BACKGROUND There are inconsistent reports about multiple sclerosis (MS) risk among migrants from low to high MS risk geographical regions. This study assessed the overall MS incidence and evaluated seasonality in birth and subsequent MS risk later in the life in second generation of migrants born and lived in Kuwait. METHODS We assessed the overall and gender-specific MS risk in second genera...

This research aims to investigate the causal relationship between Islamic stock market and exchange rate, as well examine volatility of index in emerging countries. The study utilized Granger causality test analyze rate employed Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model for analysis forecasting. For this research, daily time series data ranging from 2012 2022 indic...

background and aims: this is a pilot study investigated the prevalence of hearing impairment and the impact of the known risk factors for hearing loss on infants at risk born in kuwait. methods: two hundred infants with risk of hearing impairment who met the joint committee on infants hearing (1990) criteria were screened. all newborns were included in this study if they had hospital stay for m...

This study aims to explore the sustainable entrepreneurship practices undertaken in women -owned businesses by investigating entrepreneurial performance (SWEP) outcomes as they are considered an important contributor success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, little is known about factors that influence SWEP within SMEs Kuwait, how these may vary across different contexts po...

BACKGROUND Choosing a medical specialty can be either a daunting and confusing experience for some medical students and junior doctors or a foregone conclusion to others. The aim of this study is to evaluate factors affecting future specialty choice among medical students in Kuwait University. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from medical students registered ...

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing rates of childhood obesity and rapid change in socio-economic status, the mean age at menarche remains mostly unknown among contemporary girls in Kuwait and other countries in the Gulf region. This study aimed to estimate the mean age at menarche among schoolgirls in Kuwait and investigate the association between age at menarche and obesity. METHODS A cross-s...

Objectives: We aimed to investigate germline mutation in another extended von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) family in Kuwait with Arabian and Persian genetic admixture. Materials and Method: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and direct sequencing of the PCR amplicons, that showed clear band shift, were used to screen the VHL gene in the index patie...

BACKGROUND We investigated the association between apolipoprotein E polymorphism and ischemic heart disease with or without type 2 diabetes in Kuwait and examined the impact of apolipoprotein E polymorphism in diabetic patients. METHODS The present study was conducted from January 2005 to June 2006 in the Diabetic Clinic of Al-Amiri and Al-Sabah Hospitals in Kuwait City. Apolipoprotein E poly...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to measure the attitude and practice of Kuwaiti patients in Kuwait with regard to safe disposal of unwanted medicines. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Three-hundred patients or their family members waiting for prescriptions at public general hospitals in Kuwait completed a questionnaire soliciting their practice with regard to medication use and disposal, and their o...