Obesity has been associated with dyslipidaemia (increased levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol and low levels of HDL-C together with small dense lipoprotein particles) in the absence of metabolic disorders such ...

Introduction: Pleural empyema in children is associated with high morbidity and high mortality. Staphylococcus aureus has been shown to be the most common causative organism in developing countries. Study design: ...

Background: Wound infections continue to be problematic in clinical practice where empiric treatment of infections is a routine, with non-healing wounds being a burden to the health care system. A gap has been noted ...

Background Breast cancer is known to be a heterogeneous disease that demands patient centered care. Establishing the clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer patients is a vital step in an effort to individualize ...

Introduction and background: Road traffic fatalities remain a worldwide burden with more than half of those fatalities comprising of vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists). This prompted the World ...

BACKGROUND: Ionizing radiation is detrimental to growing cells. The potential risk of any dose of radiation in growing cells can lead to permanent damage of basic cellular structure resulting in a high risk of developing ...

Background: This study was designed to determine the relationship of immunohistochemical subtypes of breast cancer and clinicopathological features and demographic information in Limpopo since there has been no data ...

Diabetes is a rising problem globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified diabetes as an epidemic. The major impact of the disease is felt in low- and middle-income countries. The literature has emphasised ...

Nosocomial infection constitutes a major health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. This study is aimed at investigating the prevalence of nosocomial infections in paediatric intensive care unit of ...

Introduction Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) constitutes almost 50% of all cancer conditions diagnosed and treated at the Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex (PMHC). HIV infection is also a very common condition. There is ...