بحوث سكوبس — رسل احمد محمد

Crimean-Congo-hemorrhagic-fever (CCHF) remains to lead and real hazard to the delicate health-care-systems with a constant rise of diseases and death. The CCHF is caused by viruses such as Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The present study aimed to assess Nurses’ Knowledge Related to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. A descriptive cross-sectional design was carried out in Al-Hillah Teaching Hospital, Babylon, Iraq. A purposive (non-probability) sample was selected (70) nurses included (38 and 32) males and females respectively from nurses at the Al-Hillah teaching hospital. The study showed that the average age is 26.47 (±4.77) years, and the age group 20-24 years was the highest recorded (72.9%). About gender, more than half of the study participants were male nurses (54.3%). Concerning the education level, most of the participants were diploma graduates (54.3%). In regard to years of experience, those with less than 5 years were predominated (71%). Residents related findings; the majority of participants were urban (81.4%). The results of the present study also demonstrated that the majority of (95.7%) nurses expressed a fair knowledge regarding Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. The findings of the present study reflected insufficient levels of knowledge among nurses relating to CCHF. Study results showed that it is vital to continuously assess all health care providers’ knowledge and also there is a need to improve the awareness by educated seminars, workshops about present endemic diseases to forthcoming health care providers. © 2025, Arab Society for Fungal Conservation. All rights reserved.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of medicinal plants, use among Iraqi patients with chronic disease and compare it with another study in same or different countries. Materials and Methods: A randomized Internet and social media questionnaire was used. In this cross-sectional study, peoples with chronic diseases from different age group were recruited. Participants had an internet questionnaire to answer. This questionnaire embraced age, gender, occupation, marital status, education level and some lifestyle details as demographic data, a large proportion of the questionnaire was related to herbs, both prescribed and OTC ones. Results: Gender distribution: about 70% of patients were female and 30% male. Education level: uneducated – 35%, primary school – 30%, secondary school – 25%, academic – 10%. Place of residence: 30% lived in urban and 70% in rural areas. Diseases distribution: 30% hypertension, 20% diabetes, 10% asthma, 10% migraine, 15% hyperlipidemia and 15% rheumatoid arthritis. Medicinal plants: 10% green tea, 5%fish oil, 15% anise 25% castor oil and 15% spirulina. Conclusions: The study reported a high prevalence of medicinal herbs use among patients with chronic disease in Iraq. Several factors (rural residence, education, age, multiple chronic conditions and low quality of life) associated with medicinal herbs use. This knowledge will help policy makers and health care providers for decision making on the safe use of herbal medicine. © ALUNA Publishing.

Doxorubicin (DOX) is a commonly used drug in chemotherapy for cancer treatment. However, it can cause the threatening side effect of cardiotoxicity. This study investigates whether the hydro-alcoholic leaves of Moringa oleifera have any protective potential against DOX-induced cardiotoxicity. The phytochemical analysis showed that the plant extracts contained bioactive compounds with antioxidant activities. The DOX-treated group confirmed a significant increment in cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, which indicates damage to the cardiomyocytes and also inflammation. However, treatment with the M. oleifera extracts significantly inhibited DOX-induced cardiomyocyte damage, as indicated by the significantly low cTnI release. Furthermore, treatment with M. oleifera extracts further increased antioxidant activities, thereby decreasing oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation. Moreover, DOX was found to increase the IL-6 level, and treatment with M. oleifera extracts had a significant impact on the inhibition of IL-6 levels. These results indicate that the M. oleifera extracts have a cardioprotective effect and can play a role as an adjunct drug in mitigating DOX-induced cardiotoxicity, thus providing new prospects for the improvement of safety and efficacy in the treatment of cancer. © 2024 Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: of research is to test effectiveness of thyme on patients with high blood pressure and comparing between blood pressure of patients who took thyme and patients who did not among different ages. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: This study concerning patients with high blood pressure, (3/2022 to 3/2023). Collecting data was depend on interviewed patients directly to get information. A questionnaire paper includes several questions. Interview included convincing patients to take thyme for 15 days to know how could thyme effect on their blood pressure and over different patients. RESULTS: Results: A significant difference in distribution between male and female within control and treated groups. A significant difference between all age groups when compared control and treated group, and decrease in systolic blood pressure when patients taking own drug plus thyme compared with patients taking own drug alone, but non-significant decrease in systolic blood pressure when compared with control group, a non-significant decrease in systolic blood pressure in patients taking own drug when compared with control group. A significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure when patients taking own drug plus thyme in comparison with patients taking own drug alone, but non-significant reduction in diastolic blood pressure when compared with group which considered control, non-significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure in patients taking own drug when compared with control group. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Thyme herbs induce normalization hypertension and keeps blood pressure in usual range. The available clinical trial data provide evidence for the safe utilization of herbal preparations containing Thyme in the treatment of hypertension.