Objective: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) use in the elderly population attending Gondar University Hospital (GUH). Methods: A two years (2011-2012) retrospective cross sectional analysis was conducted in Gondar University Hospital (GUH). Elderly patients, aged ≥65 years treated with prescription drugs were included in the study. ...

INTRODUCTION Risky sexual practice among people living with HIV/AIDS is a public health concern because of the risk of transmission of the virus to sero-discordant partner/s. There is also the risk of re-infection with new, drug resistant viral strains between sero-concordant partners. However, there is lack of information on risky sexual practices among HIV positive adults. Therefore, this stu...

very shaky foundations. Professor Oppenheimer is not only a rigorously scholarly historian of fact, but is also one of the most astute and penetrating interpreters of the history of philosophical biology alive today. It is splendid to have her major articles, hitherto scattered as contributions to books and learned journals, brought together in such a handsome format. The writing spans nearly a...

BACKGROUND Universities tend to be highly congregate settings, both in the classroom and in residences, and thus provide special opportunities for large number of persons to be exposed to a person with tuberculosis (TB). Despite the high prevalence of TB in Ethiopia, the TB prevalence and the treatment outcome among students have never been studied. Therefore, this study was aimed at determinin...

Introduction: Zinc and copper are essential for normal human development and functioning of the body. They have been implicated to play important roles in immuno-physiologic functions. Studies assessing the interactions between diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS and micronutrient status are too few in Ethiopia, as in other sub-Saharan Africa where morbidities from diarrheal diseases and HIV/AIDS are ...