AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the potential antibacterial activity of some Saudi Arabia honey against selected bacterial strains of medical importance. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 10 Saudi Arabia honey used to evaluate their antimicrobial activity against some antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacterial strains. The bacterial strains were Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus...

BACKGROUND The present study reviews the epidemiological data on corpus uteri cancer among Saudi women, including its frequency, crude incidence rate, and age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR), adjusted by region and year of diagnosis. METHODS A retrospective, descriptive epidemiological analysis was conducted of all the corpus uteri cancer cases recorded in the Saudi Cancer Registry between...

BACKGROUND: RT was primarily introduced in Saudi Arabia by military hospitals beginning in the late 1970s. Currently, Saudi Arabia does not have a certification board for RT and, therefore, all of the RTs in Saudi Arabia who graduated from national colleges do not have credentials. PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the need for developing a board for RT in Saudi Arabia, and also...

Hirschsprung's disease (congenital megacolon) is widely known as a disease of neonatal to childhood. Presentation in adulthood doesoccur but is rare. To date only 49 cases have been reported in the literature. We presented an additional case of adult Hirschsprung'sdisease (HD) to enrich the literature and to create an awareness of its existence in adults presenting with chronic constipa...

this paper discusses e-government, in particular the challenges that face adoption of e-government in Saudi Arabia. In this research we define e-government as a matrix of stakeholders: governments to governments, governments to business and governments to citizens, using information and communications technology to deliver and consume services. egovernment services still face many challenges in...

The growth of research biobanks has created many new ethical challenges worldwide. This article outlines and discusses key issues in the governance of Saudi Biobank, a newly established national biobank in Saudi Arabia launched in 2014. The Saudi Biobank project includes human biological samples from participants aged 10-70 years and aims to conduct an extensive study on the influence of genes,...

There is a significant association between the rapid acetylator phenotype and diabetes in European populations. Diabetes is a common problem in Saudi Arabians with some clinical features differentiating it from the disorder in Europeans. A series of 100 Saudi diabetics and 100 Saudi controls has been acetylator phenotyped. The controls showed 33 rapid acetylators (R) and 67 slow acetylators (S)...

In Saudi Arabia, according to statistics, cardiovascular disease amounts to a major cause of deaths each year. Current data on stroke in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are lacking. This study is a national survey to inform decision-makers on the current magnitude of the epidemic. The data obtained for this study is from the nationwide physiotherapy departments that provide rehabilitative treatment...

Ann Saudi Med 2006;26(4):261-265 Recognizing the high prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Saudi Arabia and the diffi culties often faced in accurate diagnoses, evidence-based management, and appropriate referral of HCC patients, a committee was formed at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) in Riyadh (fi rst three editors, AAA, HAK, TF) who wrote the fi rst draft of these guidelin...

Cloud computing promises many advantages like reduced expenses, on-demand access to computing resources and ease of use for both cloud providers and consumers. These benefits significantly contributed to the usage and technology acceptance of Cloud computing worldwide. In this study, we propose a two-dimensional research model namely motivators and inhibitors to examine the usage and the adopti...