Gustavo Cuberos Urbano Dpto. Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico University of Granada Granada, Spain [email protected] Angel Ruiz-Zafra, Manuel Noguera, Kawtar Benghazi Dpto. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos University of Granada Granada, Spain [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Alfonso Caracuel Dpto. Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación Centro de Investigación ...

BACKGROUND A previous study has shown that dental practitioners in Benghazi believed that the less prevention-oriented education system is one of the barriers to applying preventive dentistry. OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and perceived competence of the dental graduates in Benghazi towards prevention and early management of dental caries. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based surv...

BACKGROUND Piperine is isolated from Piper nigrum popularly known as black pepper. Previous studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of piperine in various health conditions. Additionally, it is a powerful bioenhancer for many drugs. Piperine extract is believed to potentiate the effect of drugs by several folds. The present study is focused on its individual effect on liver function. ...

We present the case number 22 of prostatic melanosis in the literature reports. Prostatic melanosis is a very rare, benign lesion characterized by the presence of melanin both in the epithelium of the prostate gland as well as in the stromal dendritic cells, requiring no additional treatment. It constitutes the melanocytic lesions of the prostate together with blue nevus and melanoma.

Aim To explore the barriers to providing preventive dental care to patients, as perceived by Libyan dentists working in Benghazi. Settings and design A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was conducted among dentists working in Benghazi, Libya. Materials and methods All dentists registered with the Dental Association of Benghazi and with 2 or more years of practice were invited to parti...

Background: There is a lack of research pertaining to the links between built environment attributes and obesity in adults in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. In the Libyan context, no previous studies have been conducted to investigate this relationship. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine associations between perceived neighbourhood built environmental attributes and obesity amon...

Context: Metformin is the first line treatment in type II diabetes mellitus. In addition, it was used for weight reduction both diabetic and non-diabetic obese patients. Aims: The aim of this study to examine efficacy metformin among patient Benghazi, Libya. Settings Design: a cross-sectional Methods Material: A hundred well-designed survey distributed from January December 2020 filled by patie...