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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Stefan Seidel, Christian Wöber, Sabine Salhofer-Polanyi, Doris Lieba-Samal, Eleonore Pablik, Josef Zeitlhoferq, Gerhard Klösch
Background: Despite overwhelming evidence for gender differences in sleep quality as well as gender-specific changes of sleep parameters with respect to habitual sleeping arrangements, studies on snorers and their bed partners have ignored the influence of in…
Tiina-Riitta Vuorjoki-Ranta, Frank Lobbezoo, Henri Tuomilehto, Mauno Könönen, Antti Pihakari, Jari Ahlberg
Background: The high efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients is sometimes limited because of intolerance. Mandibular advancement devices (MAD) are proven to be efficient in treating mild to mod…
Doyt L. Conn
This is a review of the evolution of the use prednisone in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cortisone was introduced in 1949 and shortly thereafter, the Mayo investigators found that low divided doses with slow tapering were effective and caused fe…
Sobia Khwaja, Rubina Mushtaq, Rehana Mushtaq, Masarrat Yousuf, Muhammad Attaullah, Fozia Tabbassum, Rabiya Faiz
The present study was designed to analyze organochlorine pesticide residues in the blood samples of the residents of Karachi. Biochemical and hematological parameters were tested thoroughly for changes as a result of organochlorine residues. In the blood samp…
Mieko Uchiyama, Yongbum Lee, Mieko Sadakata, Du-Yih Tsai, Mitsuko Sayama
The physical and psychological burden on patients during mammography was analyzed using the autonomic function index in 34 adult females. The indices included heart rate (HR), high frequency (HF) of the R-R interval on an electrocardiogram, and the ratio of H…
Gyu Jin Heo, So Young Nam, Soo-Kyung Lee
Obesity has been a great interest of public health. Studies simultaneously examining various factors associated with obesity among adolescents have been limited. Therefore, this study aimed to examine how various factors (socio-economic status, sex, age, diet…
Farideh Moramezi, Mojgan Barati, Nahid Shahbazian, Mahboubeh Golbabaei, Masoud Hemadi
Background: Mullerian anomalies are relatively common and contributing to the problems of infertility and poor pregnancy outcomes. But their molecular pathophysiology has been insufficiently studied. On the other hand, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is foun…
Tanji Hoshi, Motoyuki Yuasa, Suwen Yang, Sugako Kurimori, Naoko Sakurai, Yoshinori Fujiwara
Life expectancy was well known to associate with lifestyle habits, socioeconomic condition, and three health-related dimensions (physical, mental and social health status). However, the causal effect relationship among these variables remains unclear. The pur…
Shiva Raj Adhikari
An appropriate health care financing scheme can improve the efficient, equitable, and effective use of health care resources; however, each popular health care financing scheme has some advantages and disadvantages. The designing of health care financing stra…
Clovice Kankya, Annah Akandinda, Charles B. Rwabukwali
Background: The importance of civil society organisations in health care delivery systems cannot be under-rated in sub-SaharanAfricaand other developing nations worldwide. Civil society organisations play a central role in service delivery and development of…
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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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