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BioMed, Volume 3, Issue 1

March 2023 - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,234 Views
7 Pages

14 March 2023

The SARS-CoV2 pandemic is the most significant global health emergency of the last century. While the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV2 is understood, the early and long-term outcomes of natural infection are increasingly being recognised. Multisystem inf...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
11,578 Views
18 Pages

10 March 2023

Recently, in Italy, a flowchart to be used by General Practitioners for the at-home treatment of patients with COVID-19, has been released. It states that early at-home treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection is possible due to the availability of specifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
9,820 Views
11 Pages

Prevalence and Factors Influencing Self-Medication among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Urban Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria

  • Clement Kevin Edet,
  • Anthony Ike Wegbom,
  • Kitoye Gentle Samuel,
  • Leesi Sapira-Ordu,
  • Ishmeal Daniel Jaja,
  • Janet Ene-Peter,
  • Isaac Harold,
  • Chinemere Onyema,
  • Biteegeregha Godfrey Pepple and
  • Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe

10 March 2023

Despite the adverse effects of self-medication (SM), such as antimicrobial drug resistance, drug addiction, allergy, worsening of ailment, organ damage, disability, and death, the practice is still common and increasingly practiced globally, even amo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,709 Views
14 Pages

Alterations in the Cellular Metabolic Footprint Induced by Mayaro Virus

  • Ceyla M. O. Castro,
  • Mânlio T. O. Mota,
  • Alessandra Vidotto,
  • Ícaro P. Caruso,
  • Milene R. Ribeiro,
  • Fábio R. Moraes,
  • Fátima P. Souza and
  • Mauricio L. Nogueira

24 February 2023

Mayaro virus is a neglected virus that causes a mild, dengue-like febrile syndrome characterized by fever, headache, rash, retro-orbital pain, vomiting, diarrhea, articular edemas, myalgia, and severe arthralgia, symptoms which may persist for months...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
10,746 Views
17 Pages

20 February 2023

The acute rupture of the Achilles tendon is an increasingly common injury due to an active lifestyle and participation in sports, especially in the middle-aged group. We conducted a focused review of the literature and found that the acute rupture of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,001 Views
11 Pages

Association between Family Level Influences and Caries Prevention Views and Practices of School Children in a Sub-Urban Nigerian Community

  • Abiola Adetokunbo Adeniyi,
  • Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan,
  • Olaniyi Arowolo,
  • Nneka Maureen Chukwumah and
  • Maha El Tantawi

13 February 2023

Little is known about how family-level factors influence children’s caries prevention views and practices in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to assess the associations between family level characteristics and caries prevention views and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,220 Views
11 Pages

Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Emotional Distress, Transactional Sex and Psychoactive Substance Use during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan,
  • Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga,
  • Oliver C. Ezechi,
  • Nourhan M. Aly,
  • Joanne Lusher,
  • Annie L. Nguyen and
  • Maha El Tantawi

1 February 2023

The aim of this study was to identify the sociodemographic factors associated with emotional distress and determine if the quality of family relationships and the perception of social isolation can protect those who transacted sex or used psychoactiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,812 Views
10 Pages

Effects of Static Magnetic Field (SMF) Exposure on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Risk Indicators

  • Rahma Nur Istiqomah,
  • Luluk Yunaini,
  • Umiatin Umiatin and
  • Puji Sari

30 January 2023

Dyslipidemia is a condition of abnormalities in blood lipids, such as increased LDL and decreased HDL. Exposure to intracellular static magnetic fields (SMFs) can affect membranes to modulate the number of Ca2+ ions, which can affect cell biological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,566 Views
12 Pages

19 January 2023

The present work presents evaluation and experimental verification of the use of X-ray computed tomographic microscopy (micro-CT) for accurate characterization of geometry, microarchitecture, and stiffness properties of bones. These properties are cr...

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