Publications by authors named "I Aslam"
Objectives: The current study assessed the epidemiological trends of semen phenotypes and their association with ethnicity among men seeking fertility treatment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Methods: This retrospective study assessed the anthropometric information including age, body mass index (BMI), and nationality, along with semen parameters of men who visited a Fertility Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE between January 2011 and July 2022. To understand the epidemiological trend of semen parameters amongst UAE nationals, propensity score analysis and logistic regression were performed.
Background: A cancer diagnosis is a powerful, unanticipated, and occasionally traumatic event which impacts an individual with evidence of a life-threatening illness. As a potentially terminal illness, cancer entails substantial physical, emotional, and psychological costs. Even though psychological resources such as social support and resilience promote post-traumatic growth, chronic stressors experienced by cancer patients have the potential to weaken the function of such positive resources.
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- This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of botulinum toxin injections alone versus injections combined with glyceryl trinitrate for treating anal fissures, specifically looking at postoperative pain and healing outcomes.
- Conducted over one year with 88 adult patients, the study found that those who received botulinum toxin plus glyceryl trinitrate experienced significantly less pain and better healing compared to those who received only the toxin.
- The results suggest that combining botulinum toxin with glyceryl trinitrate may be a more effective first-line treatment option for chronic anal fissures in patients avoiding surgery or with a history of sphincter surgery.
Post-transcriptional modifications of RNA play a key role in performing a variety of biological processes, such as stability and immune tolerance, RNA splicing, protein translation and RNA degradation. One of these RNA modifications is m5c which participates in various cellular functions like RNA structural stability and translation efficiency, got popularity among biologists. By applying biological experiments to detect RNA m5c methylation sites would require much more efforts, time and money.
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- The study focused on the presence of three genital pathogens (Treponema pallidum, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Mycoplasma hominis) in patients seeking fertility treatment in Abu Dhabi, highlighting their potential impact on fertility.
- A total of 308 patients were surveyed, revealing that 53% tested positive for at least one pathogen, with Mycoplasma hominis being the most commonly found.
- The findings indicated that lower education levels and unemployment were associated with higher seroprevalence rates, suggesting a need for better awareness and screening of genital pathogens among these populations.