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The role of 'African Chemists' in the health care system of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa [PDF]
, 2000 Self-medication is documented as an integral part of health care therapy in developing countries such as Ethiopia, Cameroon, Uganda and Mexico. In South Africa the types of illnesses and health problems that are referred to both traditional healers and ...
Cocks, Michelle, Dold, A P
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Efficacy and effectiveness of the combination of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and a 3-day course of artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in a refugee settlement in Zambia. [PDF]
, 2005 In the Maheba Refugee Settlement, in the clinics supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres, all children aged up to 5 years with a confirmed diagnosis of uncomplicated falciparum malaria are treated with the combination of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) and ...
Bloland PB +9 more
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Self-Medication Among King Khalid University Students, Saudi Arabia
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2019 Purpose This study objective was to explore the pattern of self-medications among King Khalid University students, Saudi Arabia. Patients and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted over five months among King Khalid University students, Abha ...
Sultan M. Alshahrani +5 more
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Derivation and characterization of retinal pigment epithelium from urine‐derived iPSCs
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Age‐related macular degeneration causes vision loss via RPE dysfunction and loss. Traditional iPSC therapies rely on invasive biopsies, limiting scalability. Here, we utilize urine‐derived stem cells as an accessible source to generate u‐iPSCs, successfully differentiated into pigmented RPE. This “Urine‐to‐Retina” platform provides a promising path for
Daniella Beiner +7 more
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Self-medication with sucrose [PDF]
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2016 For many individuals, stress promotes the consumption of sweet, high-sugar foods relative to healthier alternatives. Daily life stressors stimulate the overeating of highly-palatable foods through multiple mechanisms, including altered glucocorticoid, relaxin-3, ghrelin and serotonin signaling in brain.
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Analysis of the self-medication pattern among Brazilian elderly women [PDF]
, 2008 Idosos compõem o grupo etário mais medicalizado na sociedade, o que pode levar ao uso irracional de fármacos. Este trabalho descreve estudo transversal que avaliou a automedicação de idosas atendidas no ambulatório de Atenção ao Idoso do Hospital da ...
Bortolon, Paula Chagas +4 more
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Self-medication with Antibiotics in WHO Southeast Asian Region: A Systematic Review
Cureus, 2018 Antibiotics are essential treatments, especially in the developing world like World Health Organization (WHO) Southeast Asian region where infectious diseases are still the most common cause of death.
Gaurav Nepal, Shekhar Bhatta
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Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Natural products target the aging kidney in diabetic nephropathy by restoring the AMPK–SIRT1–Nrf2 axis, reducing oxidative stress, inflammation, fibrosis, and cellular senescence while enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant defenses.
Sherif Hamidu +8 more
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Self-medication with Antimicrobial Drugs in Europe
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 We surveyed the populations of 19 European countries to compare the prevalence of antimicrobial drug self-medication in the previous 12 months and intended self-medication and storage and to identify the associated demographic characteristics. By using a
Larissa Grigoryan +20 more
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The Other Side of Medicalization: Self-Medicalization and Self-Medication [PDF]
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 2013 The concept of medicalization has given rise to considerable discussion in the social sciences, focusing especially on the extension of medicine's jurisdiction and its hold over our bodies through the reduction of social phenomena to individual biological pathologies.
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