Depression is one of the most important psychosocial problems in later life that may highly influence the quality of life of elderly people in different settings. Reminiscence therapy is one of psychiatric treatment that aims to increase self esteem, socialization, as well as reduce loneliness, sadness, and depression. Objective: Is to determine the effect of reminiscence group therapy on depre...

In June, 2003, Egypt’s hospital-based electronic disease surveillance system began to record increased cases of acute febrile illness from governorates in the Nile Delta. In response to a request for assistance from the Egyptian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) provided assistance in identifying the cause and extent...

Cancer is a disease which shows significant variation with time and across geographical entities. In Basrah, Iraq, despite the widespread impression that cancer is increasing, researchers are not yet able to draw clear boundaries as to the extent of cancer and its determinants. In this paper, we make a start in that direction; the aim was to measure as accurately as possible the incidence of ca...

BACKGROUND Risk stratification in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) aims to identify those patients who might benefit prognostically from further investigation and treatment. In addition, risk stratification models have been used by health authorities and hospitals in quality management activities. AIM The present study aimed at validating the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) and The ...

INTRODUCTION In 2002, the Egypt Ministry of Health and Population faced the challenge of improving access to and quality of services in rural Upper Egypt in the face of low morale among health workers and managers.From 1992 to 2000, the Ministry, with donor support, had succeeded in reducing the nationwide maternal mortality rate by 52%. Nevertheless, a gap remained between urban and rural area...

BACKGROUND The majority of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic (transmissible between animals and humans) in origin, and therefore integrated surveillance of disease events in humans and animals has been recommended to support effective global response to disease emergence. While in the past decade there has been extensive global surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) i...

OBJECTIVES To explore the public's awareness of cancer symptoms and the barriers to seeking medical help among Omani adults attending primary care settings in Muscat governorate, the capital city of Oman. METHODS The Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) questionnaire (translated into Arabic) was used to collect data from a total of 12 randomly selected local health centers (LHCs) in Muscat governor...