Aim To determine the factors affecting medical students’ choice of the specialty of family
medicine. Methods The study was conducted in the period from 2004-2006 and comprised 770 …

Aim: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used all over the world,
and herbal medicines are the most preferred ways of CAM. The aim of this study was to …

Family caregivers of patient in long-term care facilities often have high rates of stress,
burden and psychological illness. A descriptive study was carried out with 63 caregivers. …

Background For centuries, sunlight has been used for therapeutic purposes. Parents still sun
their infants to treat neonatal jaundice, nappy rash or mostly to supply vitamin D for bone …

Objective: In recent years, there has been increasing focus on thyroid function in pediatric
obese patients. Our aims were to investigate whether there is an association between serum …

Neonatal vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was launched in 1998 in Turkey.
The aim was to evaluate the persistence of seroprotection after HBV vaccination in order …

ObjectiveRecent studies have reported an increasing prevalence of childhood hypertension.
Obesity is probably the most important risk factor. The relationship between hypertension …

Proton pump inhibitors are the commonly prescribed drugs for acid-related disorders.
However, many of those prescriptions are inappropriate in inpatient and outpatient settings …

Background: Most of the national colleges of general practitioners (GPs) do not have their
own dietary/nutritional tools, and GPs and nurses do not have the time, knowledge, or skills to …

Objective: To determine the extent of intentional sun exposure in infancy, and the prevalence
of maternal belief that potentially increases the children’s harm risk from ultraviolet radiation…