Asthma often starts before six years of age. However, there remains uncertainty as to when and how a preschool-age child with symptoms suggestive of asthma can be diagnosed with this condition. This delays treatment and contributes to both short- and long-term morbidity. Members of the Canadian Thoracic Society Asthma Clinical Assembly partnered with the Canadian Paediatric Society to develop a...

BACKGROUND Gastric Helicobacter pylori colonization leads to iron deficiency anemia (IDA), especially in children and adolescents. However the pathogenesis is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify specific H. pylori genes involved in IDA development, by comparing bacterial genome-wide expression profiling in patients affected or not. METHODS H. pylori were isolated from four ch...

On 4 August 2020, a strong explosion occurred near the Beirut seaport, Lebanon and killed more than 200 people damaged numerous buildings in vicinity. As Amonium Nitrate (AN) caused explosion, many studies claimed release of large amounts NO2 atmosphere may have resulted health hazard In order to reasonably evaluate significance released atmosphere, it is important investigate spatio-temporal d...

1Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 2University College London, London, United Kingdom; 3Universitá di Milano, Policlinico Foundation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milan, Italy; 4Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 5University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey; 7Ain Shams Univers...

Karnal bunt of wheat, caused by the fungus Tilletia indica, is an internationally regulated disease. Since its first detection in central Texas in 1997, regions in which the disease was detected have been under strict federal quarantine regulations resulting in significant economic losses. A study was conducted to determine the effect of weather factors on incidence of the disease since its fir...

BACKGROUND Traditional Asian and African medicine use immature okra fruits (Abelmoschus esculentus) as mucilaginous food to combat gastritis. Its effectiveness is due to polysaccharides that inhibit the adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to stomach tissue. The present study investigates the antiadhesive effect in mechanistic detail. METHODOLOGY A standardized aqueous fresh extract (Okra FE) from...

BACKGROUND Asthma management in Australia is suboptimal. The "Guidelines for provision of a Pharmacist Only medicine: short acting beta agonists" (SABA guidelines) and a novel West Australian "Asthma Action Plan card" (AAP card) were concurrently developed to improve asthma management. The aim of this qualitative research was to evaluate the collaborative, multidisciplinary and multifaceted imp...

This paper aims at understanding the dynamics of sectarian violence in the city of Beirut, by looking at the early phase of violence in the Lebanese civil war (1975–90), and the process of dividing Beirut into various sectarian enclaves controlled by the warring militias. The paper aims to show the way in which political actors used sectarian violence as a mechanism of social, political, and te...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to assess the effects of involuntary and persistent noise exposure on health and hearing among Lebanese adults in Beirut, Lebanon, where people are exposed to noise from construction sites, power generators, honking cars, and motorcycles. METHODS Using a descriptive and exploratory design with mixed methods, participants were surveyed, interviewed, and teste...

This paper examined how musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of female homemakers were studied in the literature. It also presented preliminary findings from field observations of housework and fulltime homemakers in urban settings. PubMed, Ergonomics Abstracts, Sociofile, and PsycINFO databases were used in the literature search. The review focused on comparing demands of housework and paid work. ...