BACKGROUND The epidemiology of diabetes and Ramadan fasting was reported from many Muslim countries, but not from Libya. METHODOLOGY We interviewed 493 consecutive diabetic patients at Benghazi Diabetes and Endocrine Center for the potential complications of fasting during Ramadan. RESULTS We found 70% of diabetic patients completed the 30 days of Ramadan fasting. Hypo- and hyperglycemia wa...

The effects of four concentrations (25, 50, 75, 100%) of spinach homogenate filtrate over a period of 96 hours on the body mass and transpiration rates of the pulmonate slug Milax rusticus, a crop pest found in Benghazi, Libya, are reported. A decrease in body mass and transpiration rate in filtrate treated slug over time was evident and the differences in these factors between control and trea...

Abstract Background: Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is a common birth defect; more children born with CHD in developed countries are surviving to adulthood due improvements medical and surgical care. In eastern Libya, hospitals continued rely on foreign cardiac surgery missions for the critical treatment of CHD. The objectives this study evaluate nature prognosis surgically treated congenital h...

Abstract Background Burnout syndrome is recognized as a global issue, and medical practice stressful, healthcare workers are found to be burnt out exhausted very soon, which reflected negatively on the staff well-being, patients' outcome, overall organizational performance. Aim This study planned assess magnitude of burnout among physicians in Benghazi-Libya. Methods cross-sectional was carried...

Urinary bladder cancer is the main reason for morbidity and mortality throughout world. Urothelial carcinoma a common primary tumor of urinary (90%). To investigate epidemiological histopathological aspects in Libyan patients suffering from cancer, we performed study on 39 biopsies transurethral resection (TURBT) cystoscopic samples obtained Oncology Department- Al Hawari Hospital, over period ...

background: the aim of the present study is to determine the number of third molars per person, angulation, level, amount of space for eruption of third molar between ramus of mandible and second molar and the eruption status of third molar in a group of libyan students, with different impaction patterns and agenesis of third molars. materials and methods: in this descriptive retrospective stud...