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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…
Minako Kobayashi, Eiji Marui
This study aimed to explain factors affecting health-related quality of life among community-dwelling elderly individuals living in Japan. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 898 individuals at senior citizens clubs in a rural area near the Tokyo metropoli…
Jesús Norberto Garza-González, Javier Vargas-Villarreal, Ma Julia Verde-Star, Catalina Rivas-Morales, Azucena Oranday-Cárdenas, Magda E. Hernandez-García, Laura De La Garza-Salinas, Francisco González-Salazar
Introduction : Thymus vulgaris is used in traditional medicine to treat gastrointestinal diseases because of its antifungal, antibacterial, and antispasmodic activity. Objective : To verify whether Thymus vulgaris also has antiprotozoal activity against Trich…
Filipe Bezerra Macedo, Jucier Gonçalves Júnior, Fabiana Gouveia Guimarães, Raphael Cisne Tomaz, Débora Valentim Monte Alto, Paula Pessoa Pinheiro, Jácia Maria Neves Coelho
Background : Among hemoglobinopathies, the most prevalent in our population are hemoglobins S and C, which are capable of producing disease when homozygous. In cases of double heterozygotes with sickle hemoglobin C (SC), the disease is less expressive in its…
Anja Friedrich, Jasmin Moning, Jacquie Weiss, Angelika A. Schlarb
Adults suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) often display high levels of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. These symptoms might interfere with skills that are necessary for optimal parenting such as consequent and emotional…
Aida A. Jimenez-Martinez, Perla Lizeth Hernandez-Cortes, Guadalupe E. Morales-Martinez, Ernesto O. Lopez-Ramirez
A sample of 80 secondary students was required to take an information integration theory study to explore judgment formation toward health risk behavior regarding obesity. Here, twelve social scenarios containing a simulated actor were implemented (vignettes)…
Michele Shum, Iraj Poureslami, Jing Liu, J. Mark FitzGerald
Background : Adherence to therapy is integral to successfully managing asthma, which requires comprehension of what, when, and how to use medication and diligence in following management plan. Asthma patients from ethnic minority groups have more morbidity an…
Noriko Toyama, Kayoko Kurihara, Mineko Muranaka, Kokoro Shirai, Kiyoko Kamibeppu
Background: The promotion of family nursing by public health nurses (PHN) presupposes an accurate assessment of the family nursing support they already provide. However, as there is no assessment tool for this purpose, this study aimed to develop a scale to a…
Ágnes Milassin, Mariann Rutka, Ágnes Anna Csontos, Pál Miheller, Károly Palatka, Mónika Szűcs, Zoltán Szepes, Anita Bálint, Renáta Bor, Anna Fábián, Klaudia Farkas, Ferenc Nagy, Tamás Molnár
AIM: To evaluate and compare the patients opinion on the two types of anti- TNF-α therapies in a Hungarian cohort of IBD patients. METHODS: This was a prospective, multicentre, questionnaire-based observational study carried out in three Hungarian tertiary ce…
Abraham Rudnick, 1 1
The notion of health as balance has influenced health care for long. It is not known in what ways, if any, this notion has influenced health research, and whether such influence is helpful. I conduct here a conceptual (rather than an empirical) study to addre…
Rosnah Sutan, Nahlah Abduljaleel Al-Saidi, Zarina Abdul Latiff, Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim
Background: Having a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia represents challenges to the family which may impact their quality of life. In such circumstances, parents use various coping strategies to face this stressful situation, and understanding the relat…
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