An Islamic Microfinance Approach to Scaling up the Economic Life of Vulnerable People with HIV/AIDS in the Muslim Society.

People with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) commonly pose problems to their family as well as to society because of their vulnerable health and economic conditions. Contrarily, PLWHA encounter social discrimination and adverse realities while finding it difficult to continue in their jobs. These complex phenomena interact to push them into a low economic status.

Antidiarrheal, Analgesic, and Anthelmintic Activities of Honeys in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh.

This study evaluated the antidiarrheal, analgesic, and anthelmintic activities of honey samples from the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh. Composite raw honey (RH), and its diethyl ether (DEH), ethanol (ETH), methanol (MEH), and distilled water (DWH) fractions were investigated. RH and its fractions strongly inhibited castor oil-induced diarrheal episodes in mice at a concentration of 250 mg/kg body weight (b.

Effect of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms on warfarin dose requirement in Bangladeshi population.

Warfarin, an oral anticoagulant is one of the most widely prescribed drugs in modern medicine. Large inter-individuals variability due to age, gender, diet, concurrent drug interactions and variations in CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genes make the management of warfarin therapy challenging and yet no study has been conducted on the Bangladeshi population. The aim of the study was to identify the role of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms in Bangladeshi population in dose requirement of warfarin.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among rural Bangladeshi women.

We assessed prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in rural women of Bangladesh using 1485 women aged ≥15 years. The prevalence rate of MS was 31.25% (NCEP ATP III modified).

Estrogen receptor alpha and beta are both involved in the cerebral VEGF/Akt/NO pathway and cerebral angiogenesis in female mice.

We have previously demonstrated that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is critical for cerebral angiogenesis in middle-aged female rats and may play a role in the flow-preserving neuroprotective actions of estrogen through its angiogenic and antiapoptotic properties. Here, we attempt to elucidate the effects of estrogen and the specific estrogen receptor (ER) subtype in cerebral VEGF/Akt/NO pathways and cerebral angiogenesis using 15-week old female mice that are either wild-type (WT), lack estrogen receptor α (ERαKO) or β (ERβKO). Protein levels of VEGF and basic signaling molecules of VEGF angiogenic pathway in the frontal cortex were expressed as follows, as revealed by ELISA and immunoblotting : a) VEGF; WT: ERαKO: ERβKO, 47 ± 15: 27 ± 5: 28 ± 5 pg/mg, respectively (P < 0.