Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes are reported to be associated with abnormalities in the metabolism of magnesium. Magnesium deficiency by itself may a contributing factor progression its complications. Methods: cross-sectional study was carried out at Diabetic unit Azadi teaching hospital. A total 248 subjects were included constituting 99 patients mellitus, 50 Prediabetes M...

Healthcare workers are at high risk of blood borne infections especially Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Such an infection may progress to serious consequences. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV in all health workers in departments of Surgery in Azadi teaching hospital in Duhok. Anti-HBs antibody po...

313 blood samples were collected from bacteremia patients, including 146 (30 patients and 116 outpatients) Azadi teaching hospital, 36 the dialysis unit at Kirkuk General Hospital, 126 (42 inpatients 84 Children's 5 Women's Obstetrics Hospital in province, for period January 24, 2022, to September 10, 2022. The study, isolation diagnosis of bacteria study their resistance antibiotics, results s...

twenty-two bread wheat cultivars along with susceptible (sholeh) and resistant (azadi) control cultivars were evaluated for resistance to russian wheat aphid of two growth stages including seedling and stem elongation in greenhouse. five adult aphids per plant were used for infestation. leaf chlorosis at seedling and stem elongation stages and leaf rolling at seedling stage were measured. other...

Objective: Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a chronic endocrine condition defined as high blood glucose concentration and produced by either insulin resistance or relative lack of insulin, Prediabetes metabolic disorder levels that are below the diagnostic threshold for diabetes mellitus. This study aimed to measure lipoprotein (a) in individuals with prediabetic individuals. Methods: A cross-sectio...