BACKGROUND The Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) tool has been developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to calculate 10-year probability hip fracture (HP) or major osteoporotic fracture (MOF). The objective of this study was to assess the 10-year probability of MOF and HF among a selected sample of Palestinian people. METHODS A sample of 100 subjects was studied. Dual energy X-ray absor...

OBJECTIVE To detect the species of larval trematodes (cercariae) in Melanopsis praemorsa snails from 5 different fresh water bodies in Palestine. METHODS A total of 1 880 Melanopsis praemorsa snails were collected from different fresh water bodies in Palestine from October, 2008 to November, 2010. Cercariae in Melanopsis praemorsa snails were obtained by lighting and crushing methods. The beh...

This study considers the development of Western medicine in Palestine, focusing on the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society's hospital in Nazareth. This hospital-one of the earliest British medical institutions in the region-was created by the society in Palestine in 1866. R4sum4. Ce texte 6tudie le d6veloppement de la maecine occidentale en Palestine, et plus particulierement l'histoire d'une ...

PURPOSE Health care initiatives focusing on prenatal testing and premarital genetic screening aiming to reduce the incidence of β-thalassemia have emerged during the last decade. In Palestine, 4% of the population are known thalassemia carriers with new cases continuing to appear despite the availability of prenatal testing. This study aims to identify factors that influence the decision to ret...

This article tries to approach the conflict of Palestine through novel Rsa'aytu Ramallah by Maorid Barghouti as seeking its parallel realities with historical facts. In so doing, genetical components are be analyzed employing Genetical Structaralism theory Lucien Goldmann. The genetic can seen in parallelism between literary facts and socio-historical along story. Thus, not only comprises a mer...

AIMS The main aims of the study were to investigate the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with schizophrenia, to compare it with those published in the general population, and to assess significant associations with dysglycemia defined as having either pre-DM or DM. METHODS A cross-sectional study carried out in 4 governmental primary psychiatric healthcare cen...

Background: Questionnaire based surveys are an importance tool in epidemiology and public health research. Although there may be a certain degree of bias in this quality of care assessment tool since some of these measurements may be misleading, it remains an inexpensive tool for such assessments. The quality of services provided to diabetic patients in Palestine has not been studied previously...

The document that Britain composed for its governance of Palestine (Mandate Palestine) called implementation the Jewish national home mentioned in Balfour Declaration. However, Britain’s Palestine, purportedly under mandate scheme League Nations, never gained a lawful foundation. Nations had no power Covenant to attribute legal significance Mandate or give right govern. failed gain sovereignty,...

Smart mobile devices (SMDs), especially smartphones and tablets, are becoming increasingly ubiquitous among educators and students in Palestine. While their use is on the rise, many academics are not effectively incorporating this technology into their teaching, which may be attributable to their negative perceptions of these devices. This study therefore examined academics’ perceptions of the ...

A molecular epidemiology survey was performed in order to establish and document the respiratory adenovirus pathogen profiles among children in Southern Palestine. Three hundred and thirty-eight hospitalized pediatric cases with adenovirus-associated respiratory tract infections were analyzed. Forty four cases out of the 338 were evaluated in more detail for the adenoviruses types present. All ...