Rhinosporidiosis is a type of nasal polypoidal growth arising from the mucosa of nasal cavity and often extending to nasopharynx.Occasionally, this growth may invade the lower airways and cause airway obstruction.The clinical presentation of such cases is often contradictory and airway management during induction of BMX Gloves anesthesia requires c
African Forum for Research in health (AFREhealth) student exchange pilot: an impact assessment
Background: For many medical and allied health students from African countries, the opportunity to undertake a global health elective abroad is unaffordable or inaccessible.Therefore, an imbalance has emerged where many African institutions host students from developed countries but their own students rarely go on electives in developed countries.G
Retirement of disabled athletes: an exploratory study on causes and consequences in national athletes of Korea
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons athletes with disabilities retire, their retirement process, and their life after retirement in view of the difficulties they may encounter after retirement.This study was conducted as a qualitative study.Methods: 10 retired para-athletes from Korean national teams were selected as re
Body-enlarging effect of royal jelly in a non-holometabolous insect species, Gryllus bimaculatus
Honeybee royal jelly is reported to have body-enlarging effects in holometabolous insects such as the honeybee, fly and silkmoth, but its effect in non-holometabolous insect species has not yet been examined.The present study confirmed the body-enlarging effect in silkmoths fed an artificial diet instead of mulberry leaves used in the previous lite
South Asian Consensus Guideline: Use of GLP-1 analogue therapy in diabetes during Ramadan
Ramadan is a lunar based month, during which Muslims across the world observe the ritual fast.This provides a challenge not only to the diabetic patient who wishes to observe the fast but also to the health care professional managing his diabetes.The Cup Brush challenge is to use therapies which are effective in maintaining good glycemic control an