Hyperventilation Syndrome (HVS) is a functional breathing disorder characterised by recurrent or chronic changes in breathing pattern causing respiratory and non-respiratory complaints that cannot be attributed to any ...

Introduction Acute cardiac complications frequently occur during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are associated with a high mortality. They may be difficult to recognise clinically, but ...

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among workers can lead to substantial personal, financial and societal costs. MSDs have a high prevalence among nurses, postal workers and office workers yet, at many anatomical sites, ...

Lower limb overuse injuries are common in the military, and their causes are multifactorial. Both internal factors such as anthropometrics and body mass index, and external factors such as equipment use and weapons carriage, ...

There is a need for information on the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of injury populations. HRQoL measures, like the EQ-5D, have seen a dramatic increase in use over the last ten years. Despite this, general ...

The epidemiological transition has seen Public Health shift its focus from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases; national health systems are realigning their priorities to combat the rise of chronic disease. ...

New Zealand’s District Health Boards (DHBs), which are responsible for delivering health services to their populations, receive their share of public funding according to the Population-Based Funding Formula (PBFF). The ...

In the context of ongoing discourse on development effect of foreign aid on the recipient country, the Paris Declaration (2005) espoused five principles of aid effectiveness: recipient country ownership, alignment, ...

Introduction Legionnaires’ disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by infection from Legionella bacteria. There is a known association between the use of compost-based soil products and Legionnaires’ disease ...

Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females around the world. Annually, more than one million women are diagnosed with breast cancer globally. In Oman, breast cancer is also the most common cancer in ...