Background:-Malnutrition is a prevalent issue that significantly contributes to high morbidity
and mortality rates among adult patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Increasing evidence
shows that alteration of serum ...
Okra and palm heart are served as a food source and for medicinal purposes across different parts
of the world. In Sub-Saharan African countries, pregnant women consume wild plants as food
supplements or substitutes ...
Background: Despite substantial global effort made, HIV remained to be a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality. Poor adherence to ART is identified as the most common reason for
high viral load copies/ml of blood ...
Background: Root canal treatment is an essential component of comprehensive dental care, and it is crucial
to ensure high technical quality in root fillings. Several factors can impact the technical quality of root ...
Background: Helicobacter pylori infects more than 50% of the world’s population with
higher prevalence in developing countries than developed countries. The prevalence of H. pylori
varies in different societies and ...
Background : Oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty has grown rapidly in Ethiopia in recent
years. However, the healthcare professionals specifically medical professionals remain unaware
of its expanding scope of ...
Muluken Tekle; Dabessa Mosissa; Mohammed Merga(2023-11-06)
Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of patient satisfaction with healthcare
services at JUMC among patients undergoing elective surgery and to identify the variables influencing this
satisfaction. ...
Background: Hypospadias is one of the most common birth defect standing second after
cryptorchidism in male. Surgery is the only effective treatment for hypospadias. If
hypospadias is not managed appropriately and ...
Langa James Oriho; Birhanu Abdissa; Wongel Tena(2023-11-06)
Background: Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare issues, affecting millions of people
worldwide each year and killing between one in three and one in six of those with sepsis/septic
shock. According to Sepsis-3 ...
Background: Cancers are the leading cause of death in economically developed countries and
the second leading cause of death in developing countries including Ethiopia. Despite an increase
in medical knowledge, the ...
Abreham Abush; Elsah Tegene; Mohammed Mecha(2024-04-07)
Background: Diabetes is one of the established modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular
diseases including ischemic stroke and coronary artery disease. Evaluation of the carotid arteries
has been revealed as an ...
Daniel Gobena Gemechu; Yenealem Gezahegn; Mohammed Jihad(2024-03)
Introduction: Tuberculosis remains the top infectious killer in the world claiming close to 4000
lives a day. Ethiopia is among the 30 high-burden TB and TB /HIV countries globally with an
estimated tuberculosis incident ...
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the largest health emergencies of the 21st century
and among the top ten causes of death in adults globally in 2017. Although Ethiopia has been
challenged by the growing ...
Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a common cause of lower urinary tract obstruction in
older adults, attributed to the growth of smooth muscle cells in the prostatic transition zone. The ma
jor risk factor for ...
Multi-mycotoxin exposure data are missing to guide risk assessment and legislation in Ethiopia.
This study, therefore, aimed to determine mycotoxin contamination levels in maize samples
from 176 randomly selected ...
Background: Poorly controlled diabetic mellitus has a devastating impact on peripheral nerves
and blood vessels and even with good management options, complete prevention remains an
ongoing challenge, particularly in ...
Background: Micronutrients are crucial for the growth and development of plants, animals, and
humans. In Western Ethiopia, small-scale farmers rely on local soil and food sources for their
livelihood. Agricultural ...
Samuel Tadesse Abebe; Andualem Mossie; Esayas Kebede; Daniel Yilma(2025-03)
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a typical coronary artery disease and main cause
of death and morbidity worldwide. ACS is a general term used to describe an acute myocardial
ischemia with or with out ...
Complementary feeding determines children’s growth and survival with implications on health,
education, work capacity and productivity in later life and on national economic development.
Consequently, the provision of ...
Introduction: In developing countries including Ethiopia, poor health status of citizens is one of
the factors behind the low level of economic development. Ethiopia is working greatly with great
progresses in maternal, ...