Health Sciences

Objective: To measure the prevalence of endometriosis in the infertile woman, its severity and its relation to the age of women. Study Setting: Infertility Centre at Al –Batool Teaching Hospital in Mosul. Study Design: Patient series study design. Patients and Methods: The total number of patients attending the infertility centre was (8553). The number of patients enrolled for the study was (477) from July 2004 to July 2006. Their ages were between 21 and 43 years old (mean age 28.22±5.37).

Background: The inability to conceive is one of the most distressing conditions for a female. It not only makes the female feel incomplete but also the social taboos attached are phenomenal. Lately there has been an increase in the incidence of subfertility due to various medical, social and economical reasons. To assess the various causes giving rise to subfertility the surgeon has to subject the patient to a battery of investigations ranging from non invasive procedures to surgical interventions like diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy.

Background: Opacification of the posterior capsule is one of the most common complication fallowing the cataract surgery. The patient complains from a drop in visual acuity after period of time after cataract surgery. To solve this problem is done using Nd: yag laser by breaking posterior capsule and thus retain the vision and get a good visual acuity. Objective: This study aimed to prove that YAG laser is the accurate way in treatment of posterior capsule opacification that the patient gets better vision.

Objective: To comprehend the perception of the elderly’s caregivers in cohabitation about the support network of the Family Health Strategy. Methodology: It is a descriptive-exploratory study with a cross-sectional design and a qualitative approach which was done with 9 elderly people caregivers’ de in a state of cohabitation who displayes functional dependency in the coverage area of two Family Health Units in the city of Vitória da Conquista-Bahia.

The objective of the present study was to analyze the quality of commercially available samples of the plant B. forficata and compare their hypoglycemic effects with those of in naturasamples. To that end, three samples of B. forficata were acquired from commercial sourcesand subjected to quality control tests to examine their adequacy for human consumption. The samples were found to contain potentially pathological microorganisms (Klebsiella sp. and Aspergillus sp.), disqualifying them from use due to their potential negative effects on public health.

The present philosophical essay aims to reflect on the intention to moralize the bodies through the processes of hygiene and on the nurse's role as a disciplining element. An analysis is carried out within the context of the hygienist ideal, establishing a dialogue with contemporary authors such as Foucault and Caponi. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, signs of the hygienist movement were observed in innumerable governmental actions in Brazil, whose aim was to replace the old moral with a new moral.

Aging causes physiological changes that can lead to the appearance of chronic degenerative diseases and consequently the chronic use of medications. This article aims to evaluate the level of physical activity and mental health of elderly people who use chronic medications. This is an epidemiological, quantitative and cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 128 elderly people of both genders. To obtain the data, we chose the BECK anxiety and depression questionnaire, the ABUEL questionnaire for medication use and the IPAQ short version.

Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition that needs investigation in order to find and potentially treat the underlying cause since recurrent and chronic pancreatitis can lead to irreversible pancreatic damage or even pancreatic cancer. Hereditary pancreatitis are chronic pancreatitis or recurrent acute pancreatitis that are related to gene mutations. It is an autosomal disease, with a variable expression and a penetrance that is around 80%.

In Iraq the available measures of disease frequency related to skin disorders are from hospital-based clinic studies. It reflects the patterns of clinic attendance, and the actual prevalence of skin diseases in the community is unknown. The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of skin diseases in selected areas of Ninevah governorate. A household survey based on health interviews and clinical examination was conducted over a period of seven months.

Heterotopia is defined as the presence of normal tissue type at non-physiological sites. Gastric heterotopia (GHT) is the most reported epithelial heterotopia. It can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Most cases are described in the esophagus, duodenum and Meckel’s diverticulum. It’s rarely observed in the rectum and anus.