Obesity is a global epidemic resulting in major morbidity and premature death. About 64% of Libyan adults are either overweight or obese, obesity progressively increasing with age, and two times more common among Libyan women than men. Cases of obesity and overweight are increasing in Libya as well as all over the world, with genetic and environmental factors playing a contributory role. With i...

Tarihsel süreçte Libya coğrafyası, Kuzey Afrika ve Akdeniz Havzası içerisinde önemli role sahip olmuştur. Bu sebeple Libya’nın statejik cazibesi büyük devletlerin de ilgisini çekmiş çeşitli yöntemlerle Libya’ya müdahale etmek, orada askeri güç bulundurmak istenmiştir. Büyük için mücadelesini bunun bölgeye etkisini incelemek gerekmektedir. çalışma, “Arap Baharı (Arap İsyanı)” süreci sonrasını da...

BACKGROUND The extent and the distribution of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) in Libya have not been reported despite provision of dialysis over 4 decades. This study aimed to develop the first comprehensive description of the epidemiology of dialysis-treated ESKD in Libya. METHODS Structured demographic and clinical data were obtained regarding all adult patients treated at all maintenance d...

 Libya experienced a substantial increase in oil revenue as a result of increased oil prices during the period of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and again after 2000. Recent increases in oil production and the price of oil, and their positive and negative macroeconomic impacts upon key macroeconomic variables, are of considerable contemporary importance to an oil dependent economy such as that...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain is a public health problem although there is a paucity of prevalence data from countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of chronic pain and neuropathic pain in a sample of the general adult population in Libya. METHODS A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted before the onset of the Libyan Civil War (Fe...

To The Editor: I highly value and greet the authors for their editorial. Many important issues related to medical education and its future in Libya have been discussed in this paper [1]. One important point that has been addressed and I feel deserves attention is the " abnormal " relationship between clinical practice and research in Libya. From discussions with colleagues, this problem somehow...

To the Editor: I read with interest the study by Bakoush et al addressing the issue of medical publication in Libya [1]. The number of published reports from Libya was compared with another three Arabic countries (Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen). I suggest to the authors the extention of their study to include all twenty-three Arabic countries. This would enhance our knowledge of the scientific pro...

H epatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV infections represent a global public health problem. Transmission of these viruses occurs via blood and blood products transfusion and by sexual contact (1). The infections caused by the three viruses are not curable even with the latest available treatments. Effective vaccine is available only for HBV. In Libya, Zaied et al. (2), repor...