Diabetes mellitus among Yemeni Physicians in Sana'a

To assess the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among Yemeni physicians in Sana'a, Yemen, and the relationship between Khat chewing and diabetes mellitus. Data were collected on 332 Yemeni physicians in Sana'a [224 males and 108 females] aged 25 years and over. Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed according to the criteria of American Diabetes Association. Diabetes mellitus was prevalent among 10% of physicians. There was no significant difference between males and females [11.6%, 6.5% respectively, p = 0.14]. In both sexes, diabetes mellitus was more prevalent among older group [>/= 40]. Mean fasting blood sugar was 96.75 +/- 22.5 mg/dl among male physicians and 88.9 +/- 17.7 mg/dl among female physicians. The difference was highly significant [t = 3.13. p = 0.002]. Diabetes mellitus is prevalent among both of male and female Yemeni physicians. There was no relationship between Khat chewing and diabetes mellitus

Metabolic syndrome among Yemeni Physicians in Sana'a

To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Yemeni physicians in Sana'a, Yemen. Data were collected on 332 Yemeni physicians in Sana'a [224 males and 108 females] aged 25 years and over. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed according to ATP-III criteria. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the study population was 23.8% [25.4% among males and 20.4% among females]. All the components of the metabolic syndrome were significantly more common in males, except low HDL-cholesterol level. Low HDL-C was the most common metabolic abnormality in both sexes. Metabolic syndrome is prevalent among Yemeni physicians in figures comparable to western populations. Low HDL was the most prevalent component

Biomedical ethics survey of knowledge, attitude and practice among gynecologists and obstetricians in both Suez Canal University Hospital and Ismailia General Hospital

The increasing exposure of the medical professions in general and obstetricians in particular to claims for damages or negligence seeks to perform this descriptive cross-sectional study that was carried out to assess physician's knowledge, attitude and practice about bioethics related to the field of gynecology and obstetrics. Data were collected by using a pre-designed questionnaire. The target group was all physicians working in this field in both Suez Canal University Hospital and Ismailia General Hospital, their number were 66 physicians. The study demonstrated that physician's knowledge was not significantly affected by their place of work [P > 0.05], but was significantly affected by their scientific degree and by the duration of their clinical practice [P<0.05], physician's attitude wasn't significantly affected by any of those factors [P > 0.05] and physician's practice was significantly affected by their place of work, their scientific degree and the duration of their clinical practice [P<0.05]

Effect of passive smoking on the growth of children

In the decade, many questions had been raised about the possible detrimental health effect of exposure to passive smoking. This study had been conducted in El Shikh Zayd area in Ismailia, Egypt to find out the effect of smoking on the height of school children [7 +/- 0.5 years old]. It was shown tat although there was a statistically significant difference between the children who are and are not exposed to passive smoking as regard the child's height [p, 0.05], the multi regression analysis had proven that the passive smoking is not the variable that affect the child's height