Child abuse is any act of omission or commission by the child's parents or other caretakers that is detrimental to the child's physical and/or emotional health and development. In general it includes physical and emotional abuse, gross neglect and sexual exploitation. Child abuse is a problem we are going to the face increasingly because of heightened awareness and the stresses in our society. …
In another experiment, we have demonstrated that garlic protected rat liver against CCl4 intoxication, indicated by low levels of plasma GPT activity of rats receiving garlic extract and CCl4. As leek is a member of Allium genus, it could posses the same action as garlic. A group of nine rats were treated with 0.275 mg CCl4/g body weight in a single dose and the plasma GPT activities were deter…
Investigations showed that vitamin A deficiency clearly reduced host resistance against various infections. On the other hand, some infections like measles reduced serum vitamin A levels. In a previous study, we have demonstrated that vitamin A administration increased specific titers in rats serum, immunized against sheep red blood cells. In this paper, we report the influence of vitamin A adm…
Health care systems worldwide are in a stage of transition, in some countries even in crisis. The main underlying causes are universal : economic constraints on one side, versus population pressures on the other. It is an issue of growing disparity between limited resources and increasing demands and needs. Many governments, the Indonesian goverment included, are implementing strategies for dev…