African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Therapeutic pluralism and the politics of disclosure: breast cancer patients' experiences in public healthcare.
Despite the widespread utilisation of complementary and or alternative medicine (CAM) by breast cancer patients in low-and-middle-income countries, few disclose CAM use to their physicians. ⋯ Considering the reality of an overstretched public healthcare system, what may be possible is an active attempt to communicate to patients that doctors are aware that patients may use a range of resources (such as CAM), which is their right, and further, recommend patient disclosure of CAM use to their doctors, because of the possibility of drug interactions and other potentially negative effects.
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
The occurrence of antibiotic-resistant enteric bacteria in Selected Nigerian traditional dairy products.
Wara and nono are popular dairy products in Nigeria, rich in nutrients, highly exposed to microbial contaminants during processing and sale and support microbial growth. ⋯ The presence of enteric bacterial pathogens in wara and nono and their resistance to multiple antibiotics was reported in this study.
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Meta AnalysisA meta-analysis and experimental data for multidrug resistance genes in breast cancer.
Increasing trend of breast cancer incidence worldwide is a known fact. This curable disease may become fatal if drug resistance is developed leading to metastatic cancerous tissue. ⋯ These findings suggest that these genes are associated with breast cancer.
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The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have an incessant out-turn on the people in every field in some or the other way. It has been reported that maximum number of deaths in the countries during this pandemic are caused due to a term called death anxiety or phobia. There are certain parameters such as anxiety, apprehension, depression which if influence a person can alter one's well-being. ⋯ The current studies that are carried out till date show an extensive impact on the psychology of the dental professionals. The following review article elaborates the importance of the same.