Volume 10, Issue 3 (2010)
Editorials/Commentaries
Chronic Non-communicable Diseases as a Threat for All : Recent Global Initiatives
Abdallah S. Daar; McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Canada; and Global Alliance for Chronic DIseases.
Medical Education is on the Move once more
Musbah O. Tanira
Patient's Viewpoint
Hope lost and found : My struggle with Ménières disease
Khamis Al-Naamani
Review
The Need for New Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Therapeutic Strategies : Targeting the cellular micro-ribonucleic acids?
Elias A. Said; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and and Montreal
University Hospital Research Center (CR-CHUM), St-Luc Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Book Reviews
A Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History
Allal Ouhtit
Preventing Childhood Obesity : Evidence, Policy and Practice
Saif Al-Yaarubi
Curriculum Development for Medical Education : A Six-Step Approach
Thuraya A. Al-Shidhani
A-Z of Medical Writing
Samir Al-Adawi and Meriel Carboni
Special Contribution
Developing Communication Skills for the General Practice Consultation Process
Jørgen Nystrup, Jan-Helge Larsen, and Ole Risør
Original Studies
Hospitalised patients with Influenza A (H1N1) in the Royal Hospital, Oman : Experience of a tertiary care hospital, July–December 2009
Jalila Al-Lawati, Nada Al-Tamtami, Ahmed Al-Qasmi, Amina Al-Jardani, Saif Al-Abri, and Sulaiman Al Busaidy
Documentation of the Management of Asthma Exacerbation in Adults by Primary Health Care Physicians in a Teaching Hospital in Oman
Sawsan A. Baddar, Aida I. Al-Ismaili, Muna A. Al-Taie, Abdulaziz M. Al-Mahrezi, and Omar A. Al-Rawas
Effectiveness of and Adherence to Dietary and Lifestyle Counselling : Effect on metabolic control in type 2 diabetic Omani patients
Mohammed Al-Sinani, Yoeju Min, Kebreab Ghebremeskel, and Hussain S. Qazaq
Comparison of the Demographics, Semen Parameters and Hormone Profiles in Men with Primary and Secondary Infertility
Vaidyanathan Gowri, Krishna P. Venkiteswaran, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Josephkunju Mathew, Khalid Abdul Rahman, and Mohammed Al-Marhoon
Imaging of Small Bowel Obstruction following Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity : A retrospective review
Rashid Al-Sukaiti, Lawrence Stein, Nicholas Christou, Benoit Mesurolle, and Giovanni P. Artho
Antioxidant Status, C-Reactive Protein and Iron Status in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dhia A. Taha and Imad A-J Thanoon
Comparative Study of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Clinic Blood Pressure Measurement in the Risk Assessment and Management of Hypertension
Hatem Farhan, Mona Al-Hasani, Mohamed Misbah, and Mansour Sallam
Brief Communication
Patient Attitudes towards Interns and Medical Students rotating in Dermatology Clinics in Almadinah Almunawwarah Region, Saudi Arabia
Mana Al-Harbi and Khalid Al-Harbi
Technical Note
New era of Endoscopic Approach for Sialolithiasis: Sialendoscopy
Rashid Al-Abri and Francis Marchal
Case Reports
The Diagnosis and Management of Severe Hypercalcaemia : A simplified approach - Report of five cases
Omayma T. Elshafie and Nicholas JY Woodhouse
Spinal Cord Infarction following Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Epidural Analgaesia
Abdullah Al-Asmi, Rosanna John, Ramachandiran Nandhagopal, Povathoor C. Jacob, Karin Nollain, and Rajeev Jain
Rapid Iron Loading in Heart and Liver in a Patient with Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia after Brief Poor Compliance with Iron Chelation Therapy
Shahina Daar, Saeed Ahmed, and Vasili Berdoukas
Medical Image
Congenital Fusion of the Trapezium and Trapezoid
Nafisa Samir and Abdulaziz Al-Mahrezi