. Two hundred and forty participants...
ABSTACT The effect of 0.25mg/kg weight of diesel on the liver function of male wistar rats was investigated. Ten male wistar rats were used and were grouped into two; experimental and control. The experimental group was fed with rat chawl and a mixture of diesel with water ad-libitum while the control was fed with rat chawl and tap water for about five weeks. Data collected was analyzed using student’s t-Test and a p-value of < 0.05 was accepted as significant. The result shows diesel ef...
ABSTRACTThis topic focus on the evaluation of the effects of malaria on pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at abia state university teaching hospital, aba abia state Malaria in pregnancy (MIP) is a major public health problem in endemic countries. There is a wealth of evidence showing that the risk of malaria (both infection and clinical disease) is higher risk of malaria, this review provides an update on knowledge acquired since 2000 on P. falciparum and P. vivax infections in p...
ABSTRACT The aim of the experiment was to estimate the effect of repeated simultaneous exposures to infrared laser radiation and μT variable magnetic field used in magneto stimulation on pain perception in rats, as well as the involvement of endogenous opioid system in the mechanism of this effect. In experimental group clean-shaven scull of male Wistar rats placed individually in a specially designed plastic chamber were simultaneously exposed to infrared laser radiation (wavelength – ...