The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc on societies around the world and continues to do so produced cataclysmic socio-economic challenges. This virus compelled countries enact restrictive policies in order combat, defend, prevent against spread of infection. In most nations, including Kuwait, a complete lockdown was imposed, with necessary measures taken limit social gatherings,...

BACKGROUND Considering the recent popularity of bodybuilding and the apparent spread of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use amongst bodybuilding enthusiasts in Kuwait, there is a relative lack of scientific investigation into the use, knowledge and attitudes towards AAS amongst the population at risk of abusing it. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the frequency, knowledge, attitudes ...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain with neuropathic characteristics is considered to be an international health problem. However, surveys on the actual incidence of neuropathic pain have not been conducted in many Middle East countries, including Kuwait. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of pain and medical comorbidities among a random sample of patients treated at a large medical center ...

BACKGROUND There are inconsistent reports about multiple sclerosis (MS) risk among migrants from low to high MS risk geographical regions. This study assessed the overall MS incidence and evaluated seasonality in birth and subsequent MS risk later in the life in second generation of migrants born and lived in Kuwait. METHODS We assessed the overall and gender-specific MS risk in second genera...

This research aims to investigate the causal relationship between Islamic stock market and exchange rate, as well examine volatility of index in emerging countries. The study utilized Granger causality test analyze rate employed Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model for analysis forecasting. For this research, daily time series data ranging from 2012 2022 indic...

BACKGROUND There has been a global rise in the use of natural health products (NHPs). Proper regulation of NHPs is pivotal to ensure good quality control standards, enhance consumers' safety and facilitate their integration into modern healthcare systems. There is scarcity of published data on the prevalence of NHPs usage among the general Kuwaiti population. Hence, this study was designed to d...

We present a 21-year-old woman with an oculogyric crisis following the administration of clebopride. Based on the temporal relationship of the administration of clebopride to the occurrence of the event and the absence of other possible etiologies, clebopride is implicated as the cause of this acute oculogyric crisis, despite the fact that a cause-and-effect relationship cannot be confirmed.

This study aims to explore the sustainable entrepreneurship practices undertaken in women -owned businesses by investigating entrepreneurial performance (SWEP) outcomes as they are considered an important contributor success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, little is known about factors that influence SWEP within SMEs Kuwait, how these may vary across different contexts po...