Vol. 13 No. 1 (2025)

Articles

• INFRARED MICRO-SPECTROSCOPY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR AMYLOIDOSIS SUBTYPE IDENTIFICATION

  Sofia Marie van der Berg

  The aim of this study was to assess the use of Synchrotron Radiation Fourier Transform InfraRed micro spectroscopy (SR micro-FTIR) in the diagnosing and subtyping of different misfolded proteins in various tissues and organs. To this end, specimens from various organ sites were investigated.

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• EXPLORING THE CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN SLEEP DURATION AND BREAST CANCER: A MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION STUDY

  Jianhong Rui Wang

  Background: Previous observational studies reported that sleep traits were associated with breast tumors. However, the causal relationship between sleep duration and breast tumors is not clear.

  
  

  Methods: We performed a two-sample bi-directional Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis

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• CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS: A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY

  Aisha Farhana Rahman

  Non-operative management of acute appendicitis has seen an increasing trend in the management of acute appendicitis, especially after the Covid-19 outbreak. With better imaging modalities like computerized tomography and better broad-spectrum antibiotics, non-operative treatment of acute

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• HEALTHCARE WORKERS’ PERSPECTIVES AND THEIR EFFECT ON TB PATIENT OUTCOMES: A STUDY FROM HHOHHO REGION

  Oluwaseun David Akinyemi

  Health care workers’ attitude is one of the factors that can either motivate or discourage patients from adhering well to treatment. Swaziland is one of the countries that is highly burden with TB/HIV co infected diseases and all effort is being put in place for its eradication by 1935. This

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