Background: Serum lipid profile abnormalities are major predictors for coronary artery diseases. The relationship
between demographic factors and dyslipidemia in Ethiopia is not completely explored. Thus, this study aimed ...
Background: Because of poor health care service delivery and a low level of public awareness of the disease the
incidence and disability rate of stroke has been increased. The study aimed to assess the knowledge, ...
Background: In developing countries like Ethiopia one-third of health care expenditure is for medications.
However, due to different reasons, patients may not use all the dispensed medications. Thus, the present study
aimed ...
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) were non-communicable diseases that remain the leading cause of
disability and death in the world. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors ...
Background. The management and control of malaria has become gradually challenging due to the spread of drug-resistant
parasites, lack of effective vaccine, and the resistance of vector to insecticides. Consequently, novel ...
Background. Toxicity and untoward effects are very ostensible in most standard drugs including antipyretic agents. Searching for
conceivable antipyretic drugs with minimal toxicities and side effects from traditional ...
Background. Self-medication is being prevalent throughout the globe. Although pregnant women are among the most vulnerable
group of the population for drug-induced adverse effects on their fetus and themselves, many ...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder of protein, fat,
and carbohydrate metabolism attributed to low production
of insulin or resistance to its action leading to hyperglycemia
[1–3]. All over the world, one of ...
Plants and plant extracts possess a wide margin of safety and
show potential effectiveness in treating various diseases
[1, 2]. Medicinal plants are the primary resource for treating
malaria infections in Africa since ...
Medicines are important in saving lives but can cause
detrimental effects if inappropriately consumed and managed [1, 2]. )e improvement of healthcare systems has
brought a subsequent increase in people’s access to ...
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a destruction in a part of the
gastrointestinal mucosa that may pass through the muscularis mucosa. Depending on the site of ulcer, PUD can be
gastric ulcer (stomach) or duodenal ulcer ...
Background: Appropriate antibiotic use means that the patient receives the appropriate drug at adequate doses and
duration for a susceptible pathogen. This improves the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy and prevents the ...
According to the World Health Organization, diarrhea is the
passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day [1].
Although diarrhea is a preventable and treatable disease, it is
the 2nd leading cause of death in ...
Diarrhea is a condition of increased intestinal emptying and
increased water content in the stool. Generally, if defecation
occurs more than 3 times a day, excretion of fecal with soft/
liquid consistency or a combination ...
Self-medication is the most common practice worldwide and it may lead to irrational use of drugs. Therefore, this study
aimed to assess the prevalence of self-medication practice and its associated factors among health ...
Background: Morbidity and mortality related to acute poisoning is a major public health issue in both developing and
developed countries. Community pharmacists have a crucial role in ensuring drug availability, increasing ...
According to the World Health Organization report, 5.4 million under-five children died, which is similar to under-five
mortality rate of 39 deaths per 1000 live births. This rate is higher in sub-Saharan Africa with 76 ...
Background: Inappropriate use of narcotic drugs is a growing worldwide health challenge. The problem is even worse in SubSaharan Africa where organized supply chain regulations on dispensing and stock management are poor ...
The flower of Hagenia abyssinica (Rosaceae) has been used in traditional
health systems to treat diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia and Tanzania. However, the antidiabetic
activity of this medicinal plant is not scientifically ...
Out of the 344 respondents, 234 (68.0%) practiced self-medication. The most
commonly cited indication for self-medication practice was headache (75, 32.05%),
followed by abdominal discomfort (53, 22.6%). The respondents ...