Back ground: AIDS is considered a dreaded disease. According to recent estimates, 42 million people suffer from HIV/AIDS (90% of these being in the developing countries), with 5 million people newly infected with HIV and 3.1 million deaths in the year 2002 globally. At present, there is no effective vaccine to prevent the disease. Hence, Health education (Information, Education and Communicatio...

Malnutrition can be recognized as one of the main issues in clinical practice. It can be overcome by suitable nutrition care provided by the available clinicians. Nevertheless, this practice is still missing perhaps because of the insufficient providers’ knowledge. The study goal was to assess the pharmacists and the doctors self-reported practices, attitudes, and knowledge to nutritional care ...

AIM To examine the prevalence of dental caries in 12-year-old schoolchildren from Baghdad after the end of the United Nations' economic sanctions and to investigate related dental caries risk factors including gender, socio-demographic factors, oral hygiene and sugar intake. DESIGN A cross-sectional dental caries examination and questionnaire survey was conducted in 10 schools from west Baghd...

Radiation doses to Patient during CT scanner and the radiological risk are significant. Patient dose survey has been conducted toinvestigate the Iraq patient radiation dosesreceived in CT scanners in order to established reference dose levels. These doses are Entrance Surface Dose (ESD),computed tomography dose index(CTDI)), and dose length product (DLP). Two CT scanner were investigated in thi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prognostic factors of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS) in Iraqi patients. METHODS This retrospective study of patients with RR-MS was carried out at the MS Clinic in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq between March 2008 and January 2010. Patients history and extended disability status scale scores were reviewed using the clinic database. RESULTS F...

OBJECTIVES To assess subclinical atherosclerosis in subtypes of hypertension using lipid profile as a biomarker and B mode ultrasonography of the carotid arteries. METHODS Ninety-six subjects (49 females and 47 males) aged 42-78 years were recruited from the vascular Doppler unit at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from January to June 2008. They were grouped into normotensive (group ...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate the effects calcium fructoborate (CFB) and sodium tetraborate (NTB) as supplements in Iraqi patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) maintained on etanercept. MATERIALS AND METHODS A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial with 60 days treatment period was carried out at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Medical city, Baghdad, Ira...

OBJECTIVE To assess the significant association of atherosclerosis quantified by screening intima media thickness of bilateral common and internal carotid arteries in patients with asymptomatic and persistent hypertension with and without ischemic stroke. METHODS Subjects in this investigation were recruited from the vascular Doppler unit at Baghdad Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq during 2...

The purpose of the Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program was to provide scientifically founded information on the chemical and physical properties of dust collected over a period of approximately 1 year in Djibouti, Afghanistan (Bagram, Khowst), Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iraq (Balad, Baghdad, Tallil, Tikrit, Taji, Al Asad), and Kuwait (northern, central, coastal, and southern regi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of the Bacille Calmette-Guerin BCG vaccine in the treatment of viral warts. METHODS A single blind placebo controlled study conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from March 2005 to June 2006. Two hundred patients with viral warts were enrolled in this study, and were fully assessed before therapy. The patient...