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In Ijebu-ode, borehole water is the most reliable and readily available source of water to the various households. Though, borehole water (groundwater) quality can be satisfactorily well but a poor siting and management of a borehole can pose potential risks to consumers. For instance, lack of observing maximum distances from source of contamination, poor sanitation and waste management will eventually directly or indirectly contaminate the water and the consumers’ health is being jeopardised.

Retention, stability and support are the basic principles on which the success of a complete denture relies on. The skill lies in applying these principles efficiently in critical situations. Extreme resorption in one or both of the residual alveolar ridges accompanied by resilient maxillary denture bearing tissues in the edentulous patient presents a difficult restorative problem and may lead to problems with prosthetic rehabilitation.

Solid waste collection and disposal is a serious problem in many urban cities in Nigeria. It is further heightened by the growing populations, rapid economic growth and consumption patterns which have accelerated the generation rate of solid waste, thus making its collection and disposal a major challenges. This paper assessed the determinants of solid waste collection and disposal; differentials of high and low density areas of Sango – Ota metropolis. The descriptive research method was employed for the study.

The concept of health behaviours and risk behaviours has emerged as a major issue in the population health, health promotion and epidemiology literature. Generally, ‘health behaviour’ and ‘health risk behaviour’ are terms that are often used interchangeably. It is well recognized that people’s health status and their behaviours are linked inextricably. The concept of health risk behaviour has been used to describe behaviours with potentially has negative effects on health which contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of irradiation on Shelf life of health mix. Initially the health mixes were formulated by using ragi, foxtail and green gram in the different ratios. Among them, Health mix of ragi, foxtail and green gram in the ratio of 40:40:20 (T3) was selected because of its superiority over other formulations.

In most developing countries including Nigeria, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in food animals could be incriminated as a critical factor leading to antimicrobial resistance. Intestines from marketed chicken in fifteen market locations in Ibadan metropolis were randomly sampled to examine for antibiotic resistant enteric bacteria to some commonly used antibiotics. Bacteriological examination of intestinal samples was done using standard methods, followed by in-vitro antibiotic sensitivity test by agar gel diffusion technique.

Objectives: As oxidative stress is known to be associated with the development of cancer, we investigated whether the tissue expression of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) which is a marker of DNA damage were increased in patients with transitional bladder carcinoma (TBC).
Design and Methods: Fifty patients with transitional bladder carcinoma (TBC) and 18 age-matched cancer –free patients were involved in this study. 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in tissue were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Introduction: Unnatural deaths due to suspected poisoning in women have a serious psychological and social impact on the family and community. Sections 284, 299, 300, 304A, 324,326 and 328 of IPC deal with offences relating to the handling and administration of Poisonous substances. Aims and Objective: To find out how death due to suspected poisoning affects incidence, age, sex, habitat, marital status, religion, manner of death, medico legal consequence and preventive measures.

Papain is an enzyme extracted from papaya plants (Carica papaya L), including Caricaceae family. This enzyme shows a broad proteolytic activity against the protein, short chain peptides, amino acid ester and amid, including bacterial cell wall. The purpose of this study is to produce a proper papain concentration to inhibit the growth of or kill Streptococcus mutans. The type of research is an experimental laboratory by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) with a dilution method, and measured using a microplate reader.

Constituting more than one fifth of the country’s population, adolescents in India, as a group, have not yet received the deserved attention. This paper examines the health status of adolescents in India based on existing studies and highlights the implications for development of adolescents as well as for national development. It has a special focus on some of the neglected aspects of adolescent health: nutritional situation, substance use and mental health.