Assessment of knowledge towards first aid skills of epilepsy among undergraduate health students in Riyadh province of Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Applying proper first-aid measures to patients with seizure episodes plays a vital role in preventing the adverse consequences of seizures. Most previous data focused on teachers, healthcare providers and the general public. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of seizure first-aid measures among undergraduate health students.

Distribution pattern of UGT1A6 and UGT2B7 gene polymorphism and its impact on the pharmacokinetics of valproic acid and carbamazepine: Prospective genetic association study conducted in Pakistani patients with epilepsy.

Background: Ethnic variation is one of the important factors in clinical practice that may affect the pharmacokinetics of drugs. The present study aims to determine the distribution pattern of UGT1A6 and UGT2B7 gene polymorphism and its possible impact on the metabolism of valproic acid (VPA) and carbamazepine (CBZ) in patients with epilepsy from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan.

Methods: After the enrollment of targeted patients, blood was collected for genotype analysis through Sanger sequencing.

Oral Antispasticity Drugs and Non-Progressive Neurological Diseases: A Meta-Analysis on Safety and Efficacy.

Background: Spasticity is a pathophysiological outcome of impaired muscle motor activity, primarily the muscle tone. Muscle tone problems are signs of several neurological conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, spine damage, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. Antispasticity therapeutics belong to a class of treatments that restore motor function and muscle tone.

Horizontal Gaze Defect as a Result of Subcortical Stroke: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Gaze palsies are commonly observed in the setting of acute stroke; such strokes are nearly always localized to either cerebral cortical or brainstem areas. Much less common are lesions localized at the subcortical pathways involved in the control of eye movements. We report a patient with subcortical white matter ischemic stroke who suffered horizontal gaze defects.

Influence of Spiritual Coping and Social Support on the Mental Health and Quality of Life of the Saudi Informal Caregivers of Patients with Stroke.

The research explored the influence of spiritual coping and social support on mental health and quality of life (QOL) of informal caregivers of stroke survivors in Saudi Arabia. The respondents were frequently using religious coping strategies than existential coping strategies. The respondents received higher support from significant others and lowest support from friends.

Quality of life and social support: Perspectives of Saudi Arabian stroke survivors.

Given that stroke is an indispensable health burden in Saudi Arabia and around the world, great importance has been attached on studies of social support and other factors that could improve the quality of life of stroke survivors. Perceptions of quality of life and social support may vary depending on patients' cultural and societal background. This research assessed the quality of life and social support of community-dwelling Saudis who survived stroke.

Knowledge, attitude, and believes of epilepsy in local communities of Saudi Arabia.

Aim Of The Study: To assess public knowledge, attitude, and believes toward the epilepsy among local community populations in Shaqra Area, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: An organized 14 questionnaire was prepared to analyze public knowledge attitudes and believes about epilepsy. Study was conducted randomly in common public places in Shaqra City, Saudi Arabia, during the months of April and May 2016.

A reappraised meta-analysis of the genetic association between vitamin D receptor I (rs1544410) polymorphism and pulmonary tuberculosis risk.

I (rs1544410) polymorphism located in intron 8 at the 3'-end of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is known to be involved in the regulation of mRNA stability. Many studies evaluated the possible correlation between VDR I polymorphism and the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), and reported conflicting results. In the present study, an updated meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the above-said association.

Effect of genistein, a natural soy isoflavone, on pancreatic β-cells of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: Histological and immunohistochemical study.

Diabetes mellitus is one of the oldest disorders that is rapidly emerging as a global health problem. Soy genistein is a legume that has numerous health benefits. This work aimed to study the effect of different doses of genistein on histological, immunohistochemical and morphometrical changes in β-cells of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats and to correlate these effects with plasma glucose and insulin levels.

Anti-spasticity medications.

Spasticity is common in patients with a variety of central nervous system disorders. It can lead to significant disability or cause complications that may result in severe morbidity. In such patients, treatment of spasticity is warranted.

Anti-spasticity medications.

Spasticity is common in patients with a variety of central nervous system disorders. It can lead to significant disability or cause complications that may result in severe morbidity. In such patients, treatment of spasticity is warranted.

Central fever due to hypothalamic lesion in a patient with tuberculous meningitis.

Abnormalities of body temperature are perhaps the most common features in many systemic pathologic processes. Such pathologic alterations are nearly always the result of extrinsic factors (for example, systemic pyrogens) which affect the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center by way of circulatory system. Much less common is alterations in temperature regulation resulting from intrinsic lesions of the thermoregulatory center in the hypothalamus.