BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Each year millions of Muslims perform pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is particularly stressful during the peak five days, when all rituals have to be performed at specific periods of time at different sites. Poor diabetes control in people with diabetes predisposes to morbidity and increases risk of acute complications. We wanted to see how well their blood gluc...

We would like to thank J. Hajj-Chahine [1] for his insightful comments on our paper, specifically regarding the discrepancy in the outcomes of patients with postsurgical iatrogenic acute aortic dissection type A (iAADA) presented in our study [2] vs results others have reported [3–5]. We reported on 100 patients with iAADA enrolled in the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERA...

We describe the first case of Neisseria meningitidis W135 meningitis in Turkey. The strain was genotypically unrelated to the clone (W)ET-37, isolated from Hajj pilgrims in 2000.

The success of becoming a national athlete cannot be separated from various aspects which influence it, they are internal aspects, coaching and training, social environment, family, education, sociocultural, other factors. purpose this research is to identify the profiles their socio-economic educational aspects. This was categorized into descriptive qualitative involving eight participants ath...

“Travel broadens the mind” and people have been extolling the merits of travel for a very long time .The general belief is that travel is good for travelers’ mentally and physically. But while travel can indeed be interesting and exciting, and good for mental and physical wellbeing, all too often it can be harmful to a traveler's health (1) .The increase in numbers of travellers and the speed a...

This study aims to analyze the Synergisity of Public Relations and Journalistic Media in enhancing PT. Grand Mecca Holidays together with Ministry Religion North Sumatra through provision Umrah Hajj services. The community is also assisted by PT, Holidah's activities for carrying out Religious Worship Holy Land officially recognized state. It hoped that collaboration between two parties will co...