INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability in developed countries as well as in South Asian countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between the ...

ABSTRACT: Medicine is a gendered discipline, in which women, both as patients and practitioners, have often held subordinate positions. The reproduction of dominant gender biases in the medical setting can negatively impact ...

BACGROUND: A three-decade long conflict between the government military and Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka ended in 2009 with the defeat of the rebels. The civilians were the most affected in the war with reports of scant respect ...

INTRODUCTION: Insulin resistance and abdominal obesity are both associated with lower serum adiponectin concentrations. Since insulin resistance and abdominal obesity are related, the extent to which the association of ...