Musculoskeletal disorders among sonographers in secondary care hospitals in the city of Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among sonographers have raised significant concerns in recent years.

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of WMSDs and identify risk factors for WMSDs among sonographers. To date, there is little research on WMSDs among sonographers in Saudi Arabia.

Temporal trends in the incidence and demographics of cancers, communicable diseases, and non-communicable diseases in Saudi Arabia over the last decade.

To describe the trends in the incidence rates of 5 most common cancers, communicable diseases, and non-communicable diseases in Saudi Arabia over the last decade.  Methods: The incidence rates of cancers (2001-2014), communicable diseases (2003-2016), and non-communicable diseases (1990-2017) were retrieved, classified, and analyzed retrospectively during November 2017, based on data available with the Ministry of Health and were analyzed at the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Results: Age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) (per 100,000 population) of breast cancer among women increased dramatically from 11.

A simplified colorimetric method for rapid detection of cell viability and toxicity in adherent cell culture systems.

Purpose: Evaluation of cell viability and toxicity in adherent culture systems is of critical relevance for a wide range of disciplines of biomedical sciences research, including cancer research, toxicology, pharmacology, cell biology, neurology and nanomedicine. Several well-established cytotoxicity assays are widely used by researchers, including the most-preferred MTT assay. Nevertheless, there are problems associated with them, for example; in terms of the time-factor and solubilization of the formzan crystals before its spectroscopic quantification.

Neonatal maternal deprivation impairs localized activity-induced protein translation at the synapse in the rat hippocampus.

Neonatal neuropsychiatric stress induces alterations in neurodevelopment that can lead to irreversible damage to neuronal physiology, and social, behavioral, and cognitive skills. In addition, this culminates to an elevated vulnerability to stress and anxiety later in life. Developmental deficits in hippocampal synaptic function and plasticity are among the primary contributors of detrimental alterations in brain function induced by early-life stress.

Incidence of influenza A H1N1 2009 infection in Eastern Saudi Arabian hospitals.

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) cases.

Methods: This study was conducted in Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization (SAMSO) facilities in the Eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Electronic medical records for H1N1 infected patients who visited SAMSO between June and October 2009 were reviewed retrospectively.