Background- Compromised drinking water quality due to accumulation of heavy metals is becoming a serious concern for many countries, including Ethiopia. Chronic exposure to heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, chromium and ...

Background: Liver is a metabolically active organ responsible for many vital life functions. It performs many activities that are critical for survival. Due to its important activities, the liver is exposed to a number ...

Introduction: -Kidney disease is a significant problem in the diabetic population. The proportion of patients with end-stage renal disease caused by type 2 diabetes has progressively increased during the last few decades, ...

BACKGROUND : Glycemic index (GI) describes the blood glucose response after consumption of a carbohydrate containing test food relative to a reference food, typically glucose or white bread. Glycemic index was originally ...

Hemoglobinopathies are inherited abnormalities of hemoglobin molecule that affect the production, structure and function of Hb. Hb is the protein of the red blood cells that binds oxygen reversibly and transport it from ...

Background: Breast cancer has been shown as commonest type of cancer in Ethiopian women. It is a heterogeneous disease in terms of clinical, histopathological and biological characteristics. Some of the molecular ...

Introduction:-Hypertension is a chronic elevation of systemic arterial pressure above a certain threshold value. It is a serious health problem worldwide that contributes to myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents, ...

Background: High dietary intake of fructose is an important nutritional factor in the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its associated complications. Consumption of coffee, functional foods such as vegetables ...

Background: Active and passive cigarette smokers produce the nicotine metabolite, cotinine, which can be detected in the urine. Smoking increases the risk of metabolic syndrome, includes abnormalities in lipid profile, ...

Background: The association of obesity with development of type 2 diabetes may be partly mediated by altered secretion of adipokines by adipose tissue. Greater adiposity down regulates secretion of adiponectin, an adipokine ...