Review Article
Financial risk protection is a core component of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), aimed at preventing catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment. In Nigeria, high outof- pocket (OOP) payments remain a major barrier to healthcare access. The Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCP Read more
Research Article
Background: COVID-19 has been shown to cause a variety of complications throughout the body and can be classified as a ’total illness’ with multi-organ involvement. Determining which patients will develop life-threatening illnesses will greatly improve physi Read more
Case Report
The nasopalatine duct cyst (NPDC) is the most common non-odontogenic cyst of the oral cavity. It is a developmental, non-neoplastic lesion that arises from epithelial remnants of the nasopalatine duct. Characteristically, it occurs in a unique and well-defined location—the mi Read more
Research Article
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of obesity on blood pressure and blood glucose of open education students and to see whether this effect remained after accounting for several co-occurring factors. A descriptive-analytical study with cross-sectional design was Read more
Research Article
Drug repurposing holds great potential in terms of discovering new anticancer agents via assigning new therapeutic uses to already approved drugs. Through epigenetic regulation of gene expression, histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) functions with great importance in the progression of b Read more
Case Report
Stafne bone cysts (SBCs) are typically asymptomatic, incidental findings at the mandibular angle, making clinical differentiation from true tumors challenging. We present an atypical case of an SBC presenting with long-standing pain in the left mandibular angle, devoid of paresthes Read more