Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410462
The Vaginal Microbiome in Women's Health and Bacterial Vaginosis
Hamida Mohammed Amer
Article Type: Review Article | Publication Updated: 2024/12/13
You may have heard of the gut microbiome, but the vagina also has a microbiota. The bacterial composition of the vaginal microbiome is thought to be associated with women's health and disease states. The vaginal microbiome is a complex and dynamic micro-ecosystem that fluctuates throughout the menstrual cycle and throughout a woman's life. The vaginal mucosa consists of a stratified, non-keratinised squamous epithelium covered by cervicovaginal secretions. The composition of the vaginal microbio...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510164
Pregnancy and Plants: Investigating Factors Affecting Herbal Medicine Utilization among Expecting Mothers in North Gonja District
Abukari Salifu, Abdul-Manan Sumani and Alice Bavoh Ewuntomah
Article Type: Original Article | Publication Updated: 2024/12/08
The use of herbal medicine during pregnancy, labour, and postpartum period can affect outcomes of health and care for women of reproductive age. The use of traditional herbal medicines (THM) by pregnant women has increased in most countries in Africa, including Ghana. However, there is limited information on the extent of women's use of either herbal or vitamin supplements during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, even though knowledge of the potential benefits or harms of many of thes...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510270
Injury Prediction Study Using Functional Movement Screen (FMS) in Adolescent Racket Sports Enthusiasts
Yutong Lin and Shuo Guan
Article Type: Original Research | Publication Updated: 2024/12/06
This study utilized the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) to assess the athletic ability of adolescent racket sport athletes and explored its association with injury risk. The results indicate that shoulder mobility (2.58 ± 0.57) and active straight leg raise (2.38 ± 0.74) scored the highest, while deep squat (2.08 ± 0.83), in-line lunge (1.98 ± 0.75), and rotary stability (1.62 ± 0.49) were comparatively lower. The ROC curve analysis yielded an AUC of 0.779 (95% CI: 0.639-0.919, P < 0.001),...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510160
Cystıc Nephroma: Case Report
Bilgin Öztürk, Aşkın Eroğlu, İncila Öztop, Oya Nermin Sivrikoz and Mehmet Uğur Mungan
Article Type: Case Report | Publication Updated: 2024/12/06
Cystic nephromas, formerly known as multilocular cystic nephromas, are rare benign renal neoplasms that classically occur in adult women in the 4th and 5th decades. In our case report, we present a 72-year-old male with a cystic nephroma who was admitted to our clinic due to hematuria and underwent surgery for a right renal mass, along with radiology and pathology images....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4571/1710060
A Challenging Rare Case: Rosai-Dorfman Disease Presented as a Single Osseus Lesion in a 16-Month-Old Boy
Lili Miles, MD, Caroline Baughn, MD, Gleidson Silva, MD, Dorothea L. Douglas, MD and Lei Shao, MD
Article Type: Case Report | Publication Updated: 2024/12/05
Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (also known as Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD)), a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, was originally recognized in 1969 by Rosai and Dorfman. RDD is characterized by the accumulation of activated histiocytes in various tissues and organs, but most commonly in lymph nodes. RDD is subclassified in two forms. The more common form, nodal RDD, and the rare form, extranodal RDD, which is based on the presence of extranodal tissue involvement. Most extr...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510133
Clinical Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Minority Children: A Retrospective Study
Archana Reddy Bongurala, Moses O Evbuomwan, Oluwatoyin A Gbademu, Inaya Hajj Hussein and Ayesha Fatima
Article Type: Original Article | Publication Updated: 2024/12/05
This study presents a retrospective analysis of pediatric minority IBD patients aged 6-17 years, treated at Beaumont Hospital from 2009 to 2019. Patient demographics including gender, age at diagnosis, race, IBD-type, associated problems, disease location, family history and surgical intervention were documented. The study analyzed data using SAS software and the Pearson chi-square test....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410461
Traumatic Brain Contusion Assessment by Bedside, Portable MRI
Ihsan Mamoun, MD, John Gachani, MD, Cesar Menchaca, MD and Yong Sing da Silva, MD
Article Type: Case Report | Publication Updated: 2024/11/30
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to be "the leading cause of death and disability in children" [1]. Computed tomography (CT) is the first line imaging study in every hospital emergency department. A delayed CT scan at 6-24 hours is typically performed as well. However, more recently, there has been interest in the use of a portable, bedside magnetic resonance (MR) scanner to avoid the additional radiation, to reduce the workflow demands of bundling and transporting children with TBI to a f...