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Hypoglycaemic, Hypolipidaemic and Possible Toxicity of the Methanolic Fruit

Pulp Extract of Hyphane thebaica (L) Mart in Alloxan-induced Diabetic Rats

Shehu, B.B., Gidado, A. and Buratai L.B.                                                                                  1 – 10

Antimicrobial Properties of Crude Ethanolic Extract of Ficus exasperata Root

Abraham-O, J., Odiba, P.A., Okpanachi, E., Miachi, O.E. and Ocheja, F.B.                               11 – 20

Cancer Screening by Computed Tomography Scanning in Sub-Saharan

Africa: A Ghanaian Perspective.

Edmund K. B., Eric K. O., Jerry Coleman, William K. A. and Klenam D. T.                               21 – 34

Primary Health Care in Nigeria: From Conceptualization to Implementation

Aigbiremolen, A.O., Alenoghena, I., Eboreime, E., and Abejegah, C.                                        35 – 43

Human Identification: Assessment of Interrelationships between Sex,

Handedness and Dermatoglyphics

Philip, O. O., Joshua, O. O., Abimbola, O. O., and John A. O.                                                   44 – 54

Antibiotic Usage in an Urban Population in Nigeria

Oronsaye F.E. and Oviasogie F.E.                                                                                             55 – 59

Effects of Use of Advance Organizers on Students’ Performance and

Retention of the Concepts of Electromagnetism

Okey, I. F. and Avwiri, E.                                                                                                          60 – 75

Prevalence of Obesity and Physical Inactivity among Biomedical College

Students in a Nigerian University

Akinremi Ayodele, Sanya Arinola, and Makinde James                                                           76 – 86

The Relationship between zinc and copper in children with malaria

Caroline A. Okoli and Mariam Solomon                                                                                 87 – 100

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Family Planning Services Utilization among Women aged 15-49 in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria

Umar Ibrahim, and Maryam Mohammed                                                                               101 – 111

In vitro assessment of the acaricidal properties of aqueous extract of Cassia

sieberiana DC (Caesalpiniaceae) stem bark on Boophilus (Curticei 1891) larvae

Biu, A. A., Abdulkadir, M.A., Luka, J. Konto, M. and Hamza, J.                                                             112 – 121

Incidence of Gastrointestinal Protozoans causing Diarrhoea amongst

Out-patients attending Yobe State Specialist Hospital Damaturu

Biu A.A., Yakaka W., Mustapha F.B., Zango M.K., Lawan F.A. and  Ali, A. H.                           122- 127