Ocimum basilicum is a dicotyledonous shrub grown in most parts of Nigeria. Its medicinal properties had gained popularity in traditional medicine. In addition the leaves are eaten in soups in many homes. It consists of a well defined mixture of flavonoids, vitamins, amino acids, sugars, anions, linalool, tannins, rosmarinic acid, salicylic acid, es... Continue Reading
Job satisfaction refers to how well a job provides fulfilment of a need or want or how well it serves as a source or means of enjoyment. The prevalence of dissatisfaction among doctors and nurses has been given considerable importance in recent years as it affects patient satisfaction and leads to reduced quality of care. The quality of performance... Continue Reading
The study Occupational Health Hazards among workers of Seven Up Bottling Company Plc Kaduna was carried out with the aim of identifying occupational health problems among the workers and predisposing factors of such problems. It was also to assess the knowledge and practice of safety measures among the workers and determine measures taken by the au... Continue Reading
HIV/AIDS being a pandemic with serious consequences affecting adolescents and youths because of risky sexual behavior particularly to females, due to economic, financial dependence, biological and social reasons. There is need for research into issues concerning preventive measures since there is no cure yet and millions of persons are affected and... Continue Reading
Diabetic nephropathy accounts for a significant reduction in life expectancy of diabetic patients. Diabetic patients with microalbuminuria have increased risk of progression to overt proteinuria and later progress to renal failure which is usually irreversible and eventually leads to death. The prevalence and risk factors of microalbuminuria are no... Continue Reading
HIV/AIDS has become a pandemic affecting millions of people around the world. Nigeria has prevalence of 5% and prisons could serve as breeding grounds. A cross sectional study was carried out to elicit the socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes and practices among the inmates of Kaduna Convict prison associated with transmission an... Continue Reading
This is a research work on female genital mutilation among female students and teachers of National Teacher's Institute Kwale, Delta-State. It estimated through proportions the prevalence of FGM among female students and their teachers in National Teacher's Institute Kwale, Delta-State. Recorded complaints of complications were made through indepth... Continue Reading
The study examined the sexual behaviour and knowledge towards Sexually Transmitted Diseases among students of senior Secondary Schools and university in Akure, Ondo State. The sexual behaviour of the respondents and their knowledge consisted the dependent variables. While demographic characteristics of age, gender, geographical location, marital st... Continue Reading
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health problem in Nigeria, only 22 countries account for 80% of the TB burden in the world and Nigeria with estimated incidence of 311 cases per 100,000 populations occupies the fifth position among the twenty-two high TB burden countries. The country uses the World Health Organization recommended directly... Continue Reading
This study investigated the effects of Azadiracta Indica seed extract on blood glucose levels of streptozocin-induced diabetic and normoglycemic Wistar rats. An acute toxicity studies of the extract Azadiracta Indica was done, the result of the acute toxicity study showed that the extract had an LD50 3000mg/kg bodyweight via intraperitoneal route i... Continue Reading
Animal disease reporting in Nigeria is inefficient and characterized by late, inaccurate and gross under-reporting. Recently, most states of the country under reported and show a general inconsistency in disease reporting. However, there is dearth of documented information on the reasons for the observed inefficiency in Nigeria’s animal disease r... Continue Reading
Values of peak expiratory rate (PEFR), ECG and Haematological variables in 250 females at their reproductive ages, made up of 123 pregnant subjects and 127 nonpregnant control groups, living and/or working in Kura local government area and its environs were obtained. Pearson’s correlation coefficient between PEFR and ages as well as ECG, Haematol... Continue Reading
With the increase of awareness of mother to child transmission and ways to prevent the transmission, voluntary counselling and testing has been found to be a useful tool, and this work was therefore designed to study the factors that influence the uptake of VCT among pregnant women in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. A cross-sectio... Continue Reading
Patients with type II diabetes mellitus are more prone to diabetic complications and oxygen free radicals are known to contribute to the development of complications but there are conflicting reports regarding antioxidant status in type II diabetic patients. The current cross sectional study was designed to evaluate the serum total antioxidant stat... Continue Reading
This study was conducted to make a contribution towards unravelling this reality. Behavioural studies using the Morris Water Maze task was elicited in Wistar rats which were grouped for weight and sex (nmale=18; n female =12). Reference or latency time recordings for three (3) training at the start of the experiment and after a 5week period of expo... Continue Reading