Web-Based Educational Resources for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Availability and Reliability.

Purpose: Arabic is the primary language used in the Middle East, where sickle cell disease (SCD) is prevalent. This study aims to quantify Arabic web educational materials for patients with SCD and provide a descriptive standardized assessment.

Methods And Materials: This retrospective, descriptive study aimed to analyze Arabic websites on SCD through the Discern instrument and JAMA benchmark.

Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Tobacco Use Among Physicians in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia, in 2024.

Background Smoking is recognized as a major public health issue globally; it is widely distributed among people of various origins and races in the world despite hard efforts on cessation programs. Its health hazards extend to dangerous complications, which mostly end in death according to statistics around the world. Tobacco use is influenced by several factors, which may include social pressures from peers, family influences, and media portrayals of smoking.

The development of Africa's first unified hypertension management guidelines.

Hypertension is a leading cardiovascular risk factor, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality in Africa. The continent is plagued with a high incidence, coupled with low treatment and control rates. The causes are multifactorial, and among the major causes is an absence of standardized African guidelines for the management of hypertension.

Ethanolic Extract of Protects against CCl-Induced Hepatotoxicity via Antioxidant Capabilities in Albino Rats.

Objective: To investigate the antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of ethanolic () seed extract on carbon tetrachloride (CCl)-induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats.

Methods: Forty-eight albino rats weighing (100-150 g) were used for hepatoprotective and toxicity experiments. Antioxidant activity was determined using the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay.

Plant extracts as emerging modulators of neuroinflammation and immune receptors in Alzheimer's pathogenesis.

Memory loss is becoming an increasingly significant health problem, largely due to Alzheimer's disease (AD), which disrupts the brain in several ways, including causing inflammation and weakening the body's defenses. This study explores the potential of medicinal plants as a source of novel therapeutic agents for AD. First, we tested various plant extracts against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) , following molecular docking simulations with key AD-related protein targets such as MAO-B, P-gp, GSK-3β, and CD14.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of African School of Hypertension for Non-Physician Health Workers, a Qualitative Study: QuASH Hypertension Study.

Background: The implementation of task sharing and shifting (TSTS) policy as a way of addressing the shortage of physicians and reducing the burden of hypertension in Africa birthed the idea of the African School of Hypertension (ASH). The ASH is saddled with the responsibility of training non-physician health workers across Africa continent in the management of uncomplicated hypertension.

Aim: To get feedback from some faculty members and students who participated in the first ASH programme.

Translation and psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the ageism scale for dental students (ASDS-Ar): A multi-institutional validation.

Background And Objective: Ageism represents an important barrier to high-quality healthcare for older adults. The present study sought to translate and validate the Arabic version of the Ageism Scale for Dental Students (ASDS-Arabic).

Materials And Methods: The 27-item ASDS tool was translated from English into Arabic following recommended cross-sectional forward and backward translation guidelines.

Comparison of Endoflas and Zinc Oxide Eugenol as Root Canal Filling Materials for Pulpectomy in Deciduous Teeth: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of Endoflas and Zinc Oxide Eugenol (ZOE) as root canal filling materials (RCFMs) for the pulpectomy of deciduous teeth by analyzing multiple clinical and radiographic success and failure follow-ups in previously published studies.

Data: All clinical studies that investigated the pulpectomy of the deciduous teeth of children aged 3-9 years.

Sources: The databases used for source identification included MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library.

Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 and political instability on mental health of university students in Sudan.

Background: The mental health of students plays a crucial role in their learning and performance. The COVID-19 pandemic, the political turmoil and a coup in Sudan has exacerbated stress and anxiety among university students in Sudan due to uncertainty about their academic activities.

Aim: To assess post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurrence and coping strategies adopted by university students in Sudan.

Rehabilitation of mandibular resected patients using fixed immediately loaded corticobasal implant -supported prostheses. A case series.

Introduction And Importance: Aliments such as congenital conditions, pathological, and iatrogenic circumstances may result in mandibular defects that can severely disturb the patients' oral health, functions (mastication, speech), aesthetics, and quality of life and present a rehabilitating challenge.

Case Presentation: we present a multidisciplinary treatment approach for three cases presented with mandibular resection as a consequence of cystic, benign, and malignant tumour eradication that were rehabilitated with immediately loaded fixed corticobasal implant-supported prostheses and a follow-up period of 5,5 and 4 years. The reported cases present with excellent implant survival, along with healthy peri-implant tissues, stable prostheses, enhanced speech, chewing ability, aesthetics, superior patient satisfaction, and improved overall self-esteem.

Antibiotic resistance in Sudan: assessing the knowledge and practices of healthcare workers in Khartoum.

Background: Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a major public health issue, associated with increased patient morbidity and mortality globally, with significantly higher rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Assessment of contextual factors, such as information, education, infrastructure and regulations are important for developing local solutions against ABR.

Objectives: To determine the knowledge and practices of healthcare workers (HCWs) towards ABR in hospitals in Sudan.

Quality of Life After Proximal Femoral Fractures Treated With Gamma Nail in Sudan.

Background Hip fracture is a public health problem globally, and it poses one of the biggest challenges in healthcare due to its associated complications. Objectives The aim of this study is to investigate the quality of life in adult patients in Khartoum State, Sudan, after they have undergone treatment using a gamma nail for proximal femoral fractures. Methodology This cross-sectional descriptive hospital-based study was conducted at Ibrahim Malik, Omdurman, and Bahri Teaching Hospitals over six months, from April to October 2022.

War and education: the attacks on medical schools amidst ongoing armed conflict, Sudan 2023.

Background: War results in widespread destruction of a country's infrastructure, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions. This study aims to assess the attacks on medical schools amidst the ongoing conflict in Sudan.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted across 58 medical schools located in the states of Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan.

Quantitative and qualitative condylar changes following stabilization splint therapy in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders with and without skeletal lateral mandibular asymmetry: a cone beam computed tomographic study.

Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) encompass pain and dysfunction in the jaw, muscles, and adjacent structures. This study aimed to explore the quantitative (condylar position, morphology) and qualitative (bone mineral density (BMD)) therapeutic outcomes following a stabilization splint (S.S.

Knowledge, Perception, and Self-Confidence of Antibiotic Resistance, Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy, and Antibiotic Stewardship Among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in Sudan.

Background: Adequate training in infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance is crucial for pharmacy students to participate in antibiotic stewardship programs and understand microbiology careers.

Aim: The study was carried out to assess the knowledge and self-reported confidence in antibiotic resistance, antibiotic therapy, and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) among final-year undergraduate pharmacy students in Sudan.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three universities using a 57-item online questionnaire between April and May 2022.

ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa.

The prevalence of hypertension, the commonest risk factor for preventable disability and premature deaths, is rapidly increasing in Africa. The African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology, and a Vibrant Ecosystem [ACHIEVE] conference was convened to discuss and initiate the co-implementation of the strategic solutions to tame this burden toward achieving a target of 80% for awareness, treatment, and control by the year 2030. Experts, including the academia, policymakers, patients, the WHO, and representatives of various hypertension and cardiology societies generated a 12-item communique for implementation by the stakeholders of the ACHIEVE ecosystem at the continental, national, sub-national, and local (primary) healthcare levels.

Nutritional Value and in vitro Antigiardial Activity of Anise (Pimpinella anisum L.) Seeds.

The present study focused on evaluating the proximate analysis, mineral composition, and in vitro anti-giardial activity of Pimpinella anisum seed extracts, which are aromatic plants with a long history of usage in folk and conventional medicine, as well as pharmaceutical manufacturing. Standard methods were used to determine the proximate analysis of the powdered plant sample, including dry matter, ash, fat, protein, fiber, and carbohydrates. The mineral contents of Pimpinella anisum seed were analyzed using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), revealing that the plant has a high fiber content (42.

Child and adolescent mental health services in Khartoum State, Sudan: a desktop situational analysis.

Background: Sudan is a Northeast African country, with 61.7% of its population under 24 years. With a large youth population and significant cultural and linguistic diversity, Sudan, like most low-income countries, has contributed minimal data to global child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) research.

Clerodane Furanoditerpenoids from (A.Rich.) Miers (Menispermaceae).

(A.Rich.) Miers (Menispermaceae) has traditionally been used to alleviate headaches, rheumatism, mycetoma, and diabetes, among others.