Introduction: INTRODUCTION Breast feeding is the best and quintessential method for infant nutrition, providing essential nutrients and immunological protection. All mothers should be encouraged to breast feed their ...

Children frequently suffer from urinary tract infections (UTIs), which present a substantial diagnostic and treatment challenge, especially in the susceptible neonatal group. While UTIs often present with clear symptoms ...

Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) level is one of known biomarker in septic diagnosis, but limited studies report its benefit in predicting the outcomes of children with sepsis. Modified qSOFA and Neutrophil to lymphocyte ...

Introduction: Abnormal Homocysteine (HCY) level appear to contribute to atherosclerosis by direct toxic effect that damages the arterial linings, interfering with the clotting factors and oxidation of LDL. Some 10% to 20% ...

Stroke is a growing disease and it is the second common cause of death in the world after coronary heart disease especially in the elderly. Uric acid is the ultimate catabolite of purine metabolism in human and higher ...

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is 6th leading cause of death in older people. Elderly patients hospitalized with CAP constitute a special population since they commonly have comorbidities, nutritional & immunological ...

Hypertension is the third leading killer disease in the world and is responsible for 1 in every 8 deaths. About 1 billion people are affected by hypertension worldwide.(1) There is strong positive and continuous correlation ...

The introduction of effective highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART) in the mid 1990s led to a marked reduction in the morbidity and mortality of HIV infection. Side effects of HAART such as dyslipidemia were soon ...