Volume 14, Issue 3 (2014)
Editorial/Commentary
The Epidemics of Obesity and Cancer : No simple remedy
Moza Al-Kalbani and Ikram A. Burney
Review
Factors Contributing to Crashes among Young Drivers
Lyndel J. Bates, Jeremy Davey, Barry Watson, Mark J. King, and Kerry Armstrong
Special Contribution
Recognition, Investigation and Management of Acute Transfusion Reactions : Consensus guidelines for Oman
Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Sabria Al-Hashmi, Zainab Al-Arimi, Louis D. Wadsworth, Abdulhakim Al-Rawas, Murtadha Al-Khabori, and Shahina Daar
Medical History
A Brief History of Breast Cancer : Part II - Evolution of surgical pathology
Ritu Lakhtakia and Roshan F. Chinoy
Original Studies
Defining a Mutational Panel and Predicting the Prevalence of Cystic Fibrosis in Oman
Uwe W. Fass, Majid Al-Salmani, Said Bendahhou, Ganji Shivalingam, Catherine Norrish, Kallesh Hebal, Fiona Clark, Thomas Heming, and Saleh Al-Khusaiby
Obesity and Weight Loss Attempts among Subjects with a Personal History of Cancer
Ambria Moten, Kayin Jeffers, Daniel Larbi, Roxanne Smith-White, Teletia Taylor, Lori Wilson, Babafemi Adenuga, Wayne Frederick, and Adeyinka Laiyemo
Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Homozygous Beta Thalassaemia : A single-centre experience from Oman
Nihal Al-Riyami, Maha Al-Khaduri, and Shahina Daar
Ozone-Oxidative Preconditioning Prevents Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Livan Delgado-Roche, Yanet Hernández-Matos, Emilio A. Medina, Dalia Á. Morejón, Maité R. González, and Gregorio Martίnez-Sánchez
Determination of Heavy Metals in the Common Smokeless Tobacco Afzal in Oman
Nawal Al-Mukhaini, Taher Ba-Omar, Elsadig Eltayeb, and Aisha Al-Shehi
Distribution of Chronotypes among a Sample of Iraqi Kurdish Medical Students
Awring M. Raoof, Yasin A. Asaad, and Tariq S. Al-Hadithi
Evaluation of Faculty : Are medical students and faculty on the same page?
Elhadi Aburawi, Michelle McLean, and Sami Shaban
Midwives’ Clinical Reasons for Performing Episiotomies in the Kurdistan Region : Are they evidence-based?
Hamdia M. Ahmed
Compliance with the National Palestinian Infection Prevention and Control Protocol at Governmental Paediatric Hospitals in Gaza Governorates
Ashraf Eljedi and Shareef Dalo
Patterns of Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions by Psychiatrists for Private Clinic Outpatients in Kerman Province, Iran
Abdolreza Sabahi, Gholamreza Sepehri, Mottahareh Mohsenbeigi, and Ehsan Sepehri
Prevalence and Pattern of Third Molar Impaction : A retrospective study of radiographs in Oman
Samira M. Al-Anqudi, Salim Al-Sudairy, Ahmed Al-Hosni, and Abdullah Al-Maniri
Brief Communication
Insulin Resistance and its Correlation with Risk Factors for Developing Diabetes Mellitus in 100 Omani Medical Students
Humaid H. Al-Farai, Issa Al-Aboodi, Azza Al-Sawafi, Noora Al-Busaidi, and Nicholas Woodhouse
Case Reports
A New Tyrosine Hydroxylase Genotype with Orofacial Dyskinaesia
Ahood M. Al-Muslamani, Fouad Ali, and Fatima Mahmood
New Ocular Associations in Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome : Case report from Oman
Agha S. Haider, Anuradha Ganesh, Adila Al-Kindi, Ahmad Al-Hinai, Nadia Al-Kharousi, Saif Al-Yaroubi, and Sana Al-Zuhaibi
Avoidance of Laryngeal Injuries during Gastric Intubation
Jyoti Burad, Sonali Deoskar, Pradipta Bhakta, Rohit Date, and Pradeep Sharma
Medical Images
Severe Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Mimicking Leukodystrophy in a Child
Amna Al-Futaisi, Faisal Al-Azri, Anas A. Abdelmogheth, Fathiya Al-Murshedi, and Roshan Koul
Management of a Migrating Feeding Tube
Zamzam S. Al-Hashami, Khalid Al-Naamani, and Abdullah Al-Kalbani
Letters to the Editor
Linear Epithelioid Haemangioma in an Adolescent Patient
Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde
Re: Complicated Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis in a Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi