BACKGROUND Type II diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the leading chronic diseases in Qatar as well as worldwide. However, the risk factors for DM in Qatar and their prevalence are not well understood. We conducted a case-control study with the specific aim of estimating, based on data from outpatients with DM in Qatar (cases) and outpatient/inpatient controls, the association between demographic...

Health and Safety in construction sites is a paramount issue that hunts the construction industry for the last two decades. In the local Qatar construction industry, and particularly the building construction, hazards are causing fatal accidents and local experts suggest a rate of four to five facilities per 100,000 workers is a common phenomena. Therefore, early identification of hazards and p...

OBJECTIVES In the Middle East, Qatar in particular, the incidence of breast cancer has substantially increased in recent years, and is expected to double by 2030. This diagnosis also occurs at a later stage in the disease. Early detection along with proper treatment reduces radical mastectomy and mortality rates, yet only one-third of Arab women in Qatar participate in breast cancer screening (...

BACKGROUND Recent data from a self-administered questionnaire show that approximately 75% of school children in Qatar do not meet the daily recommended levels of physical activity (PA). Since children spend half of their waking hours in school, it is important to understand when and how much PA children accumulate during the school day. This study aimed to objectively assess school-time PA amon...

INTRODUCTION Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are common in Qatar, and are now considered the third leading cause of mortality. In this study, the safety devices used by the Qatari public at the time of RTCs were assessed and the association between seatbelt use by vehicle occupants involved in RTCs and severe injury/death in the prehospital setting was determined. METHODS This study was a retrosp...

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College Arts Qatar University, Doha,

countries. In the last few years, the geography of biomedical publications became the subject of detailed analyses.5,6 Many of these studies relied solely on PubMed for data collection.7-14 In Arab countries, one study focused primarily on the Gulf Corporation Council member countries, and demonstrated that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) occupies a leading position in terms of biomedical pub...

1 Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Napoli, Italy 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA 3Department of Research, International Prevention Research Institute, 69006 Lyon, France 4Department of Pathology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Napoli, Italy ...

1,2University of Alberta, Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Medical Graduate Orthodontic Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 3Queen Medical Center, Doha, Qatar 4Professor and Chair of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, AinShams University, Cairo, Egypt 5Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University/Egypt Received date: 24 June 2015; Accepted...