Depression is a severe neurological condition that interferes with our brain neurochemistry and synaptic processes, ultimately leading to intense expression of our emotions. Major fallouts observed from the use of antidepressant including high rates of remission, impotency and suicidal tendencies led to researches to screen other compounds with ant... Continue Reading
HIV has direct effect on child nutrition, the choice of Infant and Young Child Feeding in the context of HIV has significant effect on optimal child growth, survival and development. In the absence of any interventions, 5-20% of infants born to HIV infected women will be infected through breastfeeding. This study determined the level of adherence t... Continue Reading
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus and belongs to the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. It is an reemerging global pathogen, with transmission cycles involving a variety of birds and Culex species mosquitoes. Humans and most other non-avian species are incidental hosts. Not much is known about WNV and its potential zoonotic ... Continue Reading
Like hypertension, adults with prehypertension are known to have higher prevalence of other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, with about 93% of prehypertensive subjects having more than one other CVD risk factors and it progress to hypertension over time. It is also associated with sub-clinical CVD. Hypertension is now recognized as one of... Continue Reading
Stress is a prime factor for most of the illnesses in humanlife Chronic stress exposure has been reported to cause anatomical and physiological brain damage, immunosuppression, infertility and damage to various internal organs. The function of stress hormones; corticosterone and epinephrine is believed to preserve homeostasis but these hormones may... Continue Reading
Trypanosomosis is a major public health problem to man, which has a higher incident in tropical Africa. Protozoan parasite of the genus Trypanosoma causes the disease and it has been shown to have a fatal neurological effect if left untreated. The aim of the study is to compare the effect of Trypanosoma brucie brucie (T. brucei) and Trypanonsoma co... Continue Reading
Hypertensive disorder is one of the most common complications of pregnancy. It is a major cause of total morbidity and mortality worldwide. Eclampsia is the most common of these hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The objective of this study was to determine the hematological parameters of eclamptic patients in Hajiya Gambo Sawaba General Hospital... Continue Reading
Toxoplasmosis is caused by a coccidial parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, which infects humans, livestock and birds. This study was to determine the sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in local chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Katsina metropolis from January to March, 2015. A total of 460 sera were collected from two live bird markets (... Continue Reading
Infectious and parasitic diseases in zoo animals affect their welfare, reproduction and longevity and pose health threat to researchers, visitors and staff of zoological garden. The aim of this study was to assess biosecurity and determine occurrence of Salmonellae, ecto- and gastro-intestinal parasites (GIP) in Kano zoological garden, Nigeria (KZG... Continue Reading
Cultural practices consist of the beliefs and practices held or observed through grand-parents, parents and the society. There are various cultural practices which affect the neonate. Harmful cultural practices are those practices that are known to have negative effects on neonatal health. The aim of this study was to explore the cultural beliefs a... Continue Reading
Cervical cancer remains the commonest genital tract cancer despite the availability of effective prevention services that makes it preventable. Primary prevention can be achieved by vaccinating adolescent girls and women against infection by the human papilloma virus (HPV) while secondarily Pap smear screening is the gold standard for early detecti... Continue Reading
Hypertension (HTN) is a major public health problem because of its rising prevalence worldwide.Globally, prevalence of HTN in adults was around 22% in 2014. In Africa, of19.7% - 30.8% prevalence was reported in 2010. Similarly, in NorthernNigeria, the prevalence of HTN was 32.3% and 39.1%in Maiduguri and Kano respectively.This high prevalence of hy... Continue Reading
Phoenix dactylifera contains some phytochemical constituents which have been reported to be associated with different pharmacological activities. Triterpenes and steroids, flavonoids, cardiac glycoside among other phytochemicals have been reported to possess anticonvulsant activity. This study therefore is aimed at evaluating the anticonvulsant act... Continue Reading
Substance abuse especially amongst young adults constitutes a global problem. Cannabis sativa is a commonly abused illicit drug. Some of its effects include impaired short memory, attention and reduced motor skills. Ethanol is a multiple action depressor of the central nervous system and under its influence, confused and disorganized thinking resul... Continue Reading
Hyperlipidemia is viewed as a primary mediator of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of camel milk on Poloxamer 407 induced hyperlipidemic Wistar rats. Thirty adult male Wistar rats weighing between 150-200g were randomly assigned into six groups of five animals each; Group I: administered distilled water, Group ... Continue Reading