Childhood and Infant exposure to famine in the Biafran war is associated with hypertension in later life: the Abia NCDS study.

There are very few studies in Africans investigating the association between early life exposure to malnutrition and subsequent hypertension in adulthood. We set out to investigate this potential association within an adult cohort who were born around the time of the Biafran War (1968-1970) and subsequent famine in Nigeria. This was a retrospective analysis of Abia State Non-Communicable Diseases and Cardiovascular Risk Factors (AS-NCD-CRF) Survey, a community-based, cross-sectional study that profiled 386 adults (47.

Blastocystis in captivated and free-ranging wild animals worldwide: a review.

Blastocystis is the most prevalent eukaryotic gastrointestinal symbiont found in humans and animals worldwide. Increased human infection rates are associated with raising concerns about the involvement of the parasite in public health. Over the last decade, the number of linked epidemiology studies has been prudently grown.

Academic-Related Stress Among Ghanaian Nursing Students.

Aim: The life of a student may be affected by different stressors in both the internal and external environment. Although people from all walks of life experience stress on daily basis, students are more likely to experience stressful situations because of their academic requirements. To identify stressors among nursing students in Ghana.

Kolaviron pre-treatment suppresses 7, 12 dimethylbenzanthracene-induced alterations in estrogen receptor-α, CYP 1A1, oxidative stress and inflammation in female Wistar rats.

Due to the need to develop locally available, cheaper, and efficacious treatment regimens for breast cancer, the chemopreventive effect of kolaviron (KV), an extract of Garcinia kola seeds was examined. Fifty (50) female Wistar rats (120-180 g) were assigned to five groups (control group, 7, 12 dimethylbenzanthracene [DMBA] groups, tamoxifen group) of 10 rats each. They were pre-treated with KV thrice a week for four weeks except control.

Delayed effects of a 20-min crushed ice application on knee joint position sense assessed by a functional task during a re-warming period.

Unlabelled: Delayed effects of a 20-min crushed ice application on knee joint position sense assessed by a functional task during a re-warming period.

Introduction: The effect of cryotherapy on joint positioning presents conflicting debates as to whether individuals are at an increased risk of injury when returning to play following cryotherapy application at the lower limb.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 20 min application of crushed ice at the knee affects knee joint kinematics immediately post and up to 20 mins post ice removal, during a small knee bend.