Effective strategies for mental disorders prevention and its risk factors’ reduction cannot be
gender neutral, while the risks themselves are gender specific. This paper aims to discuss …

Background High blood pressure, blood glucose, serum cholesterol, and BMI are risk factors
for cardiovascular diseases and some of these factors also increase the risk of chronic …

Since 1970 political and economic changes have brought about great improvements in health
and education in Oman, and since 1994 the government has provided free contraceptives …

Background Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem in the Sultanate of Oman.
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and perception of diabetes in a sample of the …

Background/aims: It is well known that patients with diabetes mellitus are more prone to
infection. In patients with diabetes mellitus, chronic infections are frequent and severe, due to the …

Objectives: Overweight, particularly obesity is a major risk factor for several important diseases,
especially hypertension, coronary heart diseases and diabetes mellitus. Our aim is to …

Background: The study aimed to (dis) prove the association of the level of women's
empowerment with their future intention to perpetuate female genital cutting for their daughters. …

Conclusion: There is inverse relationship between both education and empowerment and
fertility. However, the 2 indices of women empowerment; decision making and freedom of …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction, its
severity, and other sexual function domains in hypertensive and normotensive Qatari’s men …

We carried out a cross-sectional survey to study the prevalence and the characteristics of
current and former smoking among Omani adults. Crude prevalence of current smoking was 7.0…