PURPOSE Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) continues to be a significant health disorder triggering harmful complications in pregnant women and fetuses. Our knowledge of GDM epidemiology in Yemen is largely based on very limited data. The aim of this study was, therefore, to determine the prevalence and risk factors of GDM among pregnant women in Dhamar governorate, Yemen. PATIENTS AND METHO...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease endemic in the tropics and subtropics with a global yearly incidence of 1.5 million. Although CL is the most common form of leishmaniasis, which is responsible for 60% of DALYs lost due to tropical-cluster diseases prevalent in Yemen, available information is very limited. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This study was con...

Background: The War in Yemen, which started in March 2015, has had many effects on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We conducted this study to analyze the effect of war on type 2 diabetics at our clinic. Patients and methods: We studied 430 patients attending an endocrinology clinic in Sana’a, Yemen from September 2015 to January 2016. Of the total, 229 were female and 201 were male...

The coffee species Coffea arabica is facing numerous challenges regarding climate change, pests and disease pressure. Improved varieties will be part of the solution. Making optimal use scarce genetic diversity hence essential. In this paper, we present first study C. covering its complete native habitat in Ethiopia together with main domestication centers: Yemen Hararghe region Ethiopia. All a...

Aim of this study is to examine the relationship between reward and employee performance in health care industry Yemen. The data was collected from workers performing their duties various hospitals, clinics, centers Yemen through a questionnaire with limitation getting respondents Marib only. After collecting respondents, correlation regression analyses were performed reach conclusions. Regress...

background: bacteria in dental plaque are one of the main factors causing periodontal disease. the aim was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of antimicrobial dentifrices with herbal extracts and conventional toothpaste with no antimicrobial action for improvement of oral hygiene  and reduction of gingival inflammation. methods: 48 volunteers with chronic marginal gingivitis were randoml...

Among scholars of literature, there is a discussion about whether modern Arab women write fiction differently from their male counterparts. Some argue that writers have special concerns which result specific experiences in Muslim society and determine not only the thematic spectrum works, but also specific, sometimes vague manner literary expression. This based mostly on works prominent Egypt, ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the preoperative central corneal thickness (CCT) of myopic and/or astigmatism patients presenting for refractive surgery in a tertiary hospital in Yemen. METHODS In this hospital-based cross-sectional study, 2,304 subjects aged 18-50 years with myopia and myopic astigmatism who presented to the refractive surgery unit were recruited. Data for the current study was collecte...

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