INTRODUCTION Occupational safety and health (OSH) also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) or workplace health and safety (WHS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a safe and healthy work environment. OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment...
ABSTRACT Children are at the centre of the HIV epidemic, and the need to prioritize actions to reduce HIV infection among young people has now been globally recognized. Because HIV-infected women co-infected with opportunistic pathogens might be more likely to transmit these infections to their infants than women without HIV infection, this study is being conducted to determine if guidelines for treating opportunistic pathogens among children should consider treatment of congenitall...
ABSTRACT Premarital sex leading to abortion is a common phenomenon among youths especially the undergraduate which has led to several physiological and sociological health issues such as sepsis, uterine damage, and sometimes infertility with social stigma and broken homes. The study was conducted among undergraduate students of Olabisi Onabanjo University to elicit information about the knowledge of ill health consequences of premarital sex and abortion. Two hundred and forty participants...
ABSTACT The effect of 0.25mg/kg weight of diesel on the liver function of male wistar rats was investigated. Ten male wistar rats were used and were grouped into two; experimental and control. The experimental group was fed with rat chawl and a mixture of diesel with water ad-libitum while the control was fed with rat chawl and tap water for about five weeks. Data collected was analyzed using student’s t-Test and a p-value of < 0.05 was accepted as significant. The result shows diesel ef...
ABSTRACTThis topic focus on the evaluation of the effects of malaria on pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at abia state university teaching hospital, aba abia state Malaria in pregnancy (MIP) is a major public health problem in endemic countries. There is a wealth of evidence showing that the risk of malaria (both infection and clinical disease) is higher risk of malaria, this review provides an update on knowledge acquired since 2000 on P. falciparum and P. vivax infections in p...
ABSTRACT The aim of the experiment was to estimate the effect of repeated simultaneous exposures to infrared laser radiation and μT variable magnetic field used in magneto stimulation on pain perception in rats, as well as the involvement of endogenous opioid system in the mechanism of this effect. In experimental group clean-shaven scull of male Wistar rats placed individually in a specially designed plastic chamber were simultaneously exposed to infrared laser radiation (wavelength – ...
TABLE OF CONTENT DIGITIZATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE: THE WAY FORWARD IN NIGERIA1 INTRODUCTION1 OVERVIEW OF DIGITIZATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE1 IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICES2 Improvements in healthcare quality3 Improves Efficiency and Financial Performance4 ADOPTION OF DIGITIZATION5 Aligning with national health priorities5 Assessing the health and ICT context5 Measuring effectiveness6 Adapting to a flexible and iterative process6 FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF DIGITIZATION6 Cost ...
ABSTRACT Isolated organs or tissues are body parts, organs, systems or tissues separated from the body and placed in an artificial nutrient medium similar to blood plasma in salt composition and osmotic pressure and temporarily retaining their principal functional properties. They are used to study certain aspects of organ activity, elucidate the action of medicinal substances and poisons, provides researchers with convenient biological models that are independent of the systemic influen...
ABSTRACT Insulin treatment is the use of insulin and similar proteins to treat diseases including diabetes and its acute complications as an effective way of lowering blood glucose level in individuals with impaired Islet beta cell functions. The Islets (Island) of Langerhans are small clusters of cells scattered within the pancreas of most vertebrates to bring about the secretion of the polypeptide hormone, Insulin, which is responsible for the evacuation of excess glucose in the blood strea...
Humans share an intimate and life-long partnership with a myriad of resident microbial species (fungi, protists and viruses), collectively referred to as the microbiota (Sampson & Marmanian, 2015). The microbiome co-evolved with its human host (Chrobak et al., 2016) and istransferred from the mother to the baby duringlabor, with method of delivery, diet, drugs and medications (especially antibiotics) as the major contributing factorto the process of microbiome developmentin the infant (Sekiro...
ABSTRACT The research work is on assessment of level of safety practices in indigenous oil exploration and production companies in Nigeria. The issue of safety practice is pertinent in a volatile environment like oil exploration and production that is surrounded with myriad of hazards. The study in its efforts outlines measures for effective health, safety & environment management in oil industry to ameliorate the safety challenges. The study however collected its data from prim...
ABSTRACT This seminar work is concerned with occupational hazard of oil exploration in Nigeria. The necessity of the study is akin to the incessant hazards that are witnessed in industrial sector especially in oil and gas industry where the level of hazards is high because of offshore environment of the oil exploration activities. It is generally agreed that labour is the most valuable asset to any successful organization hence the health and safety of labour should be a paramount...
Abstract Lecithin is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues composed of phosphoric acid, chroline, fatty acids, glycerol, glycolipids, triglycerides, and phospholipids (e.g., phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylinositol).
Abstract Maternal, newborn and child health week provides the practical exercise on safe motherhood, breastfeeding, child development, nutrition and growth, immunization, Diarrhea, malaria, HIV/AIDS, etc. for the management of creating supportive environment for maternal and newborn health, this requires altering behaviors that discriminates against women and girls and adopting healthy practices that safeguards them from disease and injury. Healthy practices such as; exclusive breastfeeding ...
The thyroid gland is the largest endocrine gland (Moore et al,2010). It is derived from the Greek words “glandula thyreoidea” which means “Gland” “shield like” respectively (Thomas Wharton, 1659). It is brownish-red in colour (Henry Gray,2010). The thyroid gland is located at the throat below the voice box (larynx), Laryngeal prominence or Adam’s Apple to be specific. The laryngeal prominence is a lump that is formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx. ...