Prevalence and pattern of work-related musculoskeletal disorders amongst electricity utility workers in Lagos, Nigeria
Background: Electricity utility workers are often exposed to various types and degrees of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). However, there seems to be a neglect or underreportin...
Sensitivity and specificity of electrocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) criteria amongst hypertensives in University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja
Background: Hypertension remains one of the important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and a major global public health problem. Left ventricular hypertrophy is a recognised complicat...
Effects of malaria parasitaemia on foetal middle cerebral artery doppler indices in a cohort of pregnant Nigerian women
Objectives: Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) increases maternal and perinatal complications including maternal anaemia and foetal growth restriction (FGR). Middle cerebral artery (MCA) indices obta...
Nutrition and cancer prevention: An assessment of undergraduates' knowledge and nutritional practices
Context: Unhealthy eating habits combined with risky lifestyle behaviour developed early in life, may over a long time, increase the risk of developing a chronic non-communicable disease, suc...
Systemic amyloidosis: A big masquerade of clinical symptoms with catastrophic consequences
A case of a 52-year-old woman presented with non-specific symptoms: generalised weakness, loss of appetite and left leg pain of about a week duration. She later developed nephrotic syndrome, cardiom...
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Nigerian Journal of Health Sciences, a publication of College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,Nigeria,and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife,Nigeria, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Biannual print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at www.chs-journal.com.